Michael Freedberg is Senior Advisor for High Performance Building in HUD’s Office of Environment and Energy. He has led bipartisan efforts to lower HUD’s annual $6.9 billion energy and water bill, including the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities under the Obama Administration, and previously as Chair of the agency’s Energy Task Force. He has extensive experience in building efficiency and sustainable development, including the first solar and wind energy projects in New York City, energy retrofits of multifamily housing in Chicago, and award-winning transit-oriented development in that city. He has degrees in architecture and urban planning.