Conference Program

18th October 2010
	Supervisor: Prof. Masanori Shukuya, Prof. Gudni Jóhannesson
16:00 h – 18:00 h	PhD students workshop
19th October 2010
12:00 h	Coffee reception and registration
	Chair: Dr. Dietrich Schmidt
	OPENING
14:00 h – 14:15 h	Opening of the Conference Dr. Hans-Christoph Wirth, German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi)
14:15 h - 14:45 h	What has been Achieved in Energy Efficiency? Dr. Dietrich Schmidt, Head of Department Energy Systems Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, Operating Agent ECBCS (Energy Conservation in Buildings and Community Systems Programme) Annex 49 and Co-Chair C24 (Analysis and Design of Innovative Systems for Low-EXergy in the Built Environment) COSTeXergy
14:45 h - 15:15 h	Towards Energy Efficient Building and Communities Rolf Stricker, Projektträger Jülich (PTJ)
15:15 h - 16:00 h	Coffee break
	Keynote
16:00 h - 17:00 h	The Role of Innovation for Energy Transition Prof. Joachim Warschat, Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering
	Challenges within the transition of Energy Systems
17:00 h - 17:30 h	IEA Policies for Future Energy Systems Peter Cunz, Chair of IEA CERT (Committee on Energy Research and Technology)
17:30 h - 18:00 h	Energy Transition – How to Convert Germany’s Energy Supply? Prof. Jürgen Schmid, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy Systems Technology
18:00 h - 18:30 h	A New Future for District Energy Systems Dr. Robin Wiltshire, Chair of IEA DHC (District Heating and Cooling Programme)
18:30 h - 19:00 h	A new Role of Utilities within Energy Transition Peter Flosbach, Vice President Technology, RWE Effizienz GmbH
19:00 h - 19:10 h	Closing of the day
19:10 h	Evening off
20th October 2010
08:30 h - 09:00 h	Opening – coffee reception
	Chair: Mia Ala-Juusela
	Methods and Design
09:00 h - 09:20 h	Exergy Thinking and Thermal Comfort Prof. Masanori Shukuya, Tokyo City University (FEIS-TCU), Yokohama, Faculty of Environmental and Information Studies
09:20 h - 09:40 h	High Performance Indoor Environments with LowEx Demand Prof. Bjarne Olesen, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Department of Civil Engineering
09:40 h - 10:00 h	Practical Guidelines for LowEx Buildings Prof. Saso Medved, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
10:20 h - 10:40 h	The LowEx Approach in Real Live Building Projects Prof. Hansjürg Leibundgut, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
10:40 h - 11:20 h	Coffee break
	Chair: Prof. Gudni Jóhannesson
	Buildings
11:20 h - 11:40 h	Strategies for Integrative Building Design Prof. Per Heiselberg, Aalborg University of Denmark, Operating Agent IEA ECBCS Annex 44
11:40 h - 12:00 h	Limits of Heat Pumps in LowEx Design Prof. Hermann Halozan, Technical University of Graz, Chair of IEA EUWP (End-Use Working Party)
12:00 h - 12:20 h	Advanced Building Systems Prof. Dirk Müller, E.ON Energy Research Center (E.ON ERC), RWTH Aachen University
12:20 h - 12:40 h	Lowex Houses: The Next Step in Energy Efficiency Eric Willems, Delft University of Tehnology, Faculty of Climate Design and Sustainability
13:00 h - 14:30 h	Lunch
	Chair: Christina Sager
	Communities I
14:30 h - 14:50 h	Low Exergy Solar thermal supply for community based energy –Drakes Landing as a working example Ken Church, National Research Council Canada
14:50 h - 15:10 h	Exergy based energy stations – Minewater Project Peter Op’t Veld, Cauberg-Huygen R.I., Maastricht
15:10 h - 15:30 h	Energy Transition in Parma City Paola Caputo, Politecnico di Milano, Building and Environment Sciences and Technology (BEST)
15:30 h - 15:50 h	Discussion
15:50 h - 16:30 h	Coffee break
	Chair: Peter Op’t Veld
	Communities II
16:30 h - 16:50 h	From a Military Property into a Zero Energy Quarter: Bad Aibling Dr. Ernst Böhm, B&O Wohnungswirtschaft GmbH & Co KG
16:50 h - 17:10 h	Wolfhagen – 100% Renewable Energy Supply for a Typical German Town Christina Sager, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, Department Energy Systems
17:10 h - 17:30 h	Performance of Low Temperature District Heating Systems for Low Energy Houses Prof. Svend Svendsen, Technical University of Denmark, Department of Civil Engineering
17:30 h - 17:50 h	Discussion Q&A
17:50 h - 18:00 h	Closing of the day
19:30 h	Conference Dinner
21st October 2010
09:00 h - 09:30 h	Opening – coffee reception
	Chair: Prof. Gudni Jóhannesson
	Integration and Future Perspectives
09:30 h - 09:50 h	Minimisation of Costs and Environmental Impact Using Exergy Based Methods Prof. George Tsatsaronis, Technical University of Berlin, Institute for Energy Engineering
10:10 h - 10:30 h	Importance of Education in Energy Transition Prof. Artūras Kaklauskas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Institute of Internet and Intelligent Technologies
10:30 h - 10:50 h	Integrated Exergy Concepts for Regional and Urban Planning Prof. Ronald Rovers, Polytechnic University Zuyd, Heerlen, Netherlands, Built Environment
10:50 h - 11:10 h	Exergy Analysis of Building restoration – A Case Study in Ljubljana, Slovenia Prof. Christopher J. Koroneos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Environmental Engineering
11:10 h - 11:30 h	Discussion Q&A
11:30 h - 12:20 h	Coffee break
12:20 h - 14:20 h	Students conclusions Feedback from their Workshop
14:20 h	End of the day

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