Dr. Kurt Bisang works in the Swiss Federal Office of Energy since 2005. He is Deputy Head of the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Division and Head of the Appliances and Competitive Tenders Section, the latter is responsible for implementing measures of electricity efficiency. He was also working as a lecturer and scientific collaborator of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and the University of Zurich. He obtained a doctorate in political sciences, writing on popular referendums in environmental policy.