Eurogas Let’s Meet! Decarbonising buildings in Europe – Which technologies do we need to reach our climate targets?

Speakers for this event

• Hélène Sibileau

  Hélène Sibileau

  Senior Policy Advisor, BPIE

  Hélène SIBILEAU works as Senior Policy Advisor at BPIE (Buildings Performance Institute Europe) since early 2021. In her role, she makes sure that BPIE’s research results are channelled towards policymakers and stakeholders at EU level and serve as a fact-based and sound knowledge input to policymaking. She also produces replies to public consultations, provides policy recommendations, or assess building policies. Before joining BPIE, she was Senior EU Affairs Manager for almost six years at EuroACE – Energy Efficient Buildings, a Brussels-based business association representing manufacturers of energy efficient products in buildings. At EuroACE, she advocated for more ambitious EU policies in the field of energy performance of buildings. Previous experiences include a Blue Book Traineeship in the European Commission in the ‘Energy Efficiency’ Unit of DG ENER and various roles as consultant. Hélène is a graduate in EU Public Affairs of both Sciences Po Strasbourg and the College of Europe, where she wrote her Master Thesis on the negotiations of the 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive.

  Senior Policy Advisor, BPIE

• Seán Kelly

  Seán Kelly

  Member of the ITRE Committee, Shadow Rapporteur on the Revision of the Energy Performance Buildings Directive, European Parliament

  SEÁN KELLY has been an MEP for Ireland South since 2009. He is the leader of Fine Gael in the European Parliament and a member of the EPP Group.

  Kelly sits on the European Parliament’s Committees on the International Trade (INTA), Industry, Research & Energy (ITRE), and Constitutional Affairs (AFCO).

  He has led on important policy work, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), setting the 2030 target for Renewable Energy, finalising the EU’s €650 billion InvestEU programme, and securing a majority in favour of the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.

  He has also been heavily involved in Climate Action, and has represented the Parliament at several UNFCCC Conferences as well as this year’s COP 27 in Egypt. Seán is highly involved in the implementation of the “Renovation Wave” and energy efficiency measures in the built environment.

  Seán is currently the lead MEP for UK trade matters in the European Parliament and Chair of the UK Monitoring Group for matters relating to Brexit, as well as First Vice-Chair of the European Parliament’s standing delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Assembly.

  Member of the ITRE Committee, Shadow Rapporteur on the Revision of the Energy Performance Buildings Directive, European Parliament

• Stefan Moser

  Stefan Moser

  Head of Unit – Buildings and Products, DG ENER, European Commission

  Stefan Moser was born in Munich in 1971 and trained as an economist and a lawyer. He joined the Commission in 2000 in DG Competition to work on control of state aid to public undertakings and services, notably financial institutions. From 2005 to 2009, he worked in DG Environment on climate and environment policy, notably greenhouse gas emissions trading, transport emissions and air quality. From 2009 to 2015, he dealt with policy coordination in the Secretariat-General, in particular on climate, energy, environment, transport, agriculture and maritime policies. From 2015 onwards, he has served as head of unit in DG Energy, first on energy security and safety, and then on energy efficiency of buildings and products.

  Head of Unit – Buildings and Products, DG ENER, European Commission