Talent and labor shortages will prevent the industry’s transition to decarbonized and digitized buildings–unless the workforce builders have something to say about it.
This NexusCon 2025 panel, moderated by Rachel Kennedy (Solutions Engineer, KODE Labs), brings together April Yi (Director, Digital Engineering, Microsoft), Niharika Kishore (Sr. Sustainability Specialist, Amazon), and Thomas Grant (Global Manager of Energy and DTV Energy, Wendy’s) to unpack what “AI for energy management” actually means in practice.
At NexusCon 2025, Mike Bendewald, Vice President of Sustainability at Mantis Innovation, and Jenny Gerson, Senior Director of Sustainability at Databank, broke down what it actually takes to make energy efficiency pencil out in data centers.
In this session, Christian Nielsen, Head of Property Technology and Innovation at Low Tide Properties, walks through how his team rethought the foundation of their smart neighborhood program. Instead of beginning with technology—an approach that had repeatedly led to misaligned investments—Christian rebuilt the process around user journeys for residents, operators, and property managers.
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