Renovate Europe Day 2019

Pernille Weiss

MEP (EPP, Denmark)

Pernille Weiss is a Danish politician from the Conservative People’s Party of Denmark and has been a Member of the European Parliament since the European elections in May 2019. She is a member of the EPP group.

Prior to her mandate, Ms Weiss held several occupations within the health sector before establishing her own consultancy firm in 2008. She is a nurse by education and holds a Master’s Degree in Leadership and Innovation from Copenhagen Business School. In addition, she is a certified sexologist. Before joining the European Parliament, Ms Weiss was involved in politics at national level as a member of one of Denmark’s Regional Councils.

Ciarán Cuffe

MEP (Greens/EFA, Ireland)

Ciarán Cuffe is a member of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, sitting on the Transport and Tourism Committee, the Industry, Research and Energy Committee, and as a substitute on the Regional Development Committee.

An architect and planner, he has served as a Dublin City Councillor, TD for Dún Laoghaire, and Minister of State with responsibility for sustainable transport and climate change. In government he reformed the Irish planning system to limit rezoning, link transport and planning decisions and focus on evidence-led decision-making. He set up an MSc Programme in Urban Regeneration at TU Dublin and in 2019 graduated with an MSc in Cities from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Theresa Griffin

MEP (S&D, United Kingdom)

Theresa Griffin is a member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament, representing the North-West England constituency. She is a member of the ITRE Committee and a substitute member of the TRAN Committee, now in her second term as a Member of the European Parliament. She is also the President of EUFORES, the European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources.

Roman Grünner

Project Manager, alchemia nova, Vienna

Roman Grünner is a project manager at alchemia nova in Vienna, and a former project manager at the Slovakian Green Building Council. He has worked as a research assistant in the working group Sustainable Constructions at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, where he developed and implemented applied research projects at European and national level. He was responsible for international cooperation with Slovakia and the Czech Republic and was district leader of the Bratislava team in the EU GUGLE project.

Daniel Herrera

Senior Researcher, EURAC Research

Daniel Herrera is a Senior Researcher in the Energy Retrofit of Historic Buildings group at EURAC Research, Italy. He is a qualified architect and PhD candidate whose main area of interest is the development of energy conservation solutions for historic buildings, with particular focus on their hygrothermal performance. He is involved in the IEA-SHC Task 59 and Interreg Alpine Space ATLAS projects.

Joonas Kerge

Communications Manager, KredEx

Joonas Kerge is the Communications Manager at KredEx, a foundation set up by the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications to provide the best financial solutions for both enterprises and homeowners. KredEx provides technical assistance, loans and guarantee funding to encourage the uptake of ambitious energy renovation in Estonia. He has held this position since 2016, and his professional background is in communications and marketing. He is also a co-founder of several sustainability projects that help people make better and more conscious decisions as consumers.

Alex Paterson

Chief Executive, Historic Environment Scotland

Alex Paterson is Chief Executive of Historic Environment Scotland, the lead public body set up to investigate, care for and promote Scotland’s historic environment, a position he has held since September 2016. His professional background focuses largely on economic and community engagement. Before joining Historic Environment Scotland, he was Chief Executive of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).

Louise Sunderland

Senior Advisor, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)

Louise Sunderland is a researcher, advisor and policy analyst who has worked on energy efficiency and sustainability in the energy and buildings sectors for more than 10 years. She focuses strongly on the consumer and on equity in the energy transition. She is Director of a London community energy cooperative, an external expert for the European Commission, and has served as an expert witness giving evidence to the United Kingdom’s House of Lords.

Yamina Saheb

Senior climate and energy policy analyst, OpenExp

Dr Yamina Saheb is a senior climate and energy policy analyst at OpenExp, a Paris-based global network of independent experts working on solutions for sustainable development. She is the lead author of the buildings chapter in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report and an international expert on climate and energy policies. She is a former Scientific Officer at the European Commission Joint Research Centre and former Senior Energy Efficiency Policy Analyst at the IEA.

Adrian Joyce

Director, Renovate Europe Campaign

Adrian Joyce is Director of the Renovate Europe Campaign and Secretary General of Efficient Buildings Europe (formerly EuroACE). He is a professionally qualified architect who spent 17 years in private practice (working in the UK, France, Belgium and Ireland) before getting involved full-time in EU policy. Adrian is also Chairman of the Coalition for Energy Savings.