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Programme - Wednesday 20 June, 2007Tuesday 19 June, 2007


   
9:00 – 10:30
Parallel Session A1: Cooling and Process Heat
  Chair: Christian Stadler, Conergy AG, Germany
 
    Overview on solar cooling
Hans-Martin Henning, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar, Energy Systems (ISE), Germany
    Experiences in commercial installations for Solar Air Conditioning
Christian Holter, S.O.L.I.D., Solarinstallation und Design GmbH, Austria
    Solar Heat for Industrial Processes: existing plants and potential for future applications
Claudia Vannoni, University of Rome, Italy
  Industrial process heat in practice: challenges in dealing with real life situations
Dagmar Jähnig, AEE-INTEC, Austria
    Solar thermal desalination for remote areas
Hendrik Müller-Holst, TiNOX GmbH, Germany
     
10:30 – 11:00
  Coffee Break
     
   
9:00 – 10:30
Parallel Session B1: Country reports Europe
  Chair: Bärbel Epp, Sonne, Wind und Wärme, Germany
 
    Germany
Christoph Urbschat, Eclareon GmbH, Germany
    Spain
Pascual Polo, Solar Thermal Industry Association, (ASIT), Spain
    France
Jean Louis Bal, ADEME, France
  Italy
Riccardo Battisti, Solar Thermal Industry Association, (Assolterm), Italy
    Overview of selected Eastern European countries
Sašo Medved, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
     
10:30 – 11:00
  Coffee Break
     
   
11:00 – 12:30
Parallel Session A2: Standards & Certification
  Chair: Andreas Luzzi, Institut für Solartechnik SPF, Switzerland
 
 

Overview on standards and certification issues for solar heating
Iordanis Paradissiadis, Chairman of CEN/TC 312, Greece

    Keymark, CE-marking and energy labelling: acceptance and perspectives
Jan Erik Nielsen, ESTIF
    Standards for collectors and components in the pipeline
Åsa Wahlström, SP, Sweden
    System and/or collector certification: technical and regulatory issues
Harald Drück, ITW University of Stuttgart, Germany
     
12:30 – 13:30
  Lunch break
     
   
11:00 – 12:30
Parallel Session B2: Country reports outside Europe
  Chair: Werner Koldehoff, German Solar Industry Association, Germany
 
 

Brasil
Lucio Mesquita, GREEN study group, Pontificia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Brasil

    India
Deepak Gadhia, Gadhia Solar Energy Systems Pvt, Ltd., India
    USA
Thomas Lane, ECS Solar Energy Systems, USA
    Japan
Lida Tetsunari, Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies, Japan
    Thailand
Christoph Menke, KMUTT, Thailand
    Australia
Ken Guthrie, Sustainability Victoria, Australia
12:30 – 13:30
  Lunch break
     
   
13:30 – 15:00
Parallel Session A3: Awareness raising and marketing
  Chair: Krzysztof Gierulski, European Commission, Intelligent Energy Executive Agency
 
 

Solar Day: From an national initiative to a European wide event?
Roger Hackstock, Austria Solar, Austria

    The German Solar campaign ‘Heat from the Sun’
Emanuel Höger, German Solar Industry Association, Germany
    Awareness raising campaigns in Switzerland
David Stickelberger, Swissolar, Switzerland
    ’Solarwärme’ – Impact of the Austrian market stimulation programme
Josef Buchinger, arsenal research, Austria
    Strengthening the technical frame for large scale solar thermal installations design and maintenance through the Guarantee of
Solar Results quality approach

Stéphane Pouffary, ADEME, France
15:00 – 15:30
  Coffee break
     
   
13:30 – 15:00
Parallel Session B3: Domestic hot water and space heating
  Chair: Andreas Haller, Ernst Schweizer AG, Switzerland
 
 

Solar heating systems for multi-family houses. Keep it simple!
Ronald Voskens, Ecofys SL, Spain

    System concepts for collective solar thermal systems across Europe
Jan Schindl, arsenal research, Austria
    Comparison of ICS with thermosiphon type solar water heaters
Manolis Souliotis, University of Patras, Greece
    Thermosiphon Systems: Market, State-of-the-Art and Trends
Sebastian Brandmayr, Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
    Case study on a large scale drainback system in Ireland
John Van Dam, Conergy AG, Germany
15:00 – 15:30
  Coffee break
     
   
13:30 – 15:00
Parallel Session C3: Policy - Solar regulations
  Chair: Thomas Pauschinger, SOLITES, Germany
 
    Solar obligation through urban planning: the experience of the town Vellmar in Germany
Fabio Longo, Germany
    The debate on solar obligations in Italy: from the local to the national level.
Annalisa Corrado, Ministry for Environment, Italy
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Several years of experience with a solar obligation in Barcelona
Pascual Polo, Barcelona Energy Agency, Spain

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    Experience with the implementation of the Spanish solar obligation from the point of view of the industry
Ricardo Casasola, Isofotón, Spain
    The European dimension: How to make solar obligations
Uwe Trenkner, Secretary General ESTIF
15:00 – 15:30
  Coffee break
     
   
15:30 – 17:00
Parallel Session A4: Quality assurance and solar thermal ESCOs
  Chair: Stephane Pouffary, ADEME, France
 
 

Solar Thermal Energy Service Companies in practice
Aris Aidonis, Centre for Renewable Energy Sources, (CRES), Greece

    The Quality assurance procedures in the manufacture of evacuated solar tube collectors
Parick Davis, Thermomax Ltd., United Kingdom
    Monitoring of 120 solar DHW systems in France
Peter Riederer, Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (CSTB), France
    Realiability improvement of solar thermal systems
Andreas Wagner, Wagner & Co. Solartechnik GmbH, Germany
    Function tests and fault detection for big solar heating systems
Klaus Vajen, University of Kassel, Germany
     
17:00 – 17:30
  Coffee break
     
   
15:30 – 17:00
Parallel Session B4: Collectors and other key technical issues
  Chair: Manuel Collares Pereira, AoSol, Portugal
 
 

Polymeric materials for solar thermal collectors – a feasibility study
Karl-Anders Weiß, Fraunhofer Institut for Solar Energy Systems (ISE), Germany

    Results of empirical study on the ageing of solar thermal collectors
Elke Streicher, ITW University of Stuttgart, Germany
    High-efficiency flat-plate solar collectors based on selective glazing
Wolfgang Eisenmann, Institute for Solar Energy Research, Hameln (ISFH), Germany
    Large scale systems and seasonal heat storage
Jan-Olof Dalenbäck, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
    Large scale systems and seasonal heat storage – afocus on Germany
Dirk Mangold, Solites, Germany
17:00 – 17:30
  Coffee break
     
   
15:30 – 17:00
Parallel Session C4: Policy - Financial Incentives
  Chair: Jackie Jones, Renewable Energy World
 
 

The German market stimulation programme: a decade of experience
Ole Langniss, Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff- Forschung, Germany

    From ‘Plan Soleil’ to ‘Plan FaceSud’: quality issues while running at 100% growth rate
Richard Loyen, Enerplan, France
    Creating a credit market for solar thermal, PROSOL project in Tunisia
Emanuela Menichetti, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
    Financial Incentives for solar thermal with no costs for the public budget: a presentation of the ‘Bonus Model’ as a new concept
Veit Bürger, Öko-Institut Freiburg, Germany
17:00 – 17:30
  Coffee break
     
   
17:30 – 18:30
Plenary and Closing Session
  Chair: Uwe Trenkner, Secretary General ESTIF
 
 

Security of energy supply
John Roberts, Energy Security Specialist

    Increasing role of renewable energies in Europe
Mechtild Rothe, Vice-President of the European Parliament
    Conference Conclusion
18:30
  Get-together
Cocktail Reception