Peter Bennich

<p>Peter Bennich received his PhD degree in physics at the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.uu.se/en/">University of Uppsala</a>, Sweden, in 1996. After two years working as lecturer in electronics, optics etc at theMid Sweden University, Östersund, he moved to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kth.se/en">Royal Institute of Technology</a>, Stockholm, where he worked as program manager, overseeing projects in Distributed generation and Power electronic based components in the electrical grid.</p>

<p>Since 2002, Dr Bennich has been working with energy policies within the Swedish government, focussing on energy efficiency. In his present position as senior adviser at the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.energimyndigheten.se/en/">Swedish Energy Agency</a>, he is working with the EU product regulations on ecodesign (minimum energy performance standards) and energy labelling. In particular, he is covering the work on the lighting regulations.</p>

<p>Dr Bennich represents Sweden in the IEA Technology Collaboration Programme on Energy Efficient End-use Equipment, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.iea-4e.org/">IEA TCP 4E</a>, promoting global harmonisation of policies on&nbsp;<a href="https://ssl.iea-4e.org/">lighting</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://pecta.iea-4e.org/">power electronics</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.motorsystems.org/">electric motor systems</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://edna.iea-4e.org/">connected devices</a>.</p>

<p>He is also engaged in the recently restarted programme on Super-Efficient Equipment and Appliance and Deployment Initiative under the Clean Energy Ministerial, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cleanenergyministerial.org/initiative-clean-energy-minister… initiative</a>.</p>

<p>Finally, he (together with Christofer Silfvenius) is responsible for the engagement of the Swedish Energy Agency in the EELA project.</p>