Rudy Rooth is a physicist by education. He has worked in the energy sector for 36 years and is currently employed by the Municipality of Amsterdam. Since 2003 he is involved in the energy transition of the urban environment through management of demonstration projects and the execution of energy monitoring activities. Since 2019 he is leading the local activities in the Amsterdam Lighthouse project ATELIER which focuses on PED’s. Within Amsterdam, he had earlier involvement in the projects ECOSTILER, Next-Buildings and City-zen.