FEDARENE : Candidates

Aviel Verbruggen

Aviel Verbruggen is a Belgian researcher. He has worked on building district heating, cogeneration, climate change and support mechanisms for renewable power development, and economic policy instruments to spread energy conservation and efficiency more effectively. His focus is on diversity, bottom-up, self-governance.

Louise Sunderland

Throughout her career, Louise Sunderland has worked closely with the industry, the non-profit sector, with policymakers on research and policy development. She has been pivotal in raising awareness and in leading the conceptual development of energy poverty policy at EU level.

Reinhard Six

Reinhard has worked through his entire career in the field of energy efficiency. In 2009, Reinhard joined the European Investment Bank. From 2016 until his retirement in 2022, Reinhard managed the ELENA Facility and has led a team which has delivered a significant increase in local and regional energy efficiency projects.

Primož Praper

In the last two decades, Primož Praper has worked extensively with public educational institutions, municipalities and the private sector in Slovenia, offering state-of-the-art advice, guidance and leadership in the area of sustainable construction, retrofitting and other types of investment projects.

Jörg Lorenz

Joerg Lorenz is the founder of the association “green with IT Berlin-Brandenburg”. His work focuses on energy efficiency and IT processes and has contributed to numerous EU projected to deliver his vision.

Jane Kruse

Jane is the co-founder and current director of the Nordic Folkecenter, a showcase for passive house buildings, LED light projects, solar cooking, electric transportation solutions, domestic waste water treatment and recycling, and many other things.

Esther Hardi

Esther Hardi worked as innovation manager at the grid operator Alliander, created her own company SDG Energy, which devotes itself to the energy transition and meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals for the business and energy sector, and is also director of the local renewable energy company Energy Cooperation 2030.nu.

Anne Girault

Anne Girault has led a consulting career for over 35 years working with local authorities and public sector in the field of energy, environment, and sustainable development. In 2010, at the initiative of the City of Paris, she created the Paris Climate Agency, which she managed until 2019.

Lina Gellermark

Lina Gellermark is the director of Mälardalen Energy Agency Deputy Chairman of the Board of Energikontoren Sverige. Her determined efforts have driven the development of inter-organizational systems, structures, and networks throughout the country, which has strengthened the collaborative efforts between Sweden and the rest of Europe.

Noel Formosa

Noel Formosa has been the Mayor of San Lawrenz, Malta, since 1994. He has launched and implemented various initiatives related to energy efficiency and sustainability in the municipality as well as on a regional level in the island of Gozo.

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