Michael Adams is the Los Angeles Office Director at Glumac, with more than a decade of experience at the firm guiding sustainable design and decarbonization initiatives across the built environment. He leads multidisciplinary teams to deliver pragmatic, cost‑effective strategies that align capital planning with long‑term carbon reduction goals, helping owners and operators translate climate targets into implementable projects.

Michael’s work focuses on portfolio‑level planning for decarbonization—balancing operational efficiency, electrification, and capital renewal to create resilient, low‑carbon asset strategies. He has overseen large, mixed‑use and institutional portfolios, developing roadmaps that prioritize interventions by carbon impact, ROI, and operational feasibility. Known for bridging technical analysis with stakeholder collaboration, Michael helps clients navigate regulatory shifts, incentive programs, and financing pathways to accelerate decarbonization at scale.

At this conference, he will share lessons from recent portfolio planning projects, including approaches to benchmarking, scenario modeling, and phased implementation that unlock near‑term emissions reductions while preserving long‑term flexibility. Based in Los Angeles, Michael brings practical, results‑oriented leadership to the challenge of decarbonizing buildings across diverse asset classes.