Jessica Long

In this episode of the REIT Report special series, “Building Resilience,” Daniel Kaniewski, Managing Director, Public Sector at Marsh McLennan, discusses his experience in disaster response and efforts to capture the value of resilience investments for a broad group of stakeholders.

Dr. Jeremy Porter, head of climate implications research at First Street, shares how data supports real estate stakeholders in making informed decisions and adapt to more extreme weather events. 

Elena Alschuler, head of sustainability, Americas, LaSalle Investment Management shares her experience in engaging the U.S. real estate community in a discussion around the CRREM Framework’s approach and methodology for measuring transition risk to institutional real estate portfolios. 
 

Duane Desiderio, senior vice president at the Real Estate Roundtable shares a recently released 20-point policy guide which outlines lessons learned from the building owner perspective over the past seven years.

The U.S. Green Building Council’s Heather Payson and Wes Sullens share their perspectives on the building sector’s sustainability journey and the path forward for decarbonizing commercial real estate.

Bryn Baker from the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) discusses how energy customers are a powerful voice for modernizing the power system that underpins economic growth and development.

DOE’s Maria Vargas focuses on how success, solutions, and challenges are being addressed at the industry level.

Myers shares his views on why it’s important to take a long term view on electrification.