Scaling Up High-Performance Buildings: Brussels and Washington, DC Lead the Way Toward More Sustainable Cities

In light of recent collaboration between Brussels and cities in Canada and the U.S. on integrating high-performance building standards, Brussels is bringing the conversation to other U.S. cities, including Washington, D.C.

WRI’s Building Efficiency Initiative is hosting this event in partnership with Belgium. 

Speakers:

Belgian Ambassador, H.E. Dirk WOUTERS   

Manish Bapna, Executive Vice President And Managing Director, World Resources Institute

His Excellency Mr. Rudi Vervoort, Minister-President of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region

H.E. Cécile Jodogne, Secretary of State for the Brussels-Capital Region in charge of Foreign Trade & Investment

Tommy Wells, Director of DOEE

Joël Solé, Director Energy, Air, Climate, Sustainable buildings at Brussels Environment

Landon Van Dyke, Senior Advisor for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability, and Executive Secretary for the Greening Diplomacy Initiative and the D.C. Eco-Capitals Forum, U.S. Department of State

Emma Stewart, Director, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Kathlijn Fruithof, Trade and Investment Commissioner, hub.brussels