Esad Smajlovic, Energy Advisor

Esad Smajlovic

Energy Advisor

Ennironmental Horison

Location
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Education
Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
19 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 6 Months

Energy Advisor at Ennironmental Horison
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since February 2024

Evaluation of the power sector of Saudi Arabia

Senior energy efficiency and HVAC engineer/adviser at GIZ
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • My current job since January 2015

• LEAP based long range modelling of complete energy sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina in
• Completed Building Renovation Energy Efficiency strategy up to 2050 for Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Study on potentials for district heating and efficient cogeneration systems for Bosnia and Herzegovina - calculation of levelized costs of heating for more than 30 district heating companies.
• Completed more than 20 financial trainings to government and NGO officials and on buildings energy efficiency projects
Completed national efficiency (EE) building typology, national energy efficiency action plan (NEEAP), building renovation strategy, buildings cost optimum analysis, a number of energy audits of specific buildings, district heating systems and efficient co-generation etc. http://af.unsa.ba/pdf/publikacije/Typology_of_Residential_Buildings_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.pdf

• Completed a number of EE related construction project proposals that include cost estimates and discuss proposals with interested parties such as vendors, contractors and facility review boards.

• Developed standard operation procedures and quality or safety standards for energy efficiency installations

• Lead more than 20 bulding energy efficiency audits and trainings on their cost-benefit analysis.

• Created modules of energy efficiency information system with required data basis on energy consumption, savings, technical systems and energy performance certificates.

Energy efficiency country program manager at Habitat for Humanity
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • September 2013 to January 2015

• Accomplished Residential Energy Efficiency Program in Bosnia by bringing all the stakeholders for residential energy efficiency (EE) together - financial institutions, local authorities, cantonal ministries in charge of legislation, energy auditing companies, home owner associations - to create loans’ platform for residential buildings EE in BiH.
• Created more than 20 concrete buildings’ technical and financial calculations/documentation against available loans arrangements, arranging loan packages for energy efficiency among financial institutions, creating subsidy program for the EE in residential sector with governments.
• Well advocated for necessary laws and regulations to be amended for improvement of energy in residential sector.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVVvUoCIl24

Renewable energy and energy efficiency engineer at Oxfam Italia
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • January 2011 to September 2013

• Trained more than 50 field staff on utilization of renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) in rural areas as well as relevant municipal officials, private businessmen/woman, NGOs sector and cantonal government against available EE/RES potentials

• Accomplished demonstrations of more than 50 small co-financed EE/RE projects in partner municipalities and to small business level companies. Projects included from business plan preparation to concrete installations and different EE/RE improvement measures - small hydro plants, solar photo voltaic systems and solar thermal systems. Analysis of small projects effects on local economic development and environmental benefits.
• Permanently supported to process of establishing Energy Efficiency teams for the municipalities of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Project Officer at Chemonics InternationalSarajevo
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • November 2004 to January 2011

Prepared more than 90 EE and/or utilities’ infrastructure related construction project proposals that include cost estimates, bankability discussion of proposals with interested parties, designing, procurement and implementation of municipal capital investment plans on municipal infrastructural projects, energy efficiency projects and local environmental projects for 19 Bosnian municipalities in north-east Bosnia region.
•Completed very first ever Energy Efficiency audit done on municipal building in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
•Directed and monitored the completion and evaluation of energy efficiency related works on municipal level

Education

Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Energy management Tuzla
  • April 2002

Note: Master completed under mentorship of professors Ahmed Kovačević and Ian Smith from City University of London

Master's degree, Energy Management
  • at Mechanical Engineering And Energy Management FACULTY TUZLA
  • March 1998

Specialties & Skills

Green Energy
Renewable Energy
Energy Management
Energy Efficiency
MICROSOFT WORKS
PROCUREMENT
PROPOSAL WRITING
UTILITIES
FINANCIAL
GOVERNMENT
LANGUAGES
MICROSOFT OFFICE

Languages

English
Expert
German
Expert

Training and Certifications

Energy audits for Buildinsg (Training)
Training Institute:
ENSI Norway
Date Attended:
January 2010
Duration:
300 hours
LEAP trainings (Training)
Training Institute:
SEI Sweden
Date Attended:
June 2021
Duration:
200 hours