Delegates in Germany - week of Sept. 13, 2021

Map image of the German ClimateSmart Exchange

As members of the ClimateSmart exchange, we are proud to send White Bear Lake delegates to Lüdenscheid, Germany for the week of Sept. 13, 2021.  Click here to learn more about ClimateSmart, the exchange, a grant funded program with Germany. 

Video: History of Lüdenscheid

In 2019, the following German Delegation visited White Bear Lake to learn about and exchange ideas for environmental initiatives. 

Picture of Hans-Jürgen Badziura

Hans-Jürgen Badziura is a biologist and directs the department of environmental protection and green space at the City of Lüdenscheid. The department is a specialist service to the City. Tasks include general environmental protection tasks such as contaminated site investigation and disposal, noise mitigation planning, open space planning, habitat and species protection, water conservation and climate protection.

Picture of Marcus Müller

Marcus Müller is deputy head in the department of municipal and regional climate protection at EnergyAgency. NRW. He is responsible for the European Energy Award, the ECORegion program, mobile energy consulting, and other efforts that foster climate protection efforts in the region. Before his promotion within EnergyAgency. NRW, Müller spent five years working as a “climate networker” in the rural Arnsberg region of NRW. He was the first person in that role and focused on the local energy transition.

Picture of Ulrike Badziura

Ulrike Badziura is head of the department of environmental and climate protection at the City of Iserlohn. Her portfolio of tasks includes issues of municipal waste, technological aspects of environmental protection, climate protection, and energy efficiency projects. In 2008, she was named to the post of climate protection officer for the City of Iserlohn.

Picture of Ralph Kensmann

Ralph Kensmann is CEO of start.light GmbH in Essen, Germany. Start.light is an engineering office for lighting design in all areas of architecture and landscape architecture. He studied electrical and lighting engineering at the FH Hagen University.