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Managing the Carbon Footprint of Government Facilities

July 27, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
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  • July 27, 2023
  • 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm  EDT
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Carbon emissions from buildings and facilities are estimated to be responsible for 39% of global carbon emissions, posing a challenging timeline for these properties to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. How can you better estimate the current carbon emissions and also devise a comprehensive plan to update the buildings and facilities to be more energy efficient towards the net zero goal by 2050? What electrification options are most cost and time effective for the building type and what does that mean for carbon emissions? We will discuss:

  • Transition risk analysis and cost estimation
  • Scenario analysis and mitigation options
  • Case studies
  • JIN OH
    JIN OH
    Senior Director-Industry Practice Lead, Moody's Analytics

    Jin Oh is a Senior Director in the Global Risk Solutions Practice for the Americas, responsible for solution structuring of portfolio risk management, stress testing, and capital planning solutions for large financial institutions including banks and insurance companies.  She also works with clients on the impact of ESG and climate on portfolio credit risk and...

  • HEWSON BALTZELL
    HEWSON BALTZELL
    President & Chief Operating Officer, Helios Exchange

    Hewson Baltzell is President, COO and initial investor in Helios Exchange, a SaaS business focused on energy efficiency in commercial buildings that has significant potential for reducing carbon emissions. Helios is the world’s first commercial real estate platform for energy retrofit project development, insurance, and financing, with analysis of 315,000 commercial properties in North America...

JIN OH
JIN OH
Senior Director-Industry Practice Lead, Moody's Analytics

HEWSON BALTZELL
HEWSON BALTZELL
President & Chief Operating Officer, Helios Exchange

Hewson Baltzell is President, COO and initial investor in Helios Exchange, a SaaS business focused on energy efficiency in commercial buildings that has significant potential for reducing carbon emissions. Helios is the world’s first commercial real estate platform for energy retrofit project development, insurance, and financing, with analysis of 315,000 commercial properties in North America and Europe.

He is also on the planning team at OS-Climate, an initiative under the Linux Foundation to create an open-source data and application development community to bring more and better climate data and analytics to institutional investors, regulators, and the public at large.

Having co-founded what is now MSCI ESG Research, Hewson spent 17 years building the dominant firm in the environmental, social and governance research field, from a 2-person start-up in 1998 (Innovest). He and his team conceived and built the rating models, carbon estimation models and many of MSCI’s current products. The ESG unit now has 300 employees, over 1,000 clients, research on over 9,000 equities, 250,000 bonds, and 35,000 mutual funds and ETFs, covering over 1.6 million securities, and revenue of $100 million.

Hewson was on the Board and Audit Committee of the Global Impact Investing Network for 7 years through December 2018 and has been on the Standards Advisory Council (the rating committee) of B-Lab for over 9 years.

Hewson recently spent a year as CEO of the Sorenson Impact Center at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. Founded and endowed by Jim Sorenson, an entrepreneur and early impact investor, the Center has 30 full time staff and 60 interns and focuses on managing an early-stage impact investing fund, on helping to solve social issues through data analytics and innovative financing structures, and on education through intern programs, impact-related courses, executive education, and the annual Winter Innovation Summit.

Prior to Innovest, Hewson spent 12 years in real estate finance at JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers and private investment companies. He has an MBA in Finance from Wharton and a BA in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.

Hewson Baltzell is President, COO and initial investor in Helios Exchange, a SaaS business focused on energy efficiency in commercial buildings that has significant potential for reducing carbon emissions. Helios is the world’s first commercial real estate platform for energy retrofit project development, insurance, and financing, with analysis of 315,000 commercial properties in North America and Europe.

He is also on the planning team at OS-Climate, an initiative under the Linux Foundation to create an open-source data and application development community to bring more and better climate data and analytics to institutional investors, regulators, and the public at large.

Having co-founded what is now MSCI ESG Research, Hewson spent 17 years building the dominant firm in the environmental, social and governance research field, from a 2-person start-up in 1998 (Innovest). He and his team conceived and built the rating models, carbon estimation models and many of MSCI’s current products. The ESG unit now has 300 employees, over 1,000 clients, research on over 9,000 equities, 250,000 bonds, and 35,000 mutual funds and ETFs, covering over 1.6 million securities, and revenue of $100 million.

Hewson was on the Board and Audit Committee of the Global Impact Investing Network for 7 years through December 2018 and has been on the Standards Advisory Council (the rating committee) of B-Lab for over 9 years.

Hewson recently spent a year as CEO of the Sorenson Impact Center at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. Founded and endowed by Jim Sorenson, an entrepreneur and early impact investor, the Center has 30 full time staff and 60 interns and focuses on managing an early-stage impact investing fund, on helping to solve social issues through data analytics and innovative financing structures, and on education through intern programs, impact-related courses, executive education, and the annual Winter Innovation Summit.

Prior to Innovest, Hewson spent 12 years in real estate finance at JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers and private investment companies. He has an MBA in Finance from Wharton and a BA in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.