🌎 Reimagining Building Development: AI & Disruptive Technologies
Moderated by Silvia Khurrum of Con Edison, this discussion highlights three breakthrough technologies reshaping both retrofit and new construction projects and explores how building owners and policymakers are leveraging innovation to deliver meaningful real-world impact.
Opening Remarks:
Alexander Gleason - New York City Central Labor Council
Panelists:
New York State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages
Eric Chan – Rockrose Development
Kevin Appleby – RuhlTec
Emanuel Heisenberg – ecoworks
Aaron Miller – SHARC Energy
🧩 Key Themes
⏺️ AI-Driven engineering solutions that analyze public data, identify energy conservation measures, and generate drawing-ready scopes. Compressing the path from study to construction.
⏺️ Standardized, prefab net-zero retrofits for rapid, scalable building decarbonization. Accelerating delivery and reducing costs.
⏺️ Wastewater Energy Transfer harvests energy from existing sanitary infrastructure for carbon-free heating, cooling and domestic hot water production.
⏺️ Building Owner & Policy Perspective – driving adoption of innovative solutions by aligning capital, compliance, operations, and tenant needs.
⏺️ Housing Affordability & Workforce Development – mobilizing labor, policy, investment, and outreach to deliver equitable outcomes for families and communities most impacted by climate change and high energy costs.
Our focus: What’s being deployed today, how these approaches converge in real projects, and how to ensure the benefits reach New York families and communities.
This is a coordinated conversation between technology providers, a systems integrator, a building owner, and local leadership—grounded in practice, policy, and the realities of workforce development and an equitable green transition.
🎤 Event Program
⏺️ 5:30–6:00 PM | Networking Reception
⏺️ 6:00–6:05 PM | Opening Remarks
⏺️ 6:05–7:00 PM | Panel Discussion
⏺️ 7:00–7:30 PM | Networking Session
🧠 About the Hosts
ecoworks – Europe’s leader in prefab net-zero-ready retrofits for multifamily housing.
Ruhl – advancing Ruhl AI to produce buildable scopes from data.
HIGHMARK – NYC-based leader in high-performance HVAC and building decarbonization.
SHARC Energy – global leader in wastewater energy transfer (WET) for sustainable heating and cooling.
Blackhorn Ventures – U.S.-based venture capital firm backing high-growth companies transforming energy, the built environment, and supply chains.
👉 An evening where technology, design, policy, and community converge to accelerate real-world decarbonization.
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