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What Twenty-Five Years in Real Estate Taught Me About Energy by Hazel Mann

What Twenty-Five Years in Real Estate Taught Me About Energy by Hazel Mann

What Twenty-Five Years in Real Estate Taught Me About Energy by Hazel Mann

I spent most of my career in real estate technology, overseeing systems for some of the largest property portfolios in the world. For a long time, energy was something that happened to a building — a utility bill, a line item, someone else's problem to solve.

Thought Leadership

Thought Leadership

5 Min

5 Min

Hazel Mann

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Split image showing a modern building facade beside an industrial energy facility exterior

[PLACEHOLDER: Hazel's real story of when and how she started seeing real estate and energy as connected rather than separate belongs here. Suggested structure below.]

  • The moment it clicked: [A specific project, conversation, or realization — real estate portfolios increasingly needing to think about their own energy generation, not just consumption]

  • What most people in real estate still get wrong: [Her perspective on why property leaders underestimate energy infrastructure as a strategic asset class]

  • Why she co-founded Riven: [Her personal reasoning for stepping into energy infrastructure specifically, rather than staying in real estate technology]

  • What she'd tell someone earlier in their career: [A closing reflection connecting her cross-industry path to advice for others]

[A genuine, specific pull-quote from Hazel about the real estate/energy convergence belongs here — this is the piece of the post most worth getting exactly right in her own words.]


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About Author

About Author

Hazel has spent 25 years making real estate portfolios smarter, then decided buildings weren't the only thing that needed better infrastructure. Energy did too. She co-founded Riven to prove it. Her resume reads like it belongs to three different people: board member for a blockchain governance initiative, occasional consultant for luxury hotels (someone has to stress-test the world's nicest properties), and now, apparently, waste-to-energy. Ask her how it all connects and she'll share her stories over a cup of matcha.

Hazel Mann

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