Speakers

Paul is a mechanical engineer with a Master's degree in energy and is recognised as a leading energy policy expert in Ireland and the EU. Paul ran a local energy agency ' an organisation promoting the transition to clean energy at a local level ' for eight years. As part of this role, he established an early and successful one-stop shop, which supported homeowners installing heat pumps. He worked as an expert for the EU's ManagEnergy programme, which supports local and regional governments to develop renovation plans. More recently, he has worked as the policy advisor to the Irish climate and energy minister, having helped steer the transformation of the Irish energy system with a significant increase in building renovation, a large increase in heat pump and other renewable energy technology deployment. Paul worked hard to demonstrate the opportunity of heat pumps in Ireland, through both starting up a retrofit company with heat pumps at the core, academic work to provide evidence to policymakers and supporting policy development both external and internal in the Irish government.