Climate Week 2026

Written By S L

September 2026

For the second year, BPRC will be hosting an event during NY Climate Week.

Please join us for a panel discussion at 4PM on Wednesday, September 23, followed by reception at the Center for Architecture.

RSVP here.

“Learning from Implementers: Strategies for Scaling Clean Energy Projects”

hosted by the Building Power Resource Center

Across the country, community groups are partnering with unions and government leaders on innovative campaigns to decarbonize and deploy clean energy in schools, mobile home parks, and low-income neighborhoods.

​By organizing grassroots support on the "outside" and effectively championing progress "inside" of government, they are winning tangible benefits in the short term while building scalable civic infrastructure at the local and state levels—critical for when the next opportunity for federal investment emerges.

​Join this in-person panel, hosted by the Building Power Resource Center, to hear from on-the-ground implementers scaling building decarbonization programs. Reception to follow panel discussion.

​Speaker Lineup

  • ​Opening Remarks

    • ​Jeremiah Baumann - former Senior Policy Advisor and Director of Policy & Implementation, U.S. Department of Energy

  • ​Moderator

    • ​Yong Jung Cho - Executive Director, Building Power Resource Center

  • ​Panelists

    • ​Senator Jabari Brisport - New York State Senate

    • ​Julie Benabente - Deputy Director, City of San José’s Climate Smart Division

    • ​Francis Eanes - Executive Director, Maine Labor Climate Council

    • ​Molly Shack Strickland - Executive Director, Ohio Organizing CollaborativeLearning from Implementers: Strategies for Scaling Clean Energy Projects

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