Alec’s areas of focus include completing implementation of Renewable Energy, Carbon Neutrality and Decarbonization Vision, reducing the firm’s energy costs and carbon footprint through utilizing alternative energy procurement methods, technological innovations, VPPA’s, maximizing building efficiency and on-site generation, energy investment projects, and cutting overall real estate expenditure through promoting and driving a sustainable, responsible, and cost efficient operating environment for the firm’s global real estate portfolio.
Alec is Vice-Chair or World Green Building Council Advisory Board, Co-Chair of Sustainability Committee of the Real Estate Board of New York, member of the Board of Directors of New York Energy Consumer Council and speaker at Davos.
In 2016 and 2019, Alec was awarded the prestigious Energy New York Award in Leadership and Innovation. Alec is a graduate of the executive management program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, where he was awarded an Executive Certificate in Leadership and Management. Alec holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College. Alec possesses the following industry certifications: Certified Business Energy Professional (BEP), Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Certified Energy Procurement Professional (CEP), Certified Energy Auditor (CEA), Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP).