Using Technology, Data, and Services to Make Environmental Sustainability a Reality in Your Building

Environmental sustainability, climate change, and energy markets make headlines every day. It’s a business imperative for publicly traded companies. It’s a regulatory compliance requirement in dozens of cities and states where many public and private companies will be required to report energy use, climate impacts, and environmental risks. It’s an opportunity for enterprise organizations to collaborate with public officials, NGOs, and business leaders to take action.

In practice, environmental sustainability takes shape differently in each industry. Challenges faced in food processing and transportation differ from the environmental management needs of mission-critical buildings like data centers, life sciences laboratories, and multi-building campuses. While there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution for every industry or business, there are critical considerations for facility managers when deciphering mandates and making decisions that are responsible for the environment, good for business, and building performance.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the best technology investments that align the mission of your business with the mission of your building

• Understand how to right-size technology spending to ensure the enterprise experiences ROI from them

• Learn the first steps toward regulatory compliance and how to achieve the end goal of reducing energy use intensity and meeting regulations.

• Know the risks, penalties, and opportunity costs of inaction.

Meet the Speaker:

Ivan M. Aron

Vice President and General Manager – Pacific Northwest | Albireo Energy

Ivan Aron is the Vice President and General Manager (Pacific Northwest) for Albireo Energy, an expert in high-performance, intelligent buildings and emerging IoT services that reduce energy intensity. He brings a technology-agnostic and non-commercial point of view to environmental sustainability, sharing experiences from his work with hundreds of commercial buildings. During his presentation, Ivan will share insights on:

• Current and emerging regulatory requirements and what they mean for facility managers.

• Aligning business and building missions with environmental commitments and investments.

• Decarbonization strategies, technologies, and reporting tools – and why they work/don’t work.

• Questions facility managers can ask about building data and analytics, renewable energy use, and monitoring before making quality investments. Facility managers will take away a clear view of how a business leader approaches environmental sustainability and decarbonization and his decision-making criteria when investing in his business’ climate journey.