Event Recap: Built to Lead: Lessons in Building Decarbonization New Technologies and Opportunities
December 17, 2025
On Wednesday, December 17th, A Better City convened a captivating third panel in the "Built to Lead: Lessons in Building Decarbonization and Resilience" series, a showcase of the climate leadership of A Better City member companies and institutions. This panel event focused on inspiring new technologies and opportunities.
We explored a wide variety of projects with lots of overlapping and intersecting potential—AI building envelope evaluation, thermal energy potential of water sources, hybrid electrification and the rightsizing of geothermal projects. Thank you to our panelists for sharing their time and expertise:
- John E. Fernández, Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Lamarr.AI
- Zeyneb Magavi, HEET
- Colin Schless, LEED, CPHC, Turner Construction Company
- John Kastrinos, Haley & Aldrich
- Jacob Knowles, BR+A Consulting Engineers
You can check out their slides: here.
Please save the date: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, for our next installment of the "Built to Lead" series with a focus on deconstruction and embodied carbon. Registration will open soon!
