2030 and Beyond – Opportunities for a Clean Energy Economy

Presented by Dunstan Macauley, PE

Vice President, ASHRAE Board of Directors

Global climate change is arguably the most important issue today; especially in the design and engineering of the built environment. With buildings responsible for about 40% of carbon dioxide emissions, many policies are being developed that focus on the decarbonization of buildings. Many jurisdictions are now requiring new buildings to be low carbon or net-zero in the near-term and other policies are requiring retrofits of existing building stock in the medium to long term to decarbonize. As we transition to a clean energy economy, the built environment will undergo significant transformation to provide the resources needed to design and build zero carbon and resilient buildings.