Lead, Better Buildings Residential Network
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Washington, District of Columbia
Jonathan Cohen, LEED Green Associate, founded and leads the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Better Buildings Residential Network, a national membership network of more than 470 residential energy efficiency programs and partners.
He served as Account Manager for over $175 million in grants that developed energy efficiency markets during the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) following the Great Recession.
Prior to joining the Dept. of Energy over a decade ago, he was Director of the Responsible Purchasing Network -- a national membership network of businesses, universities, government agencies, and nonprofits that buy green products in volume. He launched the first global standard to verify corporate social responsibility and sustainability reports with the UK-based international organization AccountAbility, managed the national NGO program at the United Nations Association of the USA, taught at New York University concerning NGO-corporate social responsibility partnerships, has published book chapters as well as journal and other articles concerning corporate social responsibility and sustainability, and spoken internationally to audiences of CEOs, government and nonprofit leaders and grasstops.
U.S. DOE Residential Team Update
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM