Details of the expert evaluation panel who are repsonsible for selecting the Eurpean Green Capital award for 2014 are listed below.

1. Local contribution to global climate change

   Mr. Chris Bremmer, Head of Market Group, TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research), Utrecht, The Netherlands.

2. Local transport

   Dr. Henrik Gudmundsson, Senior Researcher, Department of Transport, Technical University of Denmark.

3. Green Urban areas Incorporating Sustainable land use

   Ms. Ir. Hedwig van Delden, Director, Research Institute for knowledge systems (RIKS), Maastricht, The Netherlands..

4. Nature and biodiversity

   Mr. Stamatis Chondrogiannis, Expert at the Commission on Ecosystem Management, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Greece.

5. Quality of local ambient air

   Dr. Steen Solvang Jensen, Senior Scientist, Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Denmark.

6. Noise pollution

   Mr. J. Luis Bento-Coelho, Professor, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal.

7. Waste Production and management

   Mr. Larry O’Toole, Director, Waste and Energy Division RPS Consulting Engineers, Dublin, Ireland.

8. Water consumption

   Mr. Giovanni Bidoglio, Head of Rural, Water and Ecosystem Resources Unit, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Italy.

9. Waste water treatment

   Ms. Eduarda Beja Neves, Principal Researcher, Hydraulic and Environment Department, National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal.

10. Eco-innovation and sustainable employment

    Mr. Lars Mortensen, Head of Group, Sustainable Consumption & Production and Waste, European Environment Agency, Denmark.

11. Environmental management of the local authority

    Ms. Maria Berrini, Director, Ambiente Italia, Milan, Italy.

12. Energy performance

    Mr Per G Berg, Professor in Landscape planning with a special focus on Sustainable Community Development at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala.