Carlos Ballesteros Barrado has been the Managing Director of the Spanish National ESCO Association ANESE since 2019. He has more than 15 years of international experience working for top energy companies worldwide in the fields of energy services, engineering, and R&D. Carlos is also been an observer at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties since 2019 and a Board member of the CEN-CENELEC Joint Technical Committee (CEN-CLC/JTC), where he contributed to the establishment of standards within the scope of Energy Performance Contracts minimum requirements,) prEN 17669 normative and ValerI EN17463 Valuation of Energy-related investments, in line with the relevant CEN and CENELEC Technical Board decisions. Other board positions include:
- Advisory board member for the EU Horizon and Life projects
- Board Committee member of the leading Spanish events related to energy efficiency GENERA, MATELEC INDUSTRIES and GREENCITIES and S-MOVING
- Board Member of OFICINA VERDE (Ayto Madrid), the first one-stop-shop for building renovation in Spain
In addition, Carlos is an active promoter of energy efficiency and ESCO as an implementation framework through publications and international conferences and is also teaching Master’s students in the Energy Sector.