Getting to Zero Carbon Buildings
February 15, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
online webinar
Learn from practitioners about progress in reducing the carbon footprint of new buildings needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and meet carbon neutrality goals. Zero carbon buildings incorporate high energy efficiency, fossil-fuel free operation, renewable energy and low or even negative carbon materials. This webinar will also explore metrics for gauging return on investment, challenges, and policy opportunities to accelerate change.
Program
The program will run approximately 90 minutes and include a Q&A session.
Daniel McGee, Redbrick LMD – Local Experience in Building Zero Carbon Buildings
Dan McGee will share his experience in overseeing construction of zero carbon multi-family buildings in DC”s Bridge District under the International Living Futures Institute and the value such projects bring to Redbrick’s real estate business and to the community.
Jamal Lewis, Rewiring America – Policies and Incentives to Advance Affordable Zero Carbon Buildings
Jamal Lewis will offer a range of strategies, policies and incentives that states and localities can use to advance electrification, healthy housing, and energy efficiency programs and policies. He will also outline pathways to promoting equity by retrofitting our existing housing stock to be healthy, energy-efficient, all-electric, and affordable.
Moderator – Kiersten Washle, Consulting Engineer designing high performance new and retrofitted buildings
Jamal Lewis
Jamal Lewis is the Director, State & Local Policy for the Mid-Atlantic & South for Rewiring America. Previously, he led the energy and climate initiatives at Green & Healthy Homes Initiative and worked with states and localities across the country to advance electrification, healthy housing, and energy efficiency programs and policies. He has multiple publications outlining pathways to promoting equity by retrofitting our existing housing stock to be healthy, energy-efficient, all-electric, and affordable. He is a Young, Gifted, & Green 40 under 40 award recipient for his leadership in Environmental Justice.
Jamal has an MPH from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and a certificate from the Fall 2021 DC Cohort of the Clean Energy Leadership Institute.
Daniel McGee
Daniel McGee is a Development Associate, focusing on development execution of The Bridge District and portfolio-wide energy strategies. His core values strongly align with Redbrick LMD’s vision of shaping a truly sustainable built environment. Daniel’s background is in mechanical HVAC design with technical experience in healthcare, museums, artifact preservation, and data centers. In the DC area he has designed mechanical systems for The Museum of the Bible, The World Bank Headquarters, and Virginia Hospital Center.
Daniel holds an integrated Bachelor and Master of Architectural Engineering from Penn State, and an MBA from Georgetown University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in DC, with a focus in HVAC & Refrigeration.
Kiersten Washle
Kiersten Washle’s goal is to bring the built environment into harmony with our natural one. She holds a LEED Green Associate, LFA, CEM, ActiveScore AP and currently works as a Portfolio Energy & Sustainability Manager for JLL. Mrs. Washle has a B.S. in Systems Engineering & Sustainability, an M.S. in Engineering Management, and an MBA. She collaborates with building owners, utility companies, and third parties to benchmark, analyze, and design both new and retrofitted high performance buildings. She has been featured at national conferences, like the 2022 ASHRAE Winter Conference, at Net Zero 2022, and AEE World 2023 where she has spoken on sustainable design topics like Zero Energy and Decarbonization. She was named Emerging Change Agent of the Year by Built Environment Plus in 2021 and recently, a Consulting and Specifying Engineer’s 40 Under 40 winner.
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