Event Description

How Cleantech Enables Smarter Cities is taking place at Smart Cities NYC´17.

Once you register for the Smart Cities NYC´17 conference and expo, you´ll receive a code in your confirmation email with which you can register for any of our workshops. You cannot sign up for workshops without registering for the Smart Cities NYC '17.

Cities are at the center of a major transition to a more sustainable energy system. With high density comes inherent efficiencies but brings with it concurrent challenges to systems design and quality of life. This facilitated discussion will examine how new and emerging clean technologies are supporting and enabling a cleaner, more connected, and more equitable city. Teams will form around different cleantech verticals and workshop solutions around the challenges to urban growth and its impacts on energy and the environment. These include issues such as: LMI access to renewables; grid constraints and peak demand; resiliency; transportation and mobility; connectivity and data; and building efficiency and the construction industry.

Facilitator:

Pat Sapinsley (Urban Future Lab @ NYU Tandon)

Pat is the Managing Director of Cleantech Initiatives at Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. A LEED AP architect, Pat holds a Master’s in Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and has served on their Alumni Council. She is Co-Chair of the Committee on the Environment of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, a member of the Board of Building Energy Exchange, a frequent lecturer and industry panelist, and an active member of the U.S. Green Building Council and Urban Green. Prior to joining UFL, Pat worked in venture capital at Good Energies and consulted with start ups in the building energy efficiency space. She was CEO of Watt Not a LED lighting consultancy. She brings 15+ years of experience in the industry, connecting start-ups to sources of funding, customers, and business mentors.