2nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON
Sustainable Real Estate

Energy Performance, Risk, and Real Estate Capital Markets:
Searching for Common Metrics

Thursday, February 23, 2012
NYU Kimmel Center, Rosenthal Pavilion
New York, NY

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The 2nd Annual Conference on Sustainable Real Estate, presented by the NYU Schack Institute Center for the Sustainable Built Environment, will explore the growing significance of energy performance and carbon emissions in real estate investment decisions. The lack of data and common performance metrics has hindered the expansion of commercial building retrofit markets in the face of uncertainty around energy savings and investment returns. A number of cities now require the disclosure and benchmarking of building energy consumption, together with a number of voluntary, industry-led initiatives. These efforts will dramatically expand the availability of data and the potential for performance indicators to inform investment and risk analysis. This conference brings together leaders from the private, public, and academic sectors to discuss the emerging debt and equity markets for commercial building energy efficiency, the role of data and information technology in decision making, and the need for common performance metrics that cross disciplinary and professional boundaries.

AGENDA AT A GLANCE

7:30	–	8:15 a.m.		Registration and Breakfast
8:15	–	8:30 a.m.		Welcoming Remarks
8:30	–	9:15 a.m.		Keynote Address
9:15	–	10:15 a.m.		Panel 1: Public Policy, Transparency, and Energy Performance
10:15	–	10:45 a.m.		Refreshment Networking Break
10:45	–	11:45 a.m.		Panel 2: Open Data and the Role of Information Technology
12:00	–	1:00 p.m.		Luncheon Speaker
1:15	–	2:15 p.m.		Panel 3: Financing Building Energy Efficiency - Overcoming Uncertainty
2:15	–	2:30 p.m.		Refreshment Networking Break
2:30	–	3:30 p.m.		Panel 4: Investment Performance and Energy Performance – Is There a Link?
3:30	–	4:00 p.m.		Closing Remarks

 

WELCOMING REMARKS

7:30 – 8:15 a.m.

Dr. Constantine Kontokosta, P.E., Director and Clinical Associate Professor, Center for the Sustainable Built Environment, NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS

8:30 – 9:15 a.m.

Richard L. Kauffman, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Department of Energy, Office of the Secretary

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PANEL 1: PUBLIC POLICY, TRANSPARENCY, AND ENERGY PERFORMANCE

9:15 – 10:15 a.m.

Moderator:
		Laurie Kerr, Senior Policy Advisor, NYC Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability
Panelists:
		Rebecca Craft, Director, Energy Efficiency, Con Edison			Dr. Mark Alan Hughes, Distinguished Senior Fellow, University of Pennsylvania,
		Cliff Majersik, Executive Director, Institute for Market Transformation			Ron Piester, Director, New York State Department of State

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REFRESHMENT NETWORKING BREAK

10:15 – 10:45 a.m.

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PANEL 2: OPEN DATA AND THE ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

10:45 – 11:45 a.m.

Moderator:
		Relina Bulchandani, Global Lead, Connected Real Estate-IBSG, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Panelists:
		John J. Gilbert III, Executive Vice President, Rudin Management Company, Inc.			Peter Miscovich, Managing Director, Corporate Solutions, Jones Lang LaSalle
		Joe Phillips, Director - Global Business Services, Smarter Buildings / Smarter Cities, IBM Global Business Services			Dr. Chris Pyke, Vice President of Research, US Green Building Council
		Cody Taylor, Energy Technology and Policy Specialist, U.S. Department of Energy

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LUNCHEON PRESENTATION - NEW YORK CITY LOCAL LAW 84 STUDY

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Dr. Constantine Kontokosta, P.E., Director and Clinical Associate Professor, Center for the Sustainable Built Environment, NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate

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PANEL 3: FINANCING BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY - OVERCOMING UNCERTAINTY

1:15 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Moderator:
		Susan Leeds, Chief Executive Officer, New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation
Panelists:
		Caroline Blakely, Vice President, Multifamily Risk, Fannie Mae			Greg Hale, Senior Financial Policy Specialist, Natural Resources Defense Council
		Sean Neill, Managing Director, Transcend Equity			Arah Schuur, Director, Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Program, Clinton Climate Initiative

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REFRESHMENT NETWORKING BREAK

2:15 – 2:30 p.m.

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PANEL 4: INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE AND ENERGY PERFOMANCE — IS THERE A LINK?

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

Moderator:
		Charles B. Leitner III, President and Chief Executive Officer, Greenprint Foundation; Chairman, RREEF
Panelists:
		Jeff I. Brodsky, President, Related Management			Theddi Wright Chappell, Senior Managing Director, Cushman & Wakefield
		Gordon Feller, Director, Urban Innovations Group, Cisco Systems, Inc.			David Greenbaum, President, New York City Office Division, Vornado Realty Trust
		Wendy Rowden, Director of Investments, Jonathan Rose Companies

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CLOSING REMARKS

3:30 – 4:00 p.m.

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