Dublin will stage this month's European Construction Industry Federation conference, hosted by the Irish Construction Industry Federation.

This year's conference will focus on energy efficiency, with a one-day delegate forum themed on 'Energy Efficiency: A Dysfunctional Market - Challenges and Opportunities'.

The prestigious annual congress and conference will take place over the 19th to 21st June. The energy efficiency showcase takes place on Friday 20 June at Dublin Castle.

Notable speakers at this year's event include Professor Owen Lewis, Professor of Architectural Science and Director of the UCD Energy Research Group and Dr J Terlouw, President of the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands and President of the Dutch Platform for Energy Transition in the Built Environment.

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Also set for an appearance are Alfonso Gonzales Finat, Director for New and Renewable Sources of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Innovation within the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy and Transport and Jacques de Meester, Vice President of the Belgian Building Research Institute and Vice-President of the Brussels Regional development Agency.

The second part of the conference covering the theme of Eco Districts will be addressed by Fancoise-Helene Jourda, Professor at the Technical University of Vienna, member of the French Government's 'Plan Urbanism Construction Architecture' and recipient of the French Order of Merit for her work in architecture and Dr Dieter Woerner, Director of the Freiburg Environmental Protection Agency.

Irish Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government John Gormley will also address the delegates.

Leading construction representatives, from 30 European countries, are expected to be in attendance. They will set the European construction industry's policy agenda for the coming 12 months.

(PR/JM)