The 3 Pillars of an Effective Decarbonization Strategy
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Enertiv Office Hours are like webinars, but less boring. We'll answer questions on-the-fly and do our best to leave you with actionable takeaways.
In this episode, we're proud to be joined by Stephen Keppler, Director of Infrastructure at JBB, one of the preeminent engineering firms on the east coast. Stephen has over three decades of experience in the intersection of engineering and energy.
The 3 Pillars of an Effective Decarbonization Plan
Commercial real estate must decarbonize, driven by laws in several major US metropolitan hubs and by market drivers in others.
Almost every major commercial real estate entity of scale has published corporate ESG and Sustainability reports, plans, and goals.
Many CRE ESG and Sustainability plans and goals rely on carbon offsets/renewables and energy procurement strategy. Currently this two-pillar approach is fraught with risk on meeting goals (price, supply, verifiability, etc.).
This Office Hours conversation will discuss and un-pack how understanding and incorporating SBTs in a three pillar strategy for ESG/Sustainability plans to provide a portion of organizations goals can:
reduce goals risk/increase success potential
optimize capital resource spends
improve asset values
supercharge the value and impact of investment in the other two pillars.
About Our Guest
Steve joined JB&B in 2021 as Director of Infrastructure, bringing over 30 years career experience in the programmatic, technical and financial development and implementation of turnkey energy optimization and infrastructure improvement projects in data center, healthcare, higher-education, and manufacturing vertical markets.
Mr. Keppler’s roles as LEEDTM Program Director with the US Green Building Council, Senior Consultant with ICF to the EPA for the development and launch of the EPA’s Energy Star Building Label and Real Estate Management Ally Partnership programs, as a fellow with DOE/FEMP supporting the development and launch of the Better Buildings Data Center Challenge, and experiences leveraging multiple utility incentive programs and support contractors over his career has provided Steve with a deep understanding of the criteria, intent, structure, and strategies behind market transformation programs and how to leverage them into projects and portfolio optimization planning.
Steve’s time as the owner of a sustainability/energy modeling/commissioning consulting firm for 12 years serving the mid-Atlantic and northeast building markets, brought all his technical and programmatic knowledge together to best serve his firms clients and end-user stakeholders from a practical business contracting and execution perspective.