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Education and Academic Training
- PhD at the University of Dortmund; thesis title "Municipal influence possibilities on the organisation of the energy supply industries" in 1993
- University Diploma in business economics and land-use planning (University of Dortmund, Germany)
- Apprenticeship as an office clerk
Professional Experience
- Since 2000: Project manager and acting partner of the Solar & Spar Contract GmbH Wuppertal at the Wuppertal Institute and responsible for planning and conversion of different solar and savings projects at schools in North Rhine-Westphalia under integration of financial citizen participation
- Since 1993: Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy; first in the Energy Division, then in the Division Energy, Transport and Climate Policy; project manager and scientific coordinator for energy services and local energy policies
- 1990 - 1993: Owner of an engineering office in Dortmund, Germany
- 1982 - 1990: Several scientific works on aspects of the municipal energy supply (Institut für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen - ILS, Dortmund)
Research Focus
- Energy services and local energy policies
- Strategic options for action of energy suppliers
- Energy (Performance) Contracting under integration of financial participation of citizen
- Initiator and organiser of the "Wuppertal Energy and Environment Award"
Memberships
- Consultant and lecturer at the Ecology Foundation and the Heinrich Böll Foundation, both in North Rhine-Westphalia, on the topic "energy turnaround in local municipalities" as contribution to communal climate protection
- Öko-Institut e.V., Freiburg
- Information center of the Association Raumplanung e.V., Dortmund
Publications
You find all scientific publications on our publication server.