Energy Efficiency Policy Conference 2024 | World Sustainable Energy Days | 6 March 2024 | Stadthalle Wels, Pollheimerstraße 1, 4600 Wels, Austria

What is it all about:
• New Energy Efficiency Directive
• REPowerEU & Green Deal
• EE Markets & Finance
• Energy Communities
• Energy Efficiency Watch

This was established by the region of Upper Austria in 1991. Ever since, it has been the central information hub for commercially independent energy advice. Its expertise in energy efficiency and sustainable energy is available to households, businesses and municipalities.

• Energy advice
10,000 energy advice sessions per year for households, businesses and municipalities

• Residential buildings programme
Support for energy-saving construction and refurbishment (over 100,000 buildings since 1993)

• Energy Academy
Training in energy efficiency and renewable energy – over 30 training seminars per year

• Energy information and awareness-raising
Campaigns, competitions, publications and events on the topics that matter

• World Sustainable Energy Days
Europe’s largest conference covering renewable energy and energy efficiency, with over 10,000 people from 98 countries taking part in recent years

• Regional support programmes
Managing support programmes, e.g. for energy contracting and innovative energy technologies

• Businesses
Providing information, advice, and networking opportunities for businesses on all aspects of energy efficiency and renewable energy

• Cleantech-Cluster
Supporting energy technology companies in a business network

• Municipalities and schools
Supporting municipalities in developing local energy plans and projects, managing a support programme for solar schools

• Energy technology projects
Regional, national, and EU projects

2024 Speakers

Claudia Canevari
European Commission, DG Energy

Nadejda Khamrakulova
Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Vincent Barnes
Senior Vice President Policy and Research, Alliance to Save Energy

Jürgen Schneider
Section Manager, Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology

Christiane Egger
Deputy Manager, OÖ Energiesparverband, Austria

Anette Jahn
European Commission, CINEA

Leonhard Schitter
CEO, Energie AG

Pauline Lucas
Policy Director, Euroheat & Power

Gerhard Dell
Managing Director, OÖ Energiesparverband

João Pedro Gouveia
Co-Founder & Lead, Energy Systems, RegenIntel

Leo Wierda
Senior Research Engineer, VHK