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Third Industrial Revolution Consulting Group
Gerhard STRYI-HIPP
Gerhard Stryi-Hipp, head of energy policy and coordinator “Smart Energy Cities” at Fraunhofer
ISE, is a physicist and an interdisciplinary expert on technologies, market development and
policies in renewable energies and sustainable energy systems. From 1994 to 2008, he was
managing director of the German Solar Industry Association BSWSolar and its predecessors. He
worked on market support policy for solar thermal and solar photovoltaic in Germany and
Europe, on awareness campaigns, on quality assurance measures and technical innovations of
the sector. He advocates for intensified research on renewable heating and cooling and in 2005
was one of the initiators of the German and European Solar Thermal Technology Platforms.
Since its foundation in 2008, he has been president of the European Technology Platform on
Renewable Heating and Cooling, which developed a vision, a research agenda and a roadmap
for the sector. In 2009, Gerhard moved to Fraunhofer ISE, the largest solar research institute in
Europe. He conducted projects on solar thermal energy systems, e.g. on Solar-Active-Houses
which are heated by more than 50% by solar thermal energy. Since 2012 he has focused his
work on sustainable energy systems especially for cities and communities. He is an energy
expert in the multi-disciplinary Fraunhofer project “Morgenstadt: City Insights”. With his
research group “Districts and Cities” he is developing modelling tools to identify and design
cost-effective sustainable energy systems for cities and regions. Based on these scenarios
backwarding methods are used to derive roadmaps for the transformation of urban energy
systems towards sustainability. Since 2014, he has been a member of the Seoul International
Advisory Council, which gives advice to the city of Seoul for the transition of their energy
system.
Job TAMINIAU
Dr. Job Taminiau oversees research that advances the mission statement of FREE (Foundation
for Renewable Energy & Environment). He leads projects on ‘best practice’ energy efficiency
policy, green technology investment, climate-sensitive economic development, and energy
conservation awareness for public sector clients in and beyond the U.S. He completed his
doctorate on climate change policy and economics at the Center for Energy and Environmental
Policy (CEEP).
He has a multi-disciplinary background and his work covers subjects including energy finance,
renewable energy and energy efficiency technology, (global) carbon markets, climate change
policy, diffusion of innovation, transition management, and community utility development. Job
manages the FREE Policy Brief Series and regularly publishes peer-reviewed papers and book
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