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COP28#BuildingsPavilion: Decarbonizing the built environment: new solutions and implementation mechanisms
| 9:45-11:15 Gulf Standard Time (GST)
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Lead organisation(s): Johnson Controls (JCI)

Partners: AECOM, World Benchmarking Alliance, Jordan Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund (JREEEF), Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), UNEP-FI/IFC/PEEB

Format: Keynote followed by panel discussion and closing remarks, hybrid

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Description:

This session encompasses a look at built environment decarbonization commitments and what can be done to unlock their implementation with specific mechanisms. The session will address the following key questions:

  • What does decarbonization accountability look like for the built environment (at building level / city level)?
  • How do we remove barriers to unlock the implementation of decarbonization commitments in the built environment?
  • What existing mechanisms exist to achieve these commitments now?
  • How do you create a positive legacy to accelerate the transition?

Speakers:

  • George Oliver, CEO - Johnson Controls (JCI) 
  • Renae Kezar, Vice President, Corporate Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs
  • Romain Poivet, lead of the Assessing Low Carbon transition initiative, Co-Chair of the International ad hoc working group on Transition plans (ATP-Col) and convenor of the ISO working group on GHG accounting - World Benchmarking Alliance  
  • Farah Naz, Director of ESG and Innovation, Middle East and Africa – AECOM 
  • Rasmi Hamzeh, Executive Director - Jordan Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund (JREEEF)
  • Guy Grainger, Global Head of Sustainability - Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
  • Tina Paillet, President Elect – RICS
  • Mariana Castano, CEO, 10 Billion Solutions – PEEB (moderator)

Agenda:

Timing

Agenda item

Speaker(s)

9:00 - 9:08

Opening keynote

Unlocking Implementation to Decarbonize the Built Environment: Solutions and Enablers

George Oliver - Johnson Controls

9:08 - 9:23

Part I:  Solutions

  • City level infrastructure solutions – What city level sustainable solutions can we deploy for establishing Sustainable Legacies across borders? -  How do we bring the social, technical and business innovation together in an integrated proof of concept that shifts mindsets and supports scalability? – AECOM
  • Finance and regulatory solutions – what structures are needed to enable these new models? – Jordan Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund (JREEEF)

Panelists: 

  • Renae Kezar - Johnson Controls 
  • Farah Naz – AECOM
  • Rasmi Hamzeh - Jordan Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund (JREEEF)
  • Guy Grainger - Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
  • Tina Paillet – RICS

09:23– 9:33

Presentation

Overview of the COP27 decarbonization commitments (at a building and city level) and call to action to unlock implementation with specific solutions and enablers as discussed in the session – what does accountability look like for the built environment sector?

Romain Poivet - World Benchmarking Alliance

9:35 - 10:00

















 

Part II:  Enablers

Retrofitting older buildings – how to develop a clear framework for taking action Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)

Key areas JLL can address:

  • How can companies develop a clear strategy and plan to decarbonize their real estate portfolios?
  • How can retrofitting be incorporated into wider sustainability strategies?
  • How can retrofitting deliver financial, social and environmental returns?
  • How can companies ensure their capital expenditure plan result in a credible pathway to ensure future financing?
  • How should companies be matching up their decarbonization strategies and their asset level strategies?
  • How are companies linking capital expenditure plans to material emissions reductions and other ESG goals? 

Whole life carbon assessments across the lifecycle of the built environment – RICS

Panelists: 

  • Renae Kezar - Johnson Controls 
  • Farah Naz – AECOM
  • Rasmi Hamzeh - Jordan Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund (JREEEF)
  • Guy Grainger - Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
  • Tina Paillet – RICS

10:00 - 10:15

Part III:  Final question for all panelists

How do you create a positive legacy to accelerate the transition?

Panelists: 

  • Renae Kezar - Johnson Controls 
  • Farah Naz – AECOM
  • Rasmi Hamzeh - Jordan Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Fund (JREEEF)
  • Guy Grainger - Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
  • Tina Paillet – RICS

10:15-10:30

Closing remarks

Solutions and enablers panel, followed by Q&A

Mariana - PEEB
Topics:
Embodied carbon