Financing Retrofit: Public Sector: New Instruments for Delivering Energy Efficiency Targets

Mansion House, Dublin, Friday 27^th May 2011

An international conference on innovative business models for energy efficiency retrofitting in the public sector, at a scale and pace to meet national and international targets, and engaging private finance and specialist resources.

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Opening Address - Professor J Owen Lewis, SEAI Session 1: The needs of public sector organisations This session will highlight the strategic needs of major energy using public sector bodies, focusing especially on their service, procurement and budget management needs and constraints
The HSE energy management strategy for procuring and utilising ESCOs- Brian Gilroy, National Director of Commercial & Support Services, Health Service Executive
Theparticularneedsandissuesforcentralgovernment buildings- Clare McGrath, Chairperson, Office of Public Works
Is there an opportunity for ESCOs in local authority services?- David O’Connor, Chairperson, City & County Managers Association Environment Committee, and Fingal County Manager

Session 2: Experiences and lessons learned by energy service companies This session will draw on the results and experiences of major energy services contractors and point to key policy challenges to be met in order to build a competitive and vibrant market for energy efficiency services in Ireland.

Experiences and lessons learned in the Irish market- Liam Connellan, Chairman, Dalkia Ireland
Selling energy services to a nascent ESCO market
Public financing vs ESCO financing, a review of success stories- Alex Paskov, EMEA Regional Finance Director, Global Energy Solutions, Johnson Controls

Session 3: Overcoming the barriers: international success stories This session will look to examples of international achievements in tackling the key financial, legal and institutional barriers to energy efficiency services contracting in buildings and facilities.

Solving the procurement and accounting problems - Karen Wordsworth, Director Climate Change and Sustainability, KPMG LLP
European practices for financing energy services - Jon Miles, Director, Sustainable Energy Finance, Royal Bank of Scotland, and representing European Investment Bank
Supporting the development of an ESCO market ona regional basis- Susanne Berger, Senior Consultant, Berlin Energy Agency
Lessons from North America: The Canadian Federal Buildings Initiative - Anne Wilkins, Deputy Director, Office of Energy Efficiency, Natural Resources Canada