2024 Net Zero Accelerator Info Session

USGBC-CA is about peopleWe’re a member-based, non-profit organization representing green building and sustainability professionals in California. We are passionate, practical, and informed advocates who work together to transform California’s built environment into a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable region for all.Join our diverse community of developers, builders, owners, facility managers, architects, engineers, planners, technologists, green financiers, students of sustainability, green building experts, and advocates! With over 100 annual events, 13 training categories, and 14 programs, you’ve found your home for accelerating sustainability in California.Click here to support our small non-profit!Want to stay in the know?Click here to be sure you'll never miss an upcoming event from USGBC-CA!

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Join us to learn more about our one-of-a-kind program focused on piloting net zero solutions in the built environment!

<h3>The application for the <a href="https://netzeroaccelerator.org/apply" title="https://www.netzeroaccelerator.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">2024 Net Zero Accelerator is now live</a>!</h3>Come learn more about our one-of-a-kind program, now entering its 6th year, focused on piloting net zero (carbon, energy, water, and waste) solutions in the built environment. To date, we’ve helped accelerate the growth of 90 companies, and we're eager to select and beging working with our next 15. Please come with your questions and find out how to get involved as a startup, pilot partner, or program advisor!You can learn more about us and the NZA at <a href="https://www.netzeroaccelerator.org" title="https://www.netzeroaccelerator.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">NetZeroAccelerator.org</a>.<a href="https://hello.pledge.to/widgets/donate/gzTxVXoaLdELELFReFs9zg" title="https://hello.pledge.to/widgets/donate/gzTxVXoaLdELELFReFs9zg" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </a>About the Presenters

Ben StapletonExecutive Director, USGBC-LAA native Angeleno, Ben Stapleton is a recognized sustainability leader who brings a creative mind and consultative approach to a wide range of projects with a focus on building teams and designing programs to deliver impactful results. His current work is based on coordinating an ecosystem leveraging the built environment as the entry point and connective fabric to help create a more sustainable society for all as Executive Director for the U.S. Green Building Council – Los Angeles.In his time at USGBC-LA, he has strengthened the foundation of this leading, membership-based sustainability organization while developing and delivering a portfolio of community engagement and education focused programming centered on climate justice, high performance buildings, occupant health, corporate sustainability and regional resilience; establishing talent development and a people first philosophy as the pillars of the brand.Previously, he launched and then managed the La Kretz Innovation Campus in Downtown LA while leading operations, finance, and major program initiatives for the LA Cleantech Incubator (LACI). The Campus has become an epicenter for sustainability in the region and an iconic green building for the City of LA, featuring events with prominent thought leaders, while being home to a community of cutting-edge businesses and nonprofits. During his time at LACI, the team worked with 80+ companies to raise $225M+ in funding, create 1,800+ jobs, and deliver $400M+ in long-term economic value for the City of LA.His other work has included real estate advisory, energy efficiency consulting, facilities operations, site selection, and project management as well as business and strategy development for a wide range of companies and real estate investors. He serves on a number of boards where his talents and insight have proven invaluable in managing, negotiating, and executing on complex real estate projects while delivering technology startups and community engagement programs that exceed expectations.He is a recipient of JLL’s distinctive Da Vinci Award for Innovation, the Los Angeles Business Council’s Community Impact Award, Stratiscope’s Impact Maker to Watch Award, and CoStar’s Power Broker designation in the Los Angeles market. Representing competing schools in Los Angeles, Stapleton holds a MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business as well as a Bachelors of Arts degree in Economics from UCLA. Ben is a LEED AP O+M, ENV SP, and WELL AP certified green building nerd driven by a connection to nature while being inspired by the people around him.

Colin ManghamDirector, Corporate Sustainability &amp; Innovation (+ NZA Lead), USGBC-LAColin has guided dozens of global brands (generating over $500 million in revenues) and hundreds of entrepreneurs (securing over $80 million in capital) through birth, growth, and rebirth. His primary focus in Corporate Sustainability &amp; Innovation at USGBC-LA is the Net Zero Accelerator, where he guides startups in speeding commercialization of cleantech innovation to move us all toward net zero energy, carbon, water, and waste.His mentorship and guidance is further informed by his position as co-founder and COO of Morpho Energy, where he’s focused on optimizing people and systems to unlock the idle asset value of commercial and industrial rooftops. Further, with his approach to what he’s defined as Natural Innovation, Colin develops brands and go-to-market strategies rooted in deeply human motives and aligned with nature’s operating principles.His “Find Your Woods” TEDx and appearances on CNN’s “Going Green” have helped establish him as an internationally recognized voice for biomimicry and nature-based innovation. As a Liverpool MBA and LSU Tiger, Colin lectures frequently at universities including UCLA, USC, LMU, DePaul, The University of Helsinki, and the ESB Business School at Reutlingen University (Germany) where he is Visiting Faculty. His certifications include Biomimicry Specialist, LEED Green Associate, and Living Future Ambassador. Colin has been an Angeleno since 1998 and is now rooted in the hills with his wife, kids, cats, and whatever neighboring species happen along.

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