Paul joined EHPA in September 2024 as our Director General. Paul is a mechanical engineer with a Master\u2019s degree in energy and is recognised as a leading energy policy expert in Ireland and the EU. Paul ran a local energy agency \u2013 an organisation promoting the transition to clean energy at a local level \u2013 for eight years. As part of this role, he established an early and successful one-stop shop, which brings together home energy upgrade services for consumers. He worked as an expert for the EU\u2019s ManagEnergy programme, which supports local and regional governments as they work towards their energy savings targets. 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1538,"template":"","hpforum-edition":[19],"class_list":["post-1537","speakers","type-speakers","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","hpforum-edition-19"],"yoast_head":"\n