Strategic Decarbonization Planning for Large and Small Building Portfolios

Room: Harrison Shepard Hall
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm
CEUs: AIA: 1 LU/HSW

Join California’s Department of General Services (DGS), the City of Los Angeles & Glumac for an engaging presentation on the development of a decarbonization roadmap for California’s and Los Angeles’s extensive government building portfolios, encompassing over 18,000 buildings and more than 100 million square feet. This session will provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of the key impacts, factors, and processes necessary to successfully develop a portfolio-scale decarbonization plan.

Throughout the session, we will share insights from the teams’ collaborative work, highlighting real-world examples and lessons learned. Attendees will leave with practical tools and strategies to apply in their own decarbonization initiatives, fostering a deeper understanding of how to effectively implement sustainable practices across large and small building portfolios and plan for strategic investments to drive facility operations emissions toward zero by 2035.

Audience members can take away several actionable insights from this session that they can implement in their own lives or offices:
1. Holistic Solutions: The session will emphasize the need for holistic strategies that address environmental, social, and economic factors. Attendees can adopt a more integrated approach to their projects, considering how their actions impact not just the environment but also the communities they serve.
2. Adaptable Frameworks: Audience members will gain insights into creating adaptable templates for sustainability projects. They can take this knowledge back to their offices to develop frameworks that allow for customization based on specific community needs and contexts.
3. Data-Driven Decision Making: The presentation will highlight the importance of assessing existing data sets to identify gaps and opportunities. Attendees can implement data analysis practices in their organizations to drive measurable change and improve decision-making.
4. Collaboration and Partnerships: Participants will understand the value of forming collaborative partnerships across sectors. They can seek out opportunities to work with local organizations, government agencies, and community groups to enhance their sustainability efforts.
5. Actionable Strategies: The session will provide practical strategies for implementing decarbonization initiatives. Attendees can take these strategies and tailor them to their own projects, whether in building design, operations, or community engagement.
6. Empowerment and Advocacy: Finally, audience members will be inspired to advocate for sustainability and equity within their organizations and communities.

By applying these takeaways, participants can contribute to a more sustainable and equitable future.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify key impacts, factors & processes to help large and small building portfolio owners successfully develop a portfolio-scale decarbonization plan.
2. Distill evaluation of complex systems and implementation projects into simple and manageable steps.
3. Drive measurable change assessing challenges and opportunities within existing data sets.
4. How to balance standardization and flexibility to allow for a dynamic but usable template for project implementations.

Speaker:
Zoё Roberts, Senior Energy Consultant, Glumac
Daniel Burgoyne, Sustainability Manager, State of California, Department of General Services
Lorraine Moreno, Sustainability Officer, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering
Nestor Mckenna, Assistant Director of Building Maintenance, City of Los Angeles

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