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Renewable Energy
Thursday, Feb. 4th, 2010:
Session 1: The Building as a Local Energy Producer
Friday; Feb. 5th, 2010:
Session 2: Commercial Use of Renewable Energies
In the future, renewable energy sources will play a growing role, if sustainable and crisis-proof energy-supply has to be secured. At which speed the overall withdrawal from energy production with fossil fuels will take place, is also dependent from our ability to emplace renewables not just in fields where they have proven themselves, but also in new and unusual application areas. Therefore the focus of this track rests on the following main issues:
Many activities – from research to education and advanced training- have been waged in the last years, to minimize the energy consumption of houses. Meanwhile the passive house has become a suitable option for many, who are facing a new building-endeavour, be it a family home or an office building. This development is the answer to the increasing energy consumption of our society, to climate problems and supply-crises that make a decrease in energy consumption crucial.
The next step in innovation is the concept of the “plus energy house”, i.e. of buildings that do not only consume little energy for heating, cooling, cooking etc. but even produce energy.
The challenges are for example the integration of production facilities into the building, the development of technology in the areas of building equipment, cladding/hull as well as de-centralized energy storage.
In session one, the focus and the discussion will be on national and international research trends and results as well as practical implementations.
Heavily fluctuating energy prices and supply crises like occurring within the last years, can pose massive threats to firms or corporations. A crisis-proof and sustainable energy supply is therefore crucial to a stable economy. Additionally, trade and industry are called to have their share in climate change mitigation and GHG reduction. The utilisation of renewables poses a challenge to these corporations but also a trend-setting alternative.
In session two, the emphases are research results for the innovative usage of renewables in trade, like for example the use of solar power in the high temperature segment, practical appliance experiences within small and medium-sized companies, technical challenges with large scale plants and European developments in this area.
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