Holly Carr, LEED AP

Director, Solar Decathlon
U.S. Department of Energy
Washington, District of Columbia

Holly Jamesen Carr is Director of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, a collegiate competition, comprising 10 contests, that challenges student teams to design and build highly efficient and innovative zero energy buildings. Ms. Carr also leads the DOE Buildings Upgrade Prize (Buildings UP), which builds capacity for local teams to transform existing residential and commercial buildings to efficient electric equipment, such as heat pumps and heat pump water heaters, and ensure comfort with measures such as insulation and air sealing. While on detail to the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Ms. Carr developed the Build it Better program, incentivizing international development construction projects to improve energy efficiency and incorporate renewable energy. Previous to her work at DOE, Ms. Carr managed dozens of public, private and federal sustainability projects, assisting clients to implement environmentally preferable strategies for building design, construction, and occupancy. She is a LEED AP.

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Presentation(s):

• (E03) Engaging Buildings Professionals in the Decarbonization Revolution

  Wednesday, September 27, 2023
  12:30pm – 1:30pm US EDT