PropTech’s Role in Decarbonizing the Real Estate Value Chain

At a certain the point in time, listed company board members become or will become aware that their company is failing to create maximum value from its energy affairs. Robert Allender has 35 years’ experience guiding corporations and business units to turn that failure around.
For the past 9 of these years his main work has been helping listed company boards that want:

• All board members to be appropriately educated and regularly updated on both general and company-specific corporate energy affairs (CEA) issues;
• An energy affairs strategy that outperforms any of their competitors in both profitability and resilience;
• A higher energy affairs maturity score than last year.

Creating value is not the only dimension of Robert’s work; avoiding value destruction is another. These days the hot CEA issues are decarbonisation, the energy transition, Scope 3, and the energy-and-carbon-half of ESG. But business continuity is always the baseline, and controlling energy-related opex and capex cannot be taken for granted. Robert enjoys helping company senior leaders become aware of how complex and consequential their company’s energy affairs have become, and to be free of any 1970s ideas about energy-use ecosystem realities.

Clients for Robert’s CEA work have come from across the world, but Hong Kong has been his home since 1989. He has a business degree from Cornell University, and has been a speaker and writer on CEA and related topics since 1994. He is regularly invited to serve as conference chair, awards judge, MBA guest lecturer, and association and charity director.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

In keeping with my personal mission of having all medium and large businesses put their energy-use strategy in writing, I hope 2025 is the year this practice becomes a hallmark of Hong Kong businesses, one that the city is widely praised for.

Akina Ho is the Co-Founder of AllStarsWomen DAO, Not Your Token, and the Hong Kong PropTech Alliance, and serves as a Board Advisor at BEETc. A recognized thought leader in emerging technologies, Akina is at the forefront of AI and Web3, with expertise in DAOs.

In 2020, She led the creation of the VC arm at Great Eagle Group, where she served on the Investment Committee, investing in transformative technologies and disruptive business models. In 2017, she was part of the executive team that built a Hong Kong unicorn, backed by Foxconn and SoftBank.

With over 20 years of global experience in change management, digital transformation, strategy consulting, marketing, finance, hospitality, and sales operations, Akina is a sought-after speaker. She has been featured on Bloomberg, Fox International, and global stages including Collision 2024 and Huawei AI Summits 2024, sharing insights on AI, Web3, and transformative leaderships.

CEO, Cereb Intelligence | ESG Tech Innovator | IoT Strategist

Trevor Ho is a visionary entrepreneur and deep tech leader driving sustainable transformation through AI and IoT innovation. As the Founder and CEO of Cereb Intelligence, Trevor leads a groundbreaking platform that empowers organizations to optimize operations, reduce carbon footprints, and accelerate ESG goals with minimal infrastructure upgrades.

With over 15 years of global experience across Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Europe, Trevor has led large-scale IoT deployments, smart energy projects, and digital transformation initiatives across sectors—from commercial real estate and hospitality to manufacturing and smart cities. He previously served as CTO of IoTena Technology and Co-founder & CTO of Global Design Corporations, which was successfully acquired by Energybox.

Trevor holds several patents in cloud-based energy monitoring and predictive analytics and is a certified LEED GA professional. His passion lies in democratizing sustainability tech, helping businesses transition toward greener operations through accessible, scalable, and intelligent solutions.