Circularity: Best Practices for Construction & Design
This exclusive summit gathers industry leaders, sustainability experts, and innovators to explore the most advanced strategies in sustainable materials, tracking energy usage and embodied carbon reduction in construction.
Confirmed Speakers:
Scott Donachie, CEO, Decarb Summits
Jeremy Shannon, Dir. Sustainability Climate Action, Gensler
Jonce Walker, Global Dir. Sustainability and Wellness, MD of Beyond, Principal, HLW
Joel Ahearne-Ray, Senior Material Specialist, Turner
Kevin Appleby, Managing Partner, RUHL
Emmanuel Bizien, Global TTAP BD, Halton
Tom Fenton, CEO, Senze
Joseph Michael Daniels, Chairman & Co-Founder, ELIXR
Eoin Long, Founder/CEO, EclimAI
James McIntyre, Board Member, ELIXR
Sadie McKeown, President, Community Preservation Corp.
James Geppner, Sr.Project Manager, NYSERDA
Catherine Tede, Business Development, GridMarket LLC.
Summit Agenda & Speaker Lineup
8:30 - 8:50 AM | Registration & Networking
8:50 - 9:00 AM | Opening Remarks HLW and Scott Donachie
9:00 - 9:30 AM | Decarbonization: How to Reduce the Embodied Carbon of Your Project
Catherine Tede(Moderator), Business Development, GridMarket LLC. LinkedIn
Jonce Walker, Global Dir. Sustainability and Wellness, MD of Beyond, Principal, HLW LinkedIn
Joel Ahearne-Ray, Senior Material Specialist, Turner LinkedIn
Jeremy Shannon, Dir. Sustainability Climate Action, Gensler LinkedIn
9:30 - 10:00 AM | Turning buildings into measurable, data-driven assets
Scott Donachie, CEO, Decarb Summits ( Moderator)
Tom Fenton, CEO, Senze LinkedIn
Sadie McKeown, President, Community Preservation Corp. LinkedIn
James Geppner, Sr.Project Manager, NYSERDA LinkedI
10:00 - 10:20 AM | Coffee & Networking
10:20 - 10:40 AM | From Design to Operation: How AI Is Eliminating Energy Waste in Live Buildings
Eoin Long, Founder/CEO, EclimAI LinkedIn
10:40 -11:10 AM | Building Energy Circularity: Shifting from Linear to Circular Energy Systems Scope 1 & 2 Decarbonization Through Operational Efficiency and Systems Thinking
11:10 - 11:40 AM | Fireside chat -11:10 – 11:50 AM | Fireside Chat – From Data to Circularity: Building the Integrated Smart City Ecosystem
Scott Donachie (Moderator), CEO, Decarb Summits
Joseph Michael Daniels, Chairman & Co-Founder, ELIXR LinkedIn
James McIntyre, Board Member, ELIXR LinkedIn
A first look at ELIXR’s integrated ecosystem—connecting live data, digital twins, retrofit intelligence, and energy infrastructure into a single circular model aligned with RIBA stages.
Joseph Michael Daniels will introduce the full stack through a live visual showcase, demonstrating how buildings evolve from design to operation using real performance data. A focused segment on circularity will outline how materials, energy, and asset lifecycles are optimised through this approach.
The session then transitions into a discussion with James McIntyre on how structured data and performance transparency unlock new financing models, enabling scalable, bankable smart ciities infrastructure at asset and portfolio level.
11:40- 11:50 PM | Announcement of Decarb Summits App
Scott Donachie, CEO, Decarb Summits LinkedIn
Closing Remarks