Director of State Outreach
Building Performance Association
Robin Yochum brings her passion for helping people by providing education on reducing the impacts of climate change in the built environment. Her expertise is in advancing energy efficiency and climate policies to achieve carbon emission reductions. She has dedicated the most recent chapter of her career to clean energy policies, advancing sustainable practices through federal funding opportunities and state led initiatives while educating stakeholders on the importance of building energy codes, performance contracting, energy audits and upgrades and overall sustainable practices.
She spent 20 years in the Commercial and Residential construction sector, before moving to a state position where she worked with policymakers, lobbyists, community leaders, federal agencies, local governments, non-profits and other global stakeholders to develop and implement effective climate policy solutions, including supporting the development of the Nevada Climate Strategy, implementing lighting efficiency and appliance standards and representing Nevada on a national level for the development and implementation of efficient building codes, most notably the International Energy Conservation Code for residential structures.