Building Efficiency Accelerator Webinar Series Introduction to Sustainable Procurement Principles for Building Efficiency July 19, 2016 Start: 15:02 CEST / 9:02 EDT Building Efficiency Accelerator Webinar Series

Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency - is a research and advisory institution dedicated to accelerating the uptake of energy efficiency policies, programmes and actions globally - serves as Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All's) Energy Efficiency Hub and supports doubling the global rate of energy efficiency improvement by 2030 C2E2 International Organisations e.g. UNEP, IEA, IRENA Development Banks e.g. World Bank, ADB, IDB, EBRD Regional Partners e.g. UN Reg Comm, Cenef, AIT National Governments Other Stakeholders e.g. Private Sector, Universities, IFIs SE4All Global EE Accelerator Platform Capacity building in target countries Private sector engagement (including PPP) Key Focus Areas Championing EE and SE4All objective - knowledge dissemination

Debbie Weyl is the Manager, Building Efficiency with the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. She manages the Building Efficiency Accelerator, a global partnership to accelerate building energy efficiency in cities around the world. Prior to WRI, Debbie worked for CLASP and U.S. Department of Energy on energy efficiency programs in the United States and globally Curt Garrigan is the Cities and Buildings Programme Manager for the United Nations Environment Programme- Division of Technology, Industry and Economics in Paris, and has served as coordinator of the Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative (UNEP-SBCI). He also coordinates UNEP’s efforts to assist countries in developing NAMAs for the building sector. Bruno Gardner heads up the Carbon Trust’s involvement in the Low Carbon Workplace, a low-carbon property development partnership between the Carbon Trust, asset manager Columbia Threadneedle and developer Stanhope. The partnership acquires commercial office buildings and refurbishes them into modern, energy-efficient workplaces. Bruno also co-leads the Carbon Trust’s work on sustainable cities. Pekka Huovila coordinate the global 10YFP Sustainable Buildings and Construction Programme that Ministry of the Environment, Finland leads and RMIT University from Australia, UNEP and WGBC support as Co-Leads. Before this position I acted e.g. as a Key Account Manager and Principal Scientist for VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland developing EcoCity concept for emerging economies and developing countries Angie Fyfe is the Executive Director with ICLEI USA. Angie’s strategic vision for the organization is to create exceptional value for ICLEI local government members, partners, and funders by harnessing the power of the ICLEI network, its deep expertise and unique global role as the focal point for local governments in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Webinar’s agenda Welcome and instructions - Tim Farrell, C2E2 Introduction to the Building Efficiency Accelerator - Debbie Weyl, WRI Overview of BEA Sustainable Procurement - Curt Garrigan, UNEP Panel of Experts: Bruno Gardner, Carbon Trust Pekka Huovila, 10YFP Angie Fyfe, ICLEI-USA Question & Answers

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