European Energy Efficiency Conference
Energy efficiency is a major trend: the sharp price increases for fossil energy sources with wide economic and social implications, the longer-term issues of security of supply as well as the climate protection commitments draw the attention of many decision makers to energy efficiency right now. With the "European Green Paper on Energy Efficiency" on European level but also in many member states, regions and municipalities strategies and programmes are currently under preparation to help companies, private households and public bodies to decrease their energy costs. The emerging new markets for energy services offer enormous opportunities for employment, innovation and economic growth in Europe. The conference will address economic, technical, political, legal and institutional questions relating to energy efficiency, with a special focus on how public bodies, private households and businesses can reduce their energy costs and profit economically and at the same time protect the environment and the climate.
| Date: | 2-3 March 2006 |
| Venue: | Stadthalle Wels, A-4600 Wels, Upper Austria/Austria |
| Conference fee: | 150 Euro (plus 10% VAT) |
| Conference language: | English, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Organisation and conference office: | O.Ö. Energiesparverband Landstraße 45, 4020 Linz, Austria Tel. +43/732/7720-14386 Fax +43/732/7720-14383 office [AT] esv.or [DOT] at |
Programme
2 March 2006
| 9.00 | Opening |
| 9.20 | Energy efficiency in the European Union - from potential to reality Stefan Thomas, Wuppertal Institute, Germany |
| 9.40 | Energy efficiency programmes around the globe Hans Nilsson, Chairman, IEA, DSM Programme/FourFact, Sweden |
| 10.00 | Energy subsidies in the EU - an analysis Matthew Savage, AEA Technology, UK |
| 10.20 | Making the EU the most efficient economy in the world Claude Turmes, European Parliament, Luxembourg |
| 10.40 | Public Sector Leadership: Saving Energy and Transforming Markets Jeffrey Harris, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, USA |
| 11.00 | Discussion/Coffee break |
| Business opportunities on global, European, national, regional and local levels | |
| 11.40 | Benoit Lebot, United Nations Paul Rübig, European Parliament, Austria Jouko Kinnunen, Motiva, Finland Gerhard Dell, O.Ö. Energiesparverband, Austria Branko Noč, Vice-Mayor Jesenice/Joze Torkar, Slovenia Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, Central European University, Hungary Chairperson: Johannes Jetschgo, ORF |
| 13.15 | Discussion/Lunch break |
Doing more with less - the EU's sustainable energy policies | |
| 14.45 | Mechtild Rothe, President, Eufores/European Parliament, Germany |
| Energy Efficiency and Innovation in selected End-Use Sectors | |
| 15.45 | Energy efficiency in business - step by step |
| 16.05 | Best practice in energy efficiency in the electricity industry |
| 16.25 | Energy savings in transport - fiction or reality? Karl-Heinz Zierock, Umweltbundesamt, Germany |
| 16.45 | Discussion/Coffee break |
| Selected programmes | |
| 17.25 | 100 successful third party financing projects Christiane Egger & Gerhard Dell, O.Ö. Energiesparverband, Austria |
| 17.45 | White Certificates - how they work in practice Charles Hargreaves, ofgem, UK |
| 18.05 | Energy efficiency: the first step towards energy security Réjean Carrier, Agence de l'Efficacité Énergétique Québec, Canada |
| 18.25 | Profiting from energy efficiency! Cornelis Rasmussen, Bremer Energie-Konsens, Germany |
| 18.45 | Discussion/End |
| 20.00 | Evening programme with Pen Hadow, polar explorer, UK |
3 March 2006
| Best practice in implementing the European Buildings Directive (EPBD) | |
| 9.00 | Opening and welcome |
| 9.15 | The implementation of the EU Buildings Directive Eduardo Maldonado, University of Porto, Portugal |
| 9.35 | The new CEN standards for the implementation of the EPBD Jaap Hogeling, ISSO, The Netherlands |
| 9.55 | 50.000 energy performance certificates for buildings Christine Öhlinger, O.Ö. Energiesparverband, Austria |
| 10.15 | Energy requirements for buildings in Germany Andrea Vilz, Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung, Germany |
| 10.35 | Discussion/Coffee break |
| 11.15 | Energy labelling in Denmark Pia Yasuko Rask, Dansk Energi Management A/S, Denmark |
| 11.35 | Eco-efficiency of household appliances Gunnar Pautzke, European Committee of Household Appliance Manufacturers |
| 11.50 | More than 5,000 energy advice sessions in South Bohemia Ivana Klobušníkovà, ECCB, Czech Republic |
| 12.10 | Building technologies and education Robert Schild, Saint-Gobain Insulation, France |
| 12.30 | Discussion/Conference end |
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