In his opening speech the AEB CEO Frank Schauff expressed his gratitude for sustainable cooperation to the representatives of the Moscow Government and marked out the active work of respective AEB committees on energy efficiency and waste management issues.

Gasan Gasangadzhiev informed the participants of the meeting about the priorities of the Moscow Government Department of Housing and Communal Services in the development of the urban energy system: the development of energy efficient technologies; optimization of the grid; active use of digital technologies in control systems.

Vitaly Bogachenko, Construction Industry and Building Material Suppliers Committee Chair, and Bashir Chalabi, Energy Efficiency Committee Chair, moderated a vivid discussion on the prospects for energy supply systems and ways to increase its efficiency and stability.