The European Property Federation's Managing Committee has appointed Aart Hordijk as chairman of the EPF Energy & Environment Committee. Hordijk is managing director of the Real Estate Council of the Netherlands (ROZ), professor of real estate at Tilburg University and a member of the EPF Managing Committee.

'The EU legislative pipeline targeting building sustainability has never been fuller [..]. In the face of this, we needed both a property insider and an independent thinker to drive EPF sustainability policy. We found all of this in Aart Hordijk,' said John Frederiksen, EPF president.

Hordijk has vast experience of real estate sustainability, having played a leading role in all of EPF's earlier lobbying campaigns: Drinking Water Directive (lead pipe replacement in housing), Environmental Liability Directive, Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. 'In all cases, he was able to use his great familiarity with the practical solutions of Dutch government and real estate to refine draft EU legislation,' added Liz Peace, chairman of the managing committee.