Ruedi Meier

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Ruedi Meier (born June 3, 1949 in Wettingen AG) is a Swiss economist , spatial planner, and energy specialist .

Life

Ruedi Meier went through the primary and district school in Wettingen and then attended the grammar school (Matur type C) at the canton school in Baden . After graduating from high school , he studied economics at the University of Zurich from 1970 . In 1975 Ruedi Meier was employed by Professor Hans-Christoph Binswanger as part of a work on the revision of the Federal Constitution. From 1975 to 1977 he completed the postgraduate degree in "Spatial Planning" at the Institute for Local, Regional and State Planning (ORL) at ETH Zurich . In the same place he also worked as a research assistant. In 1981 he received his doctorate for a thesis on cantonal economic policy. After graduating from the ORL, he worked for two years as secretary of the Thal regional planning group in the canton of Solothurn , then from 1982 to 1988 as an economist and press officer of the Swiss Association for Mountain Regions (SAB). From 1988 to 1994 he was an economic consultant at the building, transport and energy department of the Canton of Bern and from 1997 to 2014, as co-owner of Focus Events AG, he was also a co-organizer of the house construction and energy fair in Bern . He has been working for energie-cluster.ch since 2004, initially in the role of managing director and since 2011 as its president. He also worked as a program manager on behalf of the Federal Office of Energy and as an expert for the National Research Program 31 (climate change and natural disasters) of the Swiss National Science Foundation . Dr. Ruedi Meier was active as initiator or co-initiator of various projects: Minergie, Minergie-P, NewRide, plus energy buildings. He has written over 200 publications as a researcher, consultant and project manager.

Ruedi Meier is married and has one son. He lives in Bern.

Publications (selection)

  • Significance and orientation of cantonal economic policy. Peter Lang, Bern 1983, ISBN 3-261-03214-6 .
  • with Hans Werder and Peter Müller: Social Democracy 2088 - Perspectives of the SPS in the 21st Century. Basel 1988, ISBN 3-85990-086-2 .
  • Workplace mountain area. Analyzes and suggestions of the SP for an effective workplace policy in the mountain area. Central Secretariat of the SP Switzerland, Bern 1991.
  • with Peter Hug: armaments conversion. The conversion of military-dependent jobs into civilian employment. Verlag Rüegger , Zurich / Chur 1992, ISBN 3-7253-0447-5 .
  • Environmentally friendly traffic taxes. Suggestions for a reorientation. Verlag Rüegger, Chur / Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-7253-0466-1 .
  • with Paul Messerli and Gunter Stephan (eds.): Ecological tax reform for Switzerland. Verlag Rüegger, Chur / Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-7253-0611-7 .
  • with Felix Walter: environmental taxes for Switzerland. A contribution to greening the economy and society. Verlag Rüegger, Chur / Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-7253-0394-0 .
  • with Ingrid Kissling-Näf and Peter Knoepfel: Compensation regime in the environmental sector. (= Work report NRP. 31). Zurich 1998.
  • Socio-economic aspects of climate change and natural disasters. National research program "Climate Change and Natural Disasters". - NRP 31. Zurich 1998.
  • with M. Renggli and P. Previdoli (eds.): Energy - Economy - Sustainability. Verlag Rüegger, Chur / Zurich 1999, ISBN 3-7253-0665-6 .
  • Sustainable leisure traffic. Verlag Rüegger, Chur / Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-7253-0684-2 .
  • with Martin Beck: Building, renovating - investing economically. Energy efficiency and economy in harmony. Verlag Rüegger, Chur / Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-7253-0731-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Meier, Ruedi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss economist, spatial planner ORL and energy specialist
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Wettingen AG