Date
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Time
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Name
Keynote - The Present and Future of Electrification in America’s Homes: Alex Laskey in Conversation with Amy Dryden
Session ID
K3
Amy Dryden Alex Laskey
Description

Amy Dryden
Director of Strategic Innovation
Association for Energy Affordability (AEA)

Amy Dryden, is the Director of Strategic Innovation at Association for Energy Affordability (AEA). Amy leads business development initiatives, supports program design and implementation and spearheads research and development projects focused on decarbonization, indoor air quality and health, and advanced energy technologies. She develops and delivers training curricula for building codes and standards-based programs and building practices for industry professionals. Amy brings more than 20 years of experience in residential green building design and construction, consulting, and planning, and is passionate about advancing the industry to deliver resilient and healthy housing in a decarbonized future. She has contributed to national, state, and local energy, auditing and green building standards including for DOE, the California Low Income housing Tax Credit Program, GreenPoint Rated and Building Performance Institute.

Alex Laskey
Founder & Executive Chair
Rewiring America

Alex Laskey is the Founder & Executive Chair at Rewiring America, the leading electrification nonprofit, focused on electrifying our homes, businesses, and communities. Rewiring America develops accessible, actionable data and tools, and build coalitions and partnerships to make going electric easier for households and communities. Alex is also the Founder and former President of Opower, the global leader in cloud-based software for the utility industry. Under Laskey's leadership, Opower grew from a two-person startup to a publicly traded company whose software is used by more than half of the largest electric and gas utilities in the world. Laskey is a Board member of Arcadia and a longtime Director of the Conservation Lands Foundation.  He was a founding Commissioner on the Energy Transitions Commission and a board member of Advanced Energy Economy.