Sarah Ralich is ACTION-Housing’s Senior Energy & Construction Manager. She works on the Real Estate Development team managing new construction and renovations of affordable multifamily housing. She also manages all energy usage data and retrofits for ACTION’s real estate portfolio. In addition, she works with policy leaders from around the state, advocating for energy efficiency programs designed for affordable multifamily housing. Sarah also has two years of experience working on The One Stop, ACTION’s multifamily affordable housing energy audit program. She has a BA in Urban Studies from the University of Pittsburgh.

Since 2022, I have been responsible for all sustainability activities and initiatives for the Trammell Crow Company globally, having previously served as a development executive with TCC for the last 25 years in the northeast region. My focus today is on building energy efficiency, embodied carbon reduction and on-site energy generation as we work to electrify our buildings and reduce the use of fossil fuels within our development portfolio.

Beth Eckenrode is co-founder of AUROS Group which merges building science and data science to cost effectively reach zero energy, zero carbon and healthy indoor air quality. AUROS Group's secret sauce lies in their proprietary integrated digital twin technology which demonstrates if a building is performing as it was designed and constructed to perform. Beth is co-author of the new book, the Power of Existing Buildings and is certified in many building performance standards.