PROGRAMME

The European Energy Efficiency Conference includes the following Conferences:

• European Research Conference: Buildings
• European Energy Efficiency Conference: Keynote Session
• Nearly Zero Energy Buildings
• Energy Efficiency Services and Business Conference
• E-Mobility & Smart Buildings Conference
• Energy Efficiency Watch Conference
  
  
  

Wednesday, 1 March 2017

European Research Conference: Buildings

09.00 Key research issues for buildings & energy (in English only)

• Opening & welcome
  Christine Öhlinger, OÖ Energiesparverband, Austria
  
  
• Building innovation for new energy systems
  Markus Bauer, Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation & Technology, Austria
  
  
• Innovation in building materials and construction
  Gunnar Grün, Fraunhofer-Institut für Bauphysik IBP, Germany
  
  
• The "EeB PPP" programme: key instrument of European sustainable building research
  Paul Cartuyvels, Director Bouygues Europe, European Construction Technology Platform
  
  
• Building Energy Epidemiology: connecting buildings, energy and people
  Ian Hamilton, University College London, UK
  
  
• The next generation of high efficiency buildings
  Hans-Peter Ebert, ZAE, Germany
  
  

Highlights from building and energy research

• Deep Renovation: Innovative Market Approaches
  Janna Schönfeld, European Commission, EASME
  
  
• NEED4B: selecting cost-effective technologies in the building design phase
  María Izquierdo, CIRCE, Spain
  
  
• INSPIRE: a new process for deep energy renovation
  Chiara Dipasquale, EURAC, Italy
  
  
• Turning European shopping malls into beacons of energy efficiency
  Matthias Haase, SINTEF, Norway
  
  
• Composites from industrial waste – a novel and affordable building material
  Martha Emilia Poisot, Universidad del Papaloapan, Mexico
  
  

Lunch break

14.00 Parallel Session (in English only)

• Session 1: Young Reseachers Conference: Energy Efficiency
• Session 2: Energy in Time (EiT)
• Session 3: Multifunctional ETF E modules
• Session 4: TRIBE – Gamification of energy efficiency
  
  

Session 2: Energy in Time (EiT)
Organised in the context of FP7 project Energy in Time

• Chairperson: Belén Gómez-Uribarri, Acciona Infraestructuras, Spain 
  
  
• The EiT project: Filling the gap between actual and predicted consumption
  Belén Gómez-Uribarri, Acciona Infraestructuras, Spain
  
  
• EiT integrated solutions for building control
  Data mining to improve building operation
  Generating automatic operational plans
  Carlos Fernández, Universidad de Granada, Spain
  
  
• Fault diagnosis and adaptive control of VAV dampers
  Tejaswinee Darure, Université de Lorraine, France
  
  
• Implementing and analysing EiT solutions in four demo sites (Helsinki, Levi, Faro and Bucharest)
  Heikki Rostila, Caverion, Finland
  
  

Session 4: TRIBE – Gamification of energy efficiency
Organised in the context of Horizon 2020 project TRIBE

• Chairperson: Eduardo Cembrano, CIRCE, Spain
  
  
• The TRIBE project – training behaviour towards energy efficiency: Play it!
  Eduardo Cembrano, CIRCE, Spain
  
  
• Measures and actions for energy efficiency in public buildings
  David Zambrana, CIRCE, Spain
  
  
• Achieving behavioural change via gamification
  Patrick Hart, University of Graz, Austria
  
  
• ICT solutions for monitoring and control in public buildings
  Raquel García, ACCIONA, Spain
  
  
• Designing, implementing and playing – a game for behavioural change
  Erik Einebrant, The Interactive Institute, Sweden
  
  

19.00 Evening Programme

09.00 Energy efficiency policies and markets

• Opening & welcome
  Michael Strugl, Regional Minister for Energy, Upper Austria
  Gerhard Dell, OÖ Energiesparverband, Austria
  
  
• The new EU energy policy: clean energy for all Europeans
  Paul Hodson, European Commission, DG Energy
  
  
• The IEA Energy Efficiency Market Report 2016
  Tyler Bryant, International Energy Agency
  
  
• The energy transition in view of global megatrends
  Manfred Fischedick, Wuppertal Institute, Germany
  
  
• Financing energy efficiency by the EIB
  Berna Topaloğlu, European Investment Bank
  
  
• Energy efficiency – a key factor in global competitiveness
  Gerhard Dell, Energy Commissioner Upper Austria
  
  
• India's energy efficiency programmes: another perspective
  Nanda Kumar Janardhanan, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, India
  
  

Innovation, jobs and profit

• Making energy efficiency your business
  Harry Verhaar, Philips, The Netherlands
  
  
• Pick the lowest hanging fruit
  Claus Bugge Garn, Rockwool International, Denmark
  
  
• Construction SMEs – key players in energy efficiency
  Riccardo Viaggi, European Builders Confederation
  
  

13.00 Lunch break

14.30 How to boost the energy efficiency services market

• Smart financing for smart energy
  Anette Jahn, European Commission, EASME
  
  
• Facilitating the ESCO market
  Christiane Egger, OÖ Energiesparverband, Austria
  
  
• How ready is Europe for the "Smart Building Revolution"?
  Maarten De Groote, Buildings Performance Institute Europe
  
  
• Scaling up deep energy renovation through innovation & industrialisation
  Erica Hope, European Climate Foundation, NL
  
  

Successful examples: Energy efficiency services and business models

• Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) – the customer focus
  Volker Dragon, Siemens, Switzerland
  
  
• Energy efficiency services for global industries
  Stefan Klepzig, Schneider Electric, Germany
  
  
• EPC examples from Spain
  Elena González Sánchez, National Association of Energy Services Companies, Spain
  
  
• EPC example for businesses
  Klaus Dorninger, Energie AG Oberösterreich Power Solutions, Austria
  
  
• The "Picardie Pass Rénovation" programme
  Alice Morcrette, Picardie Public Office for Energy Efficiency, France
  
  
• Superhomes – a systematic NZEB retrofit process
  Paul Kenny, Tipperary Energy Agency, Ireland
  
  

19.00 Evening Programme

Friday, 3 March 2017

Nearly Zero Energy Buildings / Energy Efficiency Services and Business Conference

08.45 E-Mobility & Smart Buildings Conference
08.45 Energy Efficiency Watch Conference

08.45 Towards renewable e-mobility

• Opening & welcome
  Gerhard Dell, OÖ Energiesparverband, Austria
  
  
• The mobile disruption: How e-mobility changes our society
  Roel Swierenga, Hansa Green Tours, The Netherlands
  
  
• Vehicle technologies: status quo and perspectives
  Matthias Busse, Fraunhofer-IFAM, Germany
  
  
• How green and cost efficient are electric vehicles?
  Joeri van Mierlo, Vrije Universiteit Brussel/MOBI, Belgium
  
  
• Lessons from the world leading e-mobility market
  Tormod Bergheim, Norsk elbilforening, Norway
  
  

Building, living and charging

• New building standards by using elctric vehicles?
  Stefan Lösch, AktivPlus, Germany
  
  
• Vehicles to buildings: electric cars as storage systems
  Cristina Corchero, Catalonia Institut for Research, Spain
  
  
• 24 hours of sun
  Martin Hackl, Fronius International, Austria
  
  
• Commercial buildings: optimising renewables, e-mobility and storage
  Juan Fraga, Wynnertech, Spain
  
  
• Experience from 25,000 charging stations
  Gerhard Wimmer, KEBA, Austria

13.00 End of the conference

13.30 - 18.00 Site Visit Nearly Zero Energy Buildings

08.45 Energy efficiency policy workshop (in English only)

• Update on European building policies
  Paul Hodson, European Commission, DG Energy
  
  
• Key policy conclusions from the European Energy Efficiency Watch project
  Nils Borg, eceee
  
  
• Upskilling the construction sector to reach European energy targets
  Zoé Wildiers, European Commission, EASME
  
  

Implementing European Directives (EED, EPBD)

• Financing energy efficiency in private housing
  Gabriella Azzolini, ENEA, Italy
  
  
• Implementing energy audit programmes in Member States
  Anke Brems, DNV GL, Belgium
  
  
• Smart meter rollout to end consumers
  Francisco Puente, ESCAN, Spain
  
  
• Energy advice for deep retrofits
  Catrin Maby, Energy Advice Exchange, UK
  
  
• A new approach to energy efficiency services
  Michael Körber, MPW, Germany
  
  
• Energy use plans for cities and quarters
  Oliver Zadow, Landeshauptstadt München, Germany
  
  
• Indoor environment quality requirements versus energy performance
  Jarek Kurnitski, Tallinn University, Estonia
  
  
• The Energy Performance Buildings Standards
  Jaap Hogeling, ISSO, The Netherlands

13.00 End of the conference

13.30 - 18.00 Site Visit Nearly Zero Energy Buildings

Please see also related conferences and sessions:

• Nearly Zero Energy Buildings
• Energy Efficiency Services and Business Conference
• E-Mobility & Smart Buildings Conference
• European Research Conference: Buildings
• Energy Efficiency Watch Conference

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