Building and Designing While Meeting Sustainability Mandates

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  Zoya Puri

  SVP

  Beacon Capital Partners

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  Ben Myers

  Ben Myers is the Senior Vice President, Sustainability, at Boston Properties (BXP), the largest publicly-traded developer, owner and manager of Class A office properties in the United States. He is an engineer and non-routine project manager with a passion for resource efficiency, healthy workspaces and urban ecosystems. His primary responsibilities include ESG strategy and implementation, enterprise energy and water management, green building initiatives, distributed generation and storage, energy conservation measure implementation, resilience planning, education, communication and public reporting. He holds an M.A. in Urban Environmental Leadership from Lesley University and a B.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Under Mr. Myers’ leadership, BXP has been recognized as an industry leader in ESG and sustainability. • In 2019, BXP ranked among the top 4% of all real estate companies in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (“GRESB”) assessment. 2019 was the eighth consecutive year that BXP has ranked in the top quartile of GRESB assessment participants, earning another “Green Star” recognition and the highest GRESB 5-star Rating. • In 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019, BXP was selected by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“Nareit”) as a Leader in the Light Award winner. In 2019, BXP earned the “Most Innovative” Leader in the Light Award. This award is given to only one company and is the highest achievement in sustainability innovation for all REITs and real estate companies. • BXP is a corporate member of the U.S. Green Building Council® (USGBC) and has a long history of owning, developing and operating properties that are certified under USGBC’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental DesignTM (LEED®) rating system. The company has LEED certified over 26 million square feet of our portfolio, of which 93% is certified at the highest Gold and Platinum levels. • BXP has been an active participant in the green bond market since 2018, issuing $1.85 billion of green bonds, which provide access to sustainability-focused investors interested in the positive environmental externalities of our business activities. • BXP has been named a Green Lease Leader at the highest Gold level by the Institute for Market Transformation and the U.S. Department of Energy for exhibiting a strong commitment to high performance and sustainability in buildings and best practices in leasing. BXP’s master lease form includes green lease clauses that support a more sustainable tenant-landlord relationship. • Since adopting public goals in 2016, the company has made great strides towards meeting its targets to reduce energy use intensity by 32%, reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 45% and reduce water use intensity by 30% by the year 2025. The company achieved its 45% greenhouse gas emissions intensity goal six years early in 2019 and advanced our commitment to responsible climate action measures by pursuing the adoption of a science-based greenhouse gas emissions reduction target. • As a result of BXP’s efforts to improve energy efficiency and cut emissions, the company was named a 2020 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year. • BXP was named one of America’s Most Responsible Companies by Newsweek. The company ranked 122nd on Newsweek’s 2020 list of America’s 300 Most Responsible Companies, the second highest ranking given to a public REIT and the highest ranking of any office company.

  BXP

  SVP, Sustainability

  Ben Myers

  SVP, Sustainability

  BXP

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  Katherine Antos

  Undersecretary of Decarbonization & Resilience

  Mass. Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs

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  Mike Doty

  Mike comes to Nuveen Green Capital with a background in lighting controls and utility efficiency program implementation. He is a Certified Energy Manager, and a Certified Lighting Efficiency professional endorsed by ACEEE. He has a passion for business development working with contractors to design, implement, and sell unique energy solutions that best match their customer’s needs. In his spare time Mike is a happily terrible golfer and enjoys traveling whenever the chance arises.

  Nuveen Green Capital

  Director

  Mike Doty

  Director

  Nuveen Green Capital

• Moderator

  Leslie Doyle

  VP Construction

  WS Development

Sustainable & Resilient Focused Retrofits & Developments

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  Joel Wool

  Joel Wool is an affordable housing and energy professional with experience in local, state and federal policy and program implementation. He currently serves as Deputy Administrator for Sustainability and Capital Transformation for the Boston Housing Authority, where he is responsible for overseeing the BHA’s plans for investment in, and emissions reductions from, 10,000 units of public housing. Prior to his role at the BHA, Joel worked for the City of Boston and for both local and national environmental organizations. He holds a Masters in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University.

  Boston Housing Authority

  Deputy Administrator, Sustainability

  Joel Wool

  Deputy Administrator, Sustainability

  Boston Housing Authority

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  Tom Chase

  Program Director

  MassCEC

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  Roselin Osser

  Roselin is a dynamic and detail-oriented energy engineer specializing in building performance consulting. She has managed diverse sustainability consulting projects including complex science laboratories, archival spaces with unique requirements, multifamily buildings, schools, and offices. Along with her proficiency in eQuest energy modeling and the LEED rating system, she brings to AKF a unique enthusiasm for inspiring project teams to reduce environmental impact through high performance design. Clients and colleagues alike appreciate Roselin’s attentive management of both engineering data and client relationships. In addition to her engineering expertise, she also holds exceptional communication and presentation skills. Roselin is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE), ASHRAE Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP), and a LEED Accredited Professional. She holds a Master of Science in Building Technology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University. Roselin has frequently presented educational content to clients and AEC professionals on topics including the use of energy modeling in the design process, high performance laboratory design, and various energy codes, most recently the new BERDO 2.0 legislation.

  AKF Group, Member of WSP

  Senior Engineer

  Roselin Osser

  Senior Engineer

  AKF Group, Member of WSP

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  Tracey Ogden

  Tracey has more than 30 years of experience implementing geothermal and exploration strategies for large commercial and utility scale electrification projects. Her many successful installations begin with her early involvement in design, project implementation. and oversight throughout the feasibility and production drilling.

  Brightcore

  VP of Drilling Operations

  Tracey Ogden

  VP of Drilling Operations

  Brightcore

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  Jack Robbins

  As Vice President of New England, Jack is responsible for the overall strategy and management of Evolution’s footprint within the New England market. With experience in Commercial Real Estate Management and a passion for sustainability, Jack’s focus at Evolution is to find creative approaches to improve corporate bottom-line performance through energy conservation measures, energy risk management, and ESG Solutions.

  Evolution Sustainability Group

  VP, New England

  Moderator

  Jack Robbins

  VP, New England

  Evolution Sustainability Group

Investment Strategies and ESG Trends for Maximizing Portfolio Returns

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  Mark Shraiberg

  Mark Shraiberg serves as Vice President of Development Management with TCC’s Boston team. Mark is responsible for managing all aspects of design and construction on developments throughout Massachusetts and New England. Prior to joining TCC, Mark was the Director of Design and Entitlements for The NRP Company in the northeast where he managed the design and construction of a portfolio of market rate and affordable multi-family developments valued over $850M throughout New York, New Jersey, and New England. He previously worked for Procon Inc. as a project architect responsible for design, construction documentation, coordination, and construction administration of multiple mid- and high-rise hospitality projects. Mark also has experience in healthcare, senior living, historic preservation, and resort architecture and has managed projects ranging from $50-$350M in value.

  Trammell Crow

  VP

  Mark Shraiberg

  VP

  Trammell Crow

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  Ben Rodney

  VP, Construction, East Region

  Hines

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  Kailash Viswanathan

  As Director of Energy for Arch Energy, a division of Consigli Construction Co., Inc., Kailash leverages over three decades of engineering and operations experience to help clients navigate through different stages of the decarbonization journey by planning and implementing low-carbon infrastructure strategies.

  Arch Energy, A Division of Consigli Construction Co., Inc.

  Director of Energy

  Kailash Viswanathan

  Director of Energy

  Arch Energy, A Division of Consigli Construction Co., Inc.

• Moderator

  Matthew Connolly

  Partner

  Nutter