Decarbonizing Industrial Buildings Panel at 2025 Greenbuild Los Angeles
We're excited to host the global conference in our city of LA, with a panel of industrial leaders sharing decarbonization, sustainability, and resiliency strategies for portfolios.
Wednesday November 5th
2:15 – 3:15pm
Panelists:
Ryan McEvoy, Principal & Founder at GAIA
Grant Waldron, Director of Sustainability Strategy at GAIA
Lindsey Pierson, Sustainability Strategist at Lincoln Property Company
Jason Carr, VP, Construction Execution at Affinius Capital
Richard Bogan, Director, Capital Projects at Rexford Industrial
This session takes place during the 2025 Greenbuild Conference & Expo hosted at Los Angeles Convention Center
Information:
The industrial real estate sector is experiencing rapid expansion, driven by e-commerce, logistics, cold storage, and data centers. But with that growth comesrising scrutiny—industrial properties are among the largest energy users and carbon emitters in commercial real estate, making decarbonization a growingpriority for investors, regulators, and tenants alike.
Yet, scaling decarbonization across an entire industrial portfolio remains a major challenge. How can developers and asset owners meet reduce emissions,integrate renewables, and meet stricter sustainability regulations—without jeopardizing financial performance?
This panel—featuring leaders in industrial real estate development—will break down a four-phase decarbonization roadmap—planning, design, construction,and operations—that is already being applied across industrial portfolios. Attendees will gain real-world insights into how top industrial companies areintegrating decarbonization initiatives while keeping assets competitive and financially viable.
Panelists will explore key strategies for scaling sustainability across portfolios, from renewable energy integration and low-carbon materials to ESG reportingand cost-effective operational improvements.
Learning Objectives
Develop a structured decarbonization roadmap in the planning phase by aligning sustainability goals with project specifications and frameworks such asLEED to ensure portfolio-wide implementation.
Evaluate design strategies such as embodied carbon reduction, energy and daylight modeling, solar integration, and electrification to optimize high-performance buildings and efficient supply chains across industrial portfolios.
Implement construction-phase best practices such as waste reduction, low-carbon materials, and commissioning to enhance performance and supportlong-term decarbonization goals
Apply benchmarking, ongoing commissioning, and ESG reporting strategies to track sustainability performance, optimize building operations, and meet investor and regulatory expectations.
About Greenbuild:
Greenbuild is the world’s largest green building conference and expo in the world. Founded in 2002, the Greenbuild International Conference & Expo has become the go-to place for the green building industry to convene, and it is where the future of the green building movement is shaped. It’s where inspiration happens, business relationships are cultivated, innovation is recognized and celebrated, and where people from around the globe come to reconnect and remind each other why they do what they do – and why they work hard every day to better the built environment.
Thousands gather at Greenbuild each year to renew their commitment to the green building movement. The conferences include uplifting speakers, unmatched networking opportunities, showcases, LEED workshops and tours of green buildings in each local market.
Celebrities, activists and politicians have graced the Greenbuild stage. Past speakers include: President Barack Obama, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, President Bill Clinton, famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, director James Cameron, explorer and author Sebastian Junger, Ret. Gen. Colin Powell, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore, and actor and activist Jane Fonda, among many others. Grammy Award-winning artists X Ambassadors, Sheryl Crow, Maroon 5, Bon Jovi and Train are just a few of the artists who have provided entertainment during Greenbuild.
In North America, Greenbuild is owned and operated by Informa Exhibitions U.S. and presented by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
About GAIA:
Since 2005, GAIA has been a leader in the sustainability consulting industry, working with real estate developers, owners, contractors, architects, and capital partners to create high-performance, energy-efficient buildings. Recognized as a LEED Proven Provider, GAIA is at the forefront of decarbonization efforts across all building sectors, including industrial portfolios and REITs, institutional and education, multifamily and hospitality, retail, and offices. Read more →
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