Dilge Ozkan is a sustainability and energy specialist with over nine years of experience driving energy system transformation, advancing building performance and decarbonization, and shaping the social and policy conditions for clean energy adoption. She has worked with nonprofits, foundations, government agencies, and private-sector clients managing more than $10 billion in assets, providing expertise in portfolio-wide decarbonization, ESG strategy, operational optimization, behavioral analytics, and regulatory compliance. Her interdisciplinary background in data science, energy systems, and economics allows her to design innovative tools that strengthen decision-making, reduce carbon emissions, and enhance organizational and community resilience.

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At Good Energy Collective, Dilge leads operational research that combines rigorous technical analysis with stakeholder engagement to advance the responsible deployment of nuclear energy. Her work emphasizes system-level solutions and evidence-based strategies that support the scaling of nuclear technologies while aligning climate objectives with operational and financial performance.

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Previously, she served as Senior Sustainability and Energy Consultant and U.S. Country Lead for Building Optimization at Longevity Partners, where she managed an international team across six offices and delivered more than 100 energy audits, fund-level net-zero carbon strategies, and sustainability due diligence for transactions exceeding $1 billion. She also developed ESG dashboards, portfolio-wide decarbonization roadmaps, and regulatory compliance tools, including a Building Performance Standard (BPS) dashboard to support multiple jurisdictions.

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Earlier in her career, as Managing Consultant at Opinion Dynamics, Dilge conducted market research on all-electric building development in California, evaluated workforce development programs, and advised state and utility clients on clean energy program design. Prior to that, while based in Türkiye, she was a lead researcher on the European Union’s €7.5 million Horizon 2020 Nature4Cities initiative, spanning 10 countries. In this role, she designed and led social acceptance and stakeholder engagement strategies across multiple urban pilot sites, coordinated research partners and municipal actors across four countries, and developed frameworks and co-creation methodologies that advanced both academic literature on social acceptance and the practical implementation of nature-based solutions. This experience grounded her theoretical research in real-world contexts and deepened her expertise in the dynamics of how diverse social groups negotiate, contest, and co-produce environmental change.

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Dilge holds a Master of Science in Energy and Earth Resources from the University of Texas at Austin, a master’s in Earth System Science from Middle East Technical University, and a bachelor’s in Economics from Bilkent University. Her research has been published in leading journals, including npj Urban Sustainability, Energy Research & Social Science, Energy, and Ecological Economics, on topics such as the social acceptance of energy technologies, community solar adoption, and climate resilience.

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