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Published inMar 2023
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Harry G. Smeenk
Harry G. Smeenk
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Harry G. Smeenk

Harry Smeenk is a technology strategist and thought leader in smart buildings, IoT, edge data centers, and networks. He is an executive leader in the design, development, deployment, and integration of smart building IoT networks with Tapa Inc, and Smart Buildings Online LLC. He drove worldwide cross-industry technology roadmaps, best practices, and standards for the Telecom Industry Association. He conceptualized and developed the industry's first smart building rating program. As Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the North Texas Enterprise Center he helped launch and accelerate startups including 3 of his own. He has an MBA degree from the University of North Carolina and a BS degree in Business Management from St. John Fisher College.
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ESG

Climate change, carbon emissions, pollution, deforestation, and other environmental concerns are top-of-mind business concerns for building owners, investors, operators, and other stakeholders. ESG is fundamental to both an organization’s governance framework and its investment framework.

Organizations define their mission, vision, strategy, values, and tactics with consideration of ESG impacts. Investors and stakeholders look to building owners to understand how they are responding to trends related to climate, demographic, and technological changes as part of the investment decision-making process.

Figure 13.1 – ESG

Figure 13.1 – ESG

The ESG acronym was first used in 2006 by the United Nations in their Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI) report. At that time, the ESG criteria became part of the financial evaluation of companies and, subsequently, buildings. ESG is sometimes referred to as impact investing. It was developed from the assumption...

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Harry Smeenk is a technology strategist and thought leader in smart buildings, IoT, edge data centers, and networks. He is an executive leader in the design, development, deployment, and integration of smart building IoT networks with Tapa Inc, and Smart Buildings Online LLC. He drove worldwide cross-industry technology roadmaps, best practices, and standards for the Telecom Industry Association. He conceptualized and developed the industry's first smart building rating program. As Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the North Texas Enterprise Center he helped launch and accelerate startups including 3 of his own. He has an MBA degree from the University of North Carolina and a BS degree in Business Management from St. John Fisher College.
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