The Economic Case for Adaptive Reuse
Wed May 14
11:00 AM — 11:20 AM (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time
Colorado Convention Center - Lower Level, Mile High Ballroom - Area B
Category
Placemaking
This session will share leading research by this year's ULI/Kohn Fellow on the commercial business case for developers and owners to pursue adaptive use for buildings, preserving their historic and cultural value in downtowns while achieving strong sustainability outcomes.
Speakers
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Co-Founder and Research Director Built Buildings Lab
Billie Faircloth, FAIA is a design leader and educator who has transformed practice-integrated research and earned a national and international reputation for demonstrating its value, methods, and outcomes. As co-founder of the research nonprofit Built Buildings Lab, Faircloth represents the value of existing buildings in public consciousness, global sustainability practice, and policymaking. At Cornell University, Faircloth is a Cornell Atkinson Scholar and Associate Professor in…
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Senior Director, Randall Lewis Center for Sustainability Urban Land Institute
Eighteen years experience in sustainability market across non-profit, utility, and private organizations. Leads Decarbonization and Net Zero thought leadership at ULI, specifically focusing on Net Zero Mission Priority "journey to zero" and convenings/campaigns around the real estate value chain for tenants, utilities, and embodied carbon. Kara has managed utility energy efficiency contracts and new construction, existing building, and campus green building projects as well as…
