Kerry Meade
Kerry Meade
Smart Buildings Center
Kerry Meade is the Executive Director of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC), a non-profit business association with over one hundred members. In this role, she is also responsible for directing the activities of the Smart Buildings Center, a 501c3 organization with a mission to accelerate the adoption and commercialization of smart buildings practices and technologies through education and demonstration. Kerry has over ten years of experience in energy policy, energy efficiency, and strategic consulting to electric and gas utilities and combines that with a broader background in urban and regional planning and policy. She is passionate about driving the efficiency industry toward a beneficial future in the emerging clean energy economy through grid edge technology, smart buildings and innovative policy.
All Sessions by Kerry Meade
Building Owner/Manager Guide to Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings – Is Demand Flexibility Right for You?
Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings (GEBs) and demand flexibility generally are key utility strategies for decarbonizing the electric utility system (see SBX 2024 Day 1 session on GEBs). The customer-side experience of GEBs deployment is the mirror image of this strategy. What is required of building owners and operators to do GEBs, what are the implications for daily operation, and what are the costs and benefits from GEBs deployment? This panel will look at three regions of the country where GEBs buildings are up and running.
Opening Plenary – The Market Opportunity for Smart Buildings
The opening plenary session features Darlene Pope, President of Planon, North America, who is a globally recognized subject matter expert and visionary in the smart building industry with more than 30 years of experience in commercial real estate, technology, and smart building consulting.