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Landlord Profitability Workshop

  • Water bills high?

  • Tenants keep moving out?  

  • Hefty common-area bills?

  • Bed bugs, rats, or mice?   

  • Too much garbage? 

Learn from the experts.  Ask questions.  This workshop is free, with a delicious lunch provided by Whole Foods.

  • See a free infrared scan of your building

  • Get paid to install solar panels

  • Sign up for free email alerts if your water use skyrockets


Speakers

  • Reducing Water Bills, Sam Corda, Director of the Cambridge Water Department

  • Managing Waste, Meryl Brott, Cambridge DPW's expert on large building waste management

  • Common Area Energy Bill, Dan Teague, WegoWise Business Development Director

  • Reducing Tenant Turnover, Eli Herman, Energy Coordinator at Winn Management

  • Vermin, Mold, and Smoke, Mike Gineires, Cambridge Health Alliance

  • Large Apartment Building Retrofits, Michael Blasnik, Blasnik Associates (his research resulted in this groundbreaking study)

 

Saturday, March 3rd, 9 am – noon

MIT Student Center, 84 Mass Ave, Cambridge.

We have space for 100 guests; sign up now to reserve your spot!

 

For further  information, email HEET.Cambridge@gmail.com
Sponsored by HEET, the Cambridge Energy Alliance, and Sustainable Business Network


Anticipated Workshop Schedule

 

9am – 9:15  Coffee, mingling and signing up for all sorts of fantastic freebies that will be available throughout the workshop

9:15 – 9:30  Welcome

9:30 – 10:15 Session 1:

  • Eli Herman, Energy Project Coordinator at Winn Management, “Reducing Tenant Turnover
  • Dan Teague, Business Development WegoWise, “Reducing Common Area Bills
  • Mike Gineires, Cambridge Health Alliance, “Bedbugs, Secondhand Smoke and Vermin
     

10:15 – 10:30 Break


1030 – 11:15 Session 2:

  • Meryl Brott, Recycling Program Manager Cambridge, “Managing Waste
  • Michael Blasnik,  Blasnik & Assocs., "Retrofits of Large Multiunit Buildings"
  • Sam Corda, Director Water Dept. “Reducing Water Bills
     

11:15am – 12pm - Food, mingling and signing up for all sorts of fantastic freebies

  • Free solar panels
  • Free energy assessments
  • Free water bills e-alerts
  • Free IR scans