PROGRAMME

Young Energy Efficiency Researchers Conference
Young Biomass Researchers Conference
Workshop Horizon 2020

Young Energy Efficiency Researchers Conference

A conference to present the work of young researchers in the field of energy efficiency (in English only)

Wednesday, 28 February 2018

14.00 Opening and welcome

• Gerhard Dell / Christiane Egger, OÖ Energiesparverband

Oral presentation

Chairperson: Reinhold Priewasser, Johannes Kepler University, Austria

• Design, development and performance of triple vacuum glazing
  Saim Memon, London South Bank University, UK
  
  
• A double skin facade for an educational building in Cairo
  Mostafa Atwa, The German University in Cairo, Egypt 
  
  
• Cogeneration in apartment buildings: analysis of hydronic configurations
  Freek Van Riet, University of Antwerp, Belgium
  
  
• Intelligent control and comfort management for energy efficient buildings
  V.S.K.V Harish, TERI University, India
  
  
• Enhancing the performance of a room-integrated PCM wallboard with night ventilation
  Bharat Chhugani / Felix Klinker, ZAE Bayern, Germany
  
  
• Energy efficiency and the "Sustainable Energy for All" initiative
  Ksenia Petrichenko, Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency, Jay Gregg, Olexandr Balyk, Cristian Hernán Cabrera Pérez, Ola Solér, Simone La Greca - Systems Analysis, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
  
  
• Measuring the impact of energy efficiency measures on productivity
  Souran Chatterjee, Central European University,Hungary
  
  
• Exploring household energy use from a gender perspective
  Peliwe Jubase, Sustainable Energy Africa, South Africa
  
  
• Efficient single-family houses for rural areas of Tajikistan
  Mirzoqurbon Pochchoev, GERES, Tajikistan
  
  
• Improving energy efficiency and reducing GHG emissions in the cement industry
  David Pier, University of Alberta, Canada
  
  
• Recycled post-consumer glass for high-performance concrete
  Marija Krstic, The City College of New York, USA
  
  
• Small scale stand-alone CSP: a conceptual design
  Nayab Bushra, TU Berlin, Germany
  
  
• Assessing embodied energy impacts in tourism with input-output analysis
  Ariel Xian Toh, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  
  
• Energy-efficient desulfurisation of fuel oil by task specific ionic liquids
  Joshua Raj Jaganathan, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia
  
  
• Energy labelling of air conditioners
  Carsten Palkowski, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Germany
  
  
• A multi-objective framework for the sustainable design of polygeneration systems
  Eduardo Antonio Pina, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
  
  

19.00 End of the conference day, Evening programme

Poster presentation Energy Efficiency

• Meeting energy demands of developing India: issues & challenges
  Divyanshu Sinha / Shatakshi Shukla, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, India
  
  
• Energy efficiency of public bathhouses
  Mohamed Krarouch, Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco
  
  
• Techno-economic optimisation of heating structures in urban areas
  Igor Shesho, University St. Cyril and Methodius, Macedonia
  
  
• Simulation-aided energy restoration of buildings
  Norbert Harmathy, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
  
  
• energy+Home2.0 - potentials for a climate-neutral building stock
  Annekatrin Koch, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
  
  
• Performance of PV modules in outdoor conditions
  Rashmi Singh, National Institute of Solar Energy, India
  
  
• CFD simulation of conditioning of closed areas in summer conditions
  Andrii Kulikov, Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
  
  
• Efficiency of cogeneration in summer and winter operation
  Milan Abraham, Technical University of Košice, Slovakia
  
  
• Energy label compliance verification for tumble dryers
  Arno Knieschewski, Federal Instititute for Materials Research and Testing, Germany
  
  
• Energy efficiency trends in transportation
  Aristeidis Tsakiris, Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency, Denmark
  
  
• Survey based analysis of automated building systems and user comfort
  Andreas Käßer / Michaela Reim / Bharat Chhugani, ZAE Bayern, Germany
  
  
• Multicomponent cements for masonry mortars
  Hanna Ivashchyshyn / Roksolana Semeniv, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine
  
  
• Energy harvesting from skylight solar radiation
  Vladislav Živanović / Luka Franceško, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
  
  
• Energy data analysis of an injection moulding machine
  Frank Doyle, Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland
  
  
• A data-driven approach for improving energy and production efficiency in manufacturing SMEs
  Frank Doyle, Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland
  
  
• The real state of Europe's building stock
  Jonathan Volt, Building Performance Institute Europe
  
  
• Techno-economic comparison of solar cooling systems
  Mafalda Henriques, University of Applied Sciences Wels, Austria
  
  
• Biodynamic lighting with LEDs
  Rudolf Bayer / Marek Bálský, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
  
  
• Thermal behaviour and passive strategies in social housing
  Norma Alejandra Rodríguez-Muñoz, Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, Mexico
  
  
• A study on the impact of household occupant behaviour
  Meltem Türkan Alagöz, Technical University of Munich, Germany
  
  
• Energy and hygrothermal performance monitoring of built-in thermal insulations
  Balázs Nagy / Tamás Károly Simon, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Please also see the related conferences:

• European Energy Efficiency Conference
• Energy Efficiency Economy Conference
• E-Mobility & Smart Buildings Conference
• Technology Innovation Conference: Energy and Buildings
• Energy Efficiency Policy Workshop
• Technical Site Visits: Building Innovations

Young Biomass Researchers Conference

A conference to present the work of young researchers in the field of biomass (in English only)

Thursday, 1 March 2018

14.00 Opening and welcome

• Gerhard Dell / Christiane Egger, OÖ Energiesparverband

Oral presentation

Chairperson: Walter Haslinger, Bioenergy2020+, Austria

• Miscanthus versus wood: slagging and methods for inhibition 
  Maria Gilbert, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany 

• The Green P - urban parking areas for microalgae cultivation
  Michael Zellinger, FH Wiener Neustadt / Bioenergy 2020+; Franz Theuretzbacher, FH Wiener Neustadt, Austria
  
  
• Lipid extraction from chlorella vulgaris with hydrophilic ionic liquids
  Sooridarsan Krishnan, Petronas University of Technology, Malaysia
  
  
• Impact of lignin extraction pretreatment on spruce hydrochar characteristics
  Anna Partridge / Ekaterina Sermyagina, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
  
  
• Preliminary assessment of char as gas filtering medium
  Eleonora Cordioli, Free University of Bolzano, Italy
  
  
• Miscanthus versus wood: slagging and methods for inhibition
  Maria Gilbert, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
  
  
• Modelling syngas production from agricultural waste for methanol synthesis
  Patrik Šuhaj / Jakub Husár, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
  
  
• Polyurethane-like polymer production from milk proteins
  Bushra Chalermthai / Jens Schmidt, Masdar Institute, United Arab Emirates
  
  
• Performance characteristics of biodiesel blends from used vegetable oil
  Michael Ahimbisibwe, National Crops Resources Research Institute, Uganda
  
  
• Impacts of different feedstocks on a 1 MW biomass
  Archishman Bose, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; Tommaso Mura, Instituto Superior Tecnico Lisboa, Portugal; Denitsa Kuzeva, Eindhoven Institute of Technology, NL
  
  
• Efficient value chains for heat production from energy crops
  Oleksandra Tryboi, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine
  
  
• Real life emissions and efficiency gaps of firewood room heaters
  Gabriel Reichert, Bioenergy 2020+, Austria
  
  
• Utilising woody residues for bioenergy in the southern United States
  Raju Pokharel, University of Idaho, USA
  
  
• Ukraine: transition to biomass heating by 2050
  Alex Epik, Scientific Energineering Center "Biomass", Vitalii Zubenko , Scientific Energineering Center "Biomass", Ukraine
  
  
• Establishing regional bioenergy concepts in Southeast Europe
  Shruti Athavale / Lorenz Strimitzer, Austrian Energy Agency, Austria
  
  
• Implementing a biomass district heating project in Croatia
  Valerija Vrček Habazin, North-West Croatia Regional Energy Agency, Croatia
  
  
• Biogas in flexible electricity generation - opportunity or false hope?
  Franz Theuretzbacher, FH Wiener Neustadt / Ervin Saracevic, TU Wien, Austria

Poster presentation Biomass

• The potential of gasification char as energy source for South-Tyrol
  Stefano Piazzi, Free University of Bolzano, Italy
  
  
• Biomass substitution potential in district heating in the Ukraine
  Viacheslav Antonenko, National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine
  
  
• Fuel characteristics of wood pellets
  Kim Seong-ho / Han Gyu-Seong, Chungbuk National University, Republic of Korea
  
  
• Production of porous activated carbons from cellulose
  Ekaterina Sermyagina, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
  
  
• Legal aspects of biofuel exchange in the Ukraine
  Anna Pastukh, NGO Renewable Energy Agency, Ukraine
  
  
• Designing a household anaerobic digester for rural areas in Sudan
  Omer Salim, Petrodar Operation Company, Sudan
  
  
• Environmental impacts of energy from forest biomass in Portugal
  Tamíris Pacheco da Costa, University of Aveiro, Portugal
  
  
• Chain processing to obtain fermentable sugar from switchgrass
  Kaniye Güneş / Büşra Çabuk, Ege University, Turkey
  
  
• Robust instrumentation and control systems for gasifiers
  Prashant Kamble, University of Glasgow, UK
  
  
• Carbonised briquettes from a women and youth association
  Vicent Sseguya, Zibula Atudde Women & Youth Association, Uganda
  
  
• Comparing instrumental methods for biomass ash analysis
  Josef Farták, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic
  
  
• Emission reduction potential of improved cook stoves
  Jackson Mutegeki, Makerere University, Uganda

Please also see the related conferences:

• European Pellets Conference 2018
• Technical Site Visits "Pellets & wood chips"