Michal Staša has been working at SEVEn since 2008 as a consultant focusing on energy savings in lighting, appliance efficiency, municipal energy and energy savings in buildings. In lighting he has focused on commercial and street lighting (project Premiumlight Pro, ESOLi and projects dealing with the replacement of fluorescent lamps and discharge lamps with LEDs, calculation tool for the EN 15193 standard), analysis of savings of lighting systems in buildings (e.g. Czech Statistical Office, National Theatre) and addressed Ecodesign and labelling of light sources (ekodesign-svetlo.cz). In the field of household and commercial appliances, he has worked mainly on projects related to energy labels, Ecodesign, the European EPREL database and recommendations for purchasing efficient products (LABEL2020, YAECI, Efficiency 2.1, HACKS, ProCold, Topten, www.uspornespotrebice.cz, green procurement for Prague and others). In the municipal energy sector, he participated in the development of energy plans (SECAP) for Preštice and DSO Tolštejn and the promotion of the Covenant of Mayors (OwnYourSECAP, Come2CoM projects). Regarding energy savings in buildings, he has participated in several energy audits, is currently involved in the pilot testing of the Smart Readiness Indicator (SRI-ENACT) and participated in a project focused on the use of big data in buildings (MATRYCS). He graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Czech Technical University, majoring in power engineering with a focus on lighting, and holds a master's degree in Civil Society Studies from the Faculty of Humanities at Charles University.