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Building Electrification Strategies
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Plan, implement and communicate your path to a low-carbon future.
This hands-on course is designed for property managers, sustainability professionals and energy leaders who are ready to lead electrification efforts across their building portfolios. Whether you're just getting started or looking to optimize existing plans, you'll walk away with practical tools to assess opportunities, develop targeted strategies and build support across your organization.
We’ll start with the fundamentals—what building electrification is, why it matters, and how it supports emissions goals, energy efficiency and operational performance. Then we’ll explore real-world applications through guided activities and case studies—showing how to prepare buildings for electrification, evaluate and plan for grid-aligned electrical capacity, manage installations with quality in mind and build compelling business cases that secure stakeholder buy-in.
You’ll leave this session ready to:
• Analyze building portfolios to identify opportunities for electrification, considering emissions reduction, operational efficiency and organizational sustainability goals.
• Design customized electrification strategies that address technical challenges, optimize budgets and align with grid-aligned energy solutions.
• Develop and present business cases for electrification initiatives, effectively communicating impacts and benefits to stakeholders, tenants and teams.
Speaker
Leo Glaser
Director, Net Zero and Planet Impact at Third Space Properties Inc.
Leo brings over a decade of experience in building energy efficiency and commercial real estate decarbonization, leading electrification, energy conservation, and innovative technology pilot projects across a wide range of asset classes. His work takes a holistic approach to net zero, addressing operational emissions in existing buildings, embodied carbon in new construction, and broader resource conservation strategies.
Beyond his industry work, Leo developed and teaches the Building Electrification Strategies course for the Canadian Institute for Energy Training (CIET) and regularly leads educational webinars. He holds a master’s degree from the University of British Columbia, is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM), and is actively involved in building energy and carbon reduction initiatives across Canada through professional organizations including AEE and NEEC.
