How to Help Your School Save Energy and Reduce CO2 Emissions

Date: September 16, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Ballroom A
Open to all attendees

This session shows how EnOcean has helped two of the five largest school districts in the US save energy with wireless and battery-free sensors that harvest the energy from the environment. No wires, no maintenance, no hassle. This session shows how you can reduce CO2 emissions, improve sustainability and environmental impact and save significant funds in the process, so the initiative literally pays for itself within 1-2 years.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Attendees will learn:

1) How energy harvesting works
2) How energy harvesting benefits K-12 & Universities
3) Typical Energy Savings Use Cases
4) How to obtain utility rebates with the DLC products

Speaker:
Bent Soerensen, EnOcean

Bent Soerensen is SVP Sales for the Americas at EnOcean. He has in-depth experience as IoT advisor to both start-ups and big OEM/ODMs, security, insurance and property management companies, SW platform providers and international service providers in the Americas and EMEA looking to offer customized commercial or residential automation. Prior to joining EnOcean, Bent was VP of sales at Ezlo Innovation, GM Americas at Danalock, and Sr. Sales Director at Sigma Designs Z-Wave low-power wireless technology in both Europe and the Americas from 2007-2018. Bent holds an MBA in International Management, an MA in International Business Communications and a Certificate of Management Practices from New York University.