Energy’s value in real estate portfolios is much more than an operational expense. It is a mission-critical input that is straining under soaring demand for power, for data centers, AI, EVs and looming legislation in New York City requiring the electrification of everything in our new buildings.

What do these energy hogs mean for urban centers like New York City? Cities don’t have sufficient space for solutions based solely on solar panels, and adding new transmission power lines faces many cost hurdles.

How can developers and building operators ensure that sufficient power is available during a brownout and curb energy costs? This talk will introduce the idea of distributed energy resources – or standalone sources of energy – and how they can help real estate portfolios generate revenue, provide resiliency, and future-proof assets.