NEW YORK, NY – Civic Hall – The Bernard Goldstein Center is hosting the Building the Clean Energy Future conference, taking place on April 28, 2025, at the Craig Newmark Auditorium and conference center. The conference will feature key leaders from government, real estate, the tech sector, higher education, and workforce training organizations for an engaging discussion on how New York City can develop a skilled workforce to drive the large-scale retrofitting of buildings for energy efficiency and sustainability. As the city accelerates its transition toward greener infrastructure, innovations in technology will play a crucial role in transforming how buildings are designed, retrofitted, and maintained.
We are grateful to the Heckscher Foundation for Children for generously sponsoring this event and supporting efforts. The conference will feature distinguished speakers and expert panels, including:
Morning Speaker: Kenneth Adams, President of LaGuardia Community College
Panel One: Industry Insights, moderated by Zach Steinberg, SVP of Policy at REBNY with:
• Lauren Brust Moss, SVP/Chief Sustainability Officer, Vornado Realty Trust
• Michael Wolfe, President, Wolfe Realty Services
• Byron Stigge, Director, Level Infrastructure
Panel Two: Meeting the Workforce Demand moderated by Gregory Morris, CEO, NYC Employment and Training Coalition with:
• Mike Conway of Stacks and Joules
• David Meade, Executive Director, Building Skills NY
• Alex Seki, Associate Director of Green Job Programs, LaGuardia Community College
During the event, recent graduates of Stacks + Joules will showcase their green skills, followed by a networking lunch designed to connect industry leaders with training providers.
Event Details:
Craig Newmark Auditorium, Civic Hall – The Bernard Goldstein Center
Monday, April 24, 2025
9:00 AM (Doors open)
9:30AM – 1:00PM
This event is free and open to the public. For more information and to RSVP, visit https://lu.ma/u30o9xvj.
About Civic Hall
Civic Hall’s Bernard Goldstein Center at Union Square is a collaborative innovation center that brings together civic-minded technologists, social entrepreneurs, government officials, and community leaders to develop technology solutions for the public good. Located in Union Square—the heart of New York City’s burgeoning tech sector, Civic Hall fosters a vibrant ecosystem of knowledge sharing and cooperative action. Civic Hall’s mission is to support and enable best-in-class programs that help close the digital skills divide and plan for the needs of tomorrow’s workforce. Civic Hall facilitates groundbreaking partnerships among high-impact organizations, civic and social innovators, workforce training partners, and New York’s employer ecosystem to work collectively to meet the educational and professional needs of all New Yorkers, especially those from communities too often left behind. Civic Hall also serves as a tech incubator and accelerator, support network for profit and nonprofit organizations and start-ups, and place to spur new innovations and ideas. For more information about membership, training, and event opportunities please visit civichall.org.
Contact:
Jim Malatras, JMalatras@fedcap.org
