October 28 – 30, 2024
Resorts World Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES
October 28 – 30, 2024
Resorts World Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES
Heather Rosenberg is an Associate Principal at Arup in the Americas and leads the Resilience Impact and Social Equity (RISE!) team. An ecologist by training, Heather brings more than 20 years of experience leading sustainability and resilience projects in the built environment. Her systems-based approach integrates interdisciplinary teams to bring together technical expertise with stakeholder engagement and a commitment to social equity. Her current work focuses on decarbonization and energy transition through a resilience lens. She works extensively with local governments, utilities, community choice aggregators and non-profits to better understand the resilience of the energy system, how buildings can play a role in local and grid-level resilience, and how to leverage investments to support frontline communities.
Before joining Arup, Heather was the founder and president of her own successful resilience strategy consulting practice, Fifth Road. She created the Building Resilience Network, a multi-stakeholder initiative designed to help public, private, and non-profit organizations weave physical, social and economic resilience into core operations. She is a USGBC Ginsberg Fellow and has served on multiple boards and committees.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Los Angeles Convention Center - West Hall, 515B
With over $4.4 trillion in loss of assets, infrastructure, business operations, community vitality, and life, persistent disasters across the United States have prompted a pivot in how real estate development and investment align with future proofing residential, commercial, industrial, and public-sector facilities. The launch of community disaster resilience zones by a bipartisan Congress and led […]