RE Think with RE Tech

Featuring David Natt, Senior Vice President of Sustainability at Avanath, and Sharon Grant, Director of Sustainability Programs at RE Tech Advisors, the discussion explores how Avanath prioritizes sustainability investments through an ROI-driven approach focused on energy savings, resident affordability, and portfolio performance. Listeners will gain insight into the planning, partnerships, and creative problem-solving required to implement solar projects across affordable housing communities. 

The episode also examines the role of sustainability data in tracking performance, identifying improvement opportunities, and maintaining progress toward ambitious 2030 goals. Through Avanath's experience, the conversation highlights how organizations can use strategic planning, performance measurement, and continuous optimization to create meaningful environmental, operational, and social impact. 

Featuring Emma Hughes, Sr. Director of Climate Risk Solutions at RE Tech Advisors, the conversation unpacks what a GHG inventory is, how emissions are categorized across Scopes 1, 2, and 3, and why emissions data has become increasingly important for investors, clients, employees, and regulators. Listeners gain insight into how carbon accounting supports risk management, capital planning, and long-term sustainability goals.

The episode also examines the realities of emissions reporting in a growing organization, including data quality challenges, third-party assurance, methodology improvements, and the role technology plays in creating more accurate, scalable reporting programs. Through Legence’s experience, the discussion highlights how organizations can use sustainability data not just to report performance, but to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and stronger business outcomes.

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Featuring Christopher Naismith, CEO of Audette, and Chris Normandeau, Senior Technical Lead at RE Tech Advisors, the conversation breaks down the distinct roles each audit type plays and why sequencing matters. Listeners gain insight into how upstream desktop intelligence surfaces risk and opportunity earlier, while onsite audits provide the precision needed to move from strategy to execution.

The episode also explores the distinction between maintenance and modernization, why audits must align with owner intent, and how smarter audit intelligence can protect value, even for short hold periods.

Diana Lee (Director of Business Engagement, IMT), Brenna Walraven (Executive Strategic Advisor, RE Tech), and Lauren Baldwin (Director, SRC Team, RE Tech) discuss how green leases support shared accountability, improve access to energy and operational data, and help organizations move from sustainability goals to real portfolio action.

Listeners will also learn about the newly released Green Lease Language Examples Guide, developed by IMT in collaboration with RE Tech Advisors, which provides practical lease clauses and guidance to help organizations integrate sustainability into leasing agreements and support participation in the Green Lease Leaders recognition program.

In this episode of RE Think with RE Tech, we explore how intentional early-career development strengthens the future of sustainable real estate advisory. As regulatory demands grow and data-driven decision-making becomes central to portfolio performance, building the next generation of leaders is both a talent priority and a strategic investment.

Two early-career RE Tech team members, Hailee Delgado and Spencer Wigodsky, share their experiences entering the field and contributing to sustainability strategy, ESG reporting, benchmarking, and communications early in their careers. Joined by Tucker Hirsch, ESG Programs Manager, the conversation examines how mentorship, rotational exposure, and structured guidance help emerging professionals connect technical work to broader portfolio and client outcomes.

Listeners will gain insight into what early-career advisory work actually looks like, how rising professionals contribute to meaningful portfolio decisions, and why investing in future leaders strengthens long-term performance, resilience, and value across the built environment.

Featuring Shila Wattamwar, Vice President of Solutions & Services, this conversation examines how rising operating costs, evolving regulation, climate risk, and shifting expectations are influencing decision-making across portfolios. The episode connects directly to RE Tech Magazine, The Outlook Issue, which offers a forward-looking perspective on how informed, proactive strategies can support resilience, efficiency, and long-term value.

Listeners will gain insight into how RE Tech is using lessons from 2025 to help organizations prioritize what matters most in 2026, align strategy with execution, and navigate complexity with clarity and confidence.

Alex Herold, Director of Green Building Certifications, and Meg Mall, Senior Director of Sustainability Programs, explain how certifications and partnership programs work together to accelerate decarbonization and resilience across portfolios. They discuss the market shift toward more accessible certification models, the renewed momentum behind programs like ENERGY STAR and DOE Better Buildings, and how incentives, tax credits, and public funding are shaping investment decisions.

Listeners will gain insight into how RE Tech helps clients navigate these programs, leverage shared learning across portfolios, and translate certifications and partnerships into long-term value and practical building-level results.

In this episode of RE Think with RE Tech, part of the Solutions in Action mini series, we take a closer look at Reporting and Frameworks — the structures that turn performance data into meaningful proof of progress.

Tema Goodspeed and Ryan Suen share how RE Tech helps clients strengthen reporting practices, align with leading sustainability standards, and turn technical results into strategic insight. They discuss how reporting has evolved beyond compliance to become a key driver of credibility, investment confidence, and operational improvement.

Listeners will gain insight into how RE Tech supports clients in building transparency, integrating frameworks such as TCFD and IFRS, and using decision-useful data to demonstrate performance and resilience in changing markets.

Read Ryan Suen’s related Insight: Sustainability Reporting: Understanding Drivers for Continued Business Resilience and Growth

In this episode of RE Think with RE Tech, we continue the Solutions in Action mini-series — a closer look at RE Tech’s Strategic Solutions and how they help organizations turn complexity into clarity.

The conversation focuses on Compliance and Risk & Resilience Management, exploring how proactive strategies help organizations stay ahead of regulation, anticipate climate risks, and safeguard long-term portfolio value.

Guests Emma Hughes, Director of Climate Risk Solutions, and Colin Curzi, Head of Building Policy Advisor , share how RE Tech does the heavy lifting behind both compliance and risk—streamlining regulatory processes, aligning data, and building resilience strategies that keep portfolios performing and prepared for what’s next.

Listeners will learn how RE Tech turns regulation into readiness, risk into strategy, and foresight into measurable resilience.

Listen now and see how clarity drives performance.

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