Mr De Chicchis is an expert in supporting schemes for energy efficiency, is involved in the activities with the energy managers and is a lecturer at courses on efficient technologies, feasibility studies and cost benefit analysis, supporting schemes and non-energy benefits. He is also a CMVP. Mr De Chicchis actively participated in many EU projects, such as the EU-MERCI project, contributing to the development of the good practice database that was the main tool of the project. He is also involved in the ENSMOV project, contributing to the activities aimed at supporting policy makers and public agencies in developing effective policy measures for energy efficiency under the 2030 horizon. He managed the training activities and the implementation of the pilot projects in Italy provided by the M-Benefits project, aimed at the evaluation at enterprise level of the multiple benefits of energy efficiency. Finally, he is working on the DEESME projects on the actions linked to market assessment, energy audits and energy management system simplified approaches, and development of policy proposals about energy audits and energy management systems for SMEs.