The interest of private and public building owners and users in solar and biomass for heating and cooling of buildings as well as for industrial processes is growing: the sharp increase in fossil fuel prices, the availability of cost-efficient technologies and the legislative framework of the European Buildings Directive open up new markets throughout Europe.

The conference will showcase innovative solutions for heating and cooling with solar energy and biomass and it will present the major technology and policy trends for the coming years. It will also address to the challenge of marketing and promoting green heating and cooling to the million building owners and users in Europe, be they companies, public bodies, housing associations or individual homeowners.

1 March 2006

9.00	Opening Rudi Anschober, Regional Minister for Energy, Austria
9.20	Energy R & D highlights from Austria Michael Paula, Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Upper Austria
9.40	The end of affordable fossil fuels? Claudia Kemfert, Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Germany
10.00	The European Biomass-Action Plan José Riesgo Villanueva, European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport
10.20	Solar thermal - markets, technologies & job perspectives in Europe Uwe Brechliln, European Solar Thermal Industry Federation
10.40	Discussion/Coffee break

Technology and market innovation
11.20	Innovation & technology trends Michael Rantil, Chairman, IEA, Solar Heating and Cooling/Formas, Sweden
11.40	25 % of the EU heating & cooling from renewables by 2020 Oliver Schäfer, European Renewable Energy Council
12.00	Upper Austria - an exemplary region for solar and biomass Christiane Egger, O.Ö. Energiesparverband, Austria
12.20	Highly innovative projects for solar heating and cooling Karin Freier, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany
12.40	The social issues of renewable energy Ralph Sims, Massey University, New Zealand
13.00	Discussion/Lunch break

Policies & Programmes
14.30	Innovative funding of solar and biomass projects Krystof Szamalek, Ekofundusz, Poland
14.50	Spains municipal solar ordinances - a framework for market growth Pascual Polo Amblar, Asociación solar de la industria térmica, Spain
15.10	The largest solar market of the world Jian Yu, Beijing University of Technology, China
15.30	Renewables in the implementation of the EU building directive Kevin O'Rourke, Sustainable Energy Ireland
15.50	Discussion/Coffee Break

Inspiring Projects
16.30	Ærø - an island on its way to 100% renewables energy supply Niels Aage Jensen, Marstal Fjernvarme, Denmark
16.50	"Night-Cool" - an innovative cooling concept Danny Parker, Florida Solar Energy Center, USA
17.10	Third-party-financing for biomass installations - successful examples Siegfried Aigner, Ing. Aigner GmbH, Austria
17.30	Uzbekistan - successful solar technology transfer Rano Baykhanova, United Nations Development Programme, Uzbekistan
17.50	Project examples for heating and cooling of public buildings Johann Van Bael, VITO, Belgium
18.10	End
19.30	Evening programme

2 March 2006

Best practice examples
9.00	Biomass CHP-Plant Linz: an optimised biomass supply chain management Wolfgang Dopf, Linz Strom GmbH, Austria
9.20	"Heat Entrepreneurship" - a successful biomass business approach Asko Puhakka, North Karelia Polytechnic, Finland
9.40	Communicating renewables to different target groups Ladislav Zidek, BIOMASA Association, Slovac Republic
10.00	Biomass cooling - possibilities, technologies and projects Wolfgang Schuler, IBS Ingenieurbüro Schuler GmbH, Germany
10.20	Solar performance contracting for households Herbert Huemer, XOLAR Öko Haustechnik GmbH/Sun master Energiesysteme GmbH, Austria
10.40	Discussion/Coffee break

Success with solar and biomass
11.15	Energy-crop heating systems - a new trend? Günther Huemer, Guntamatic Heiztechnik GmbH, Austria
11.30	Wood burning stoves for passive buildings Gerhard Selinger, Rika Metallwaren GmbH & Co KG, Austria
11.45	Go ahead sunshine! Robert Buchinger, Gasokol GmbH, Austria
12.00	From pioneer to a leading company Herbert Ortner, ÖkoFEN Forschungs- und EntwicklungsGmbH, Austria
12.15	Heating "in perfection" Bernhard Holzer, Windhager Zentralheizung GmbH, Austria
12.30	Solar cooling - practical experiences Gerald Jungreithmayr, SOLution Solartechnik GmbH, Austria
12.45	Wood and pellets heating systems: quality for the future Martin Burgholzer, Fröling Heizkessel- und Behälterbau GmbH, Austria
13.00	Discussion/Lunch break/Conference end