He was for 18 months in 2002 the Practice Director of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland before becoming the Director of the Architects’ Council of Europe in Brussels until July 2011. He holds a part-time post teaching Construction Technology at the Catholic University of Louvain-le-Neuve. He is a Board Member of eceee (European Council for an energy Efficient Economy) and a Member of the Steering Committee of the European Coalition for Energy Savings. He is also the Campaign Director of the Renovate Europe Campaign, which has been initiated by EuroACE (European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings).