Charlotte van de Water works at Agoria as an expert on energy and climate policy for the built environment. Her responsibilities include following up developments within the EU legislation Ecodesign and Energy Labelling, the standardization work within the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and the energy performance regulation for Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia.
Ms van de Water has a background in architecture and human geography. Prior to Agoria she worked as a consultant at Arcadis on environmental and climate policy studies for the European Commission, the European Environment Agency (EEA) and other European institutes. She started her career at the DCMR Environmental Protection Agency in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where she gained hands-on experience with the implementation of environmental policy.
Ms van de Water speaks fluent Dutch and English, moderate French and German and has a very basic knowledge of Mandarine Chinese.
Currently my speaking opportunities include mainly presentations at internal meetings with members through my position and energy and climate policy expert at Agoria. Prior to Agoria I had the occasional opportunity to act as a speaker on my work for Arcadis on smart cities. As co-founder and first President of the Climate-KIC Alumni Association I acted as a speaker or workshop moderator on multiple conferences and networking events. The presentations were usually focused on the set-up of the association and the entrepreneurial mindset.
A selection of past experiences:
2017 - Session on smart city development in Rwanda at the Urban Thinkers Campus TU Delft - speaker
2017 - Workshop on smart city development in Rwanda for the Arcadis offices in Berlin and Antwerp - working organiser and speaker
2014 - Climate-KIC Alumni Association General Assembly - keynote speaker
2012 - EIT Conference 'YOUTH & ENTREPRENEURSHIP- DRIVERS OF INNOVATION' - workshop moderator
2012 - Introduction of the Climate-KIC Alumni Association at a EIT Climate-KIC MEP Network event in the European Parliament - speaker
2010 - Session on the transition from a design to a research-oriented study at the RPS series of the Architecture, Urbanism and Building Technology Faculty of the TU Delft - speaker