PROGRAMME
WSED next Energy Efficiency - Young Researchers
A conference to present the work of young researchers in the field of energy efficiency (in English only)
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
14.00 Opening & welcome
- Gerhard Dell/Christiane Egger, OÖ Energiesparverband , Austria
Oral presentation
Chairperson: Reinhold Priewasser, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
- Robust building data: a driver for policy development
Sophie Shnapp, Global Buildings Performance Network
- Making European building data useful for policy making
Aleksandra Arcipowska, Buildings Performance Institute Europe
- Dynamic building energy codes: learning from international best practices
Niamh McDonald, Global Buildings Performance Network
- Towards 2020: residential and non-residential zero energy buildings
Bernd Hafner/Hannes Hebenstreit, University of Applied Sciences Pinkafeld, Austria
- Toolbox to design housing refurbishment
Vladimir Jovanovic, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- Estimating the solar energy potential in buildings on a global level
Ksenia Petrichenko, Global Buildings Performance Network/Central European University, Hungary
- Life-cycle assessment of different building facades
Doris Rixrath, Forschung Burgenland, Austria
- Long-term hot water storage – fluid convection and thermal losses
Milan Rashevski, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Bulgaria
- Optimising the heating system of a low energy house
Matteo Rimoldi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; Elisa Carlon, Free University of Bozen, Italy
- Evaluation of large-scale solar thermal systems for the residential sector
Mateo de Guadalfajara, University of Zaragoza, Spain
- Optimising self-consumption of grid-connected PV and storage systems
Theresa Wohlmuth, Alpine Energie Österreich, Austria
- Green Crowd Funding - A tool for deep renovation?
Sara Kunkel, Buildings Performance Institute Europe
- Environmental externalities from electric power generation
Rana El-Guindy, Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Egypt
- Smart concepts to enhance industrial resource-efficiency
Dennis Bakir, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
19.00 End of the conference day
19.30 Evening programme
Poster presentation
- Low impact design and environmentally conscious architecture
Marwa Dabaieh, Lund University, Sweden
- Energy demand and related efficiency potentials in CEE apartment buildings
Agnė Toleikytė, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- Smart and efficient accommodation
Kamal Ghassan Al Khuffash, Gasco, United Arab Emirates
- Hilti energy-efficiency standards for all locations
Philip Skaro, University of Applied Sciences Zurich, Switzerland
- The prediction of heat storage properties by structural effects on organic phase change materials
Tomáš Hásl, Institute of Chemical Technology Prague, Czech Republic
- Heat exchanger using heat pipe technology for domestic boilers
Andrii Rassamakin/Dmitry Kozak, National Technical University of Ukraine, Ukraine
- The E4 Brickhouse of Romania - a local solution for a global challenge
Sergiu Petrea, Tecto Arhitectura, Romania
- Climate and building energy use: complex relationships presented in one map
Ksenia Petrichenko, GBPN/Central European University, Hungary
- A study on the improved energy performance of a large sales facility
Jung-Seok Kim, Dankook University, Republic of Korea
- Architectural guidelines for the design of energy efficient buildings
Elena Scattolini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
- What is the impact of heat pumps on the building sectors long term GHG emissions?
Kjell Bettgenhäuser, Ecofys, Germany
- The effects of glazing on the specific heat demand of a passive house
Libor Šteffek/Jiří Kalánek, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
- Challenges of NZEB standards definition in the SUSTAINCO project framework
Milka Hrbud, North-West Croatia Regional Energy Agency, Croatia
- Increasing energy efficiency in residential houses
Adam Babić, North-West Croatia Regional Energy Agency, Croatia
- Energy balance of modern light sources
Marek Bálský, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
WSED next Biomass - Young Researchers
A conference to present the work of young researchers in the field of biomass (in English only)
Thursday, 27 February 2014
14.00 Opening & welcome
- Gerhard Dell/Christiane Egger, OÖ Energiesparverband
Oral presentation
Chairperson: Walter Haslinger, Bioenergy 2020+, Austria
- Comparative analysis of US and EU public policies promoting wood energy
Satu Lantiainen, University of Missouri, USA
- Renewing towns: establishing energy security in Northern BC through bioenergy
Sean Carlson, University of Northern BC, Canada
- Eco-energy aspects of production and utilisation of agripellets
Viktória Papp, University of West Hungary
- Agronomic evaluation of switchgrass on marginal vs. prime farmland
Sergio J. Sosa, Rutgers University, USA
- Deployment scenarios of biomass-to-end-use chains for torrefied biomass
Fabian Schipfer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- Assessing the availability of biomass residues for energy conversion
Johannes Lindorfer, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
- Subcritical hydrothermal liquefaction of barley straw
Zhe Zhu, Aalborg University, Denmark
- Process synthesis of industrial symbiosis in palm-based bioenergy systems
Rex T.L. Ng, The University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus, Malaysia
- Biofuel from lignocellulosic biomass liquefaction in waste glycerol and its catalytic upgrade
Miha Grilc, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia
- H2 from SERP: double hydroxide CO2 sorbents at low and high temperatures
Francesca Micheli, University of L'Aquila, Italy
- The effects of torrefaction on the thermochemical properties of Jatropha curcas
Buddhike Neminda Madanayake, The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Reve: versatile continuous pre/post torrefaction unit for pellets production
Nicolas Doassans-Carrère, Revtech Process Systems, France
- Grass energy for residential heating – emissions and efficiency characterisation
Sriraam R. Chandrasekaran/Philip K Hopke, Clarkson University, USA
- Energy centre Bracak – an information, training and show case centre
Marko Vlainić, North-West Croatia Regional Energy Agency, Croatia
- Pipeline hydro-transport of agricultural biomass
Mahdi Vaezi, University of Alberta, Canada
19.00 End of the conference day19.30 Evening programme
Poster presentations
Biomass
- Innovative fine particulate measurement systems for the wood stove design challenge
Rebecca Trojanowski, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA
- Life-cycle assessment of laboratory and field tests of energy supply scenarios from reed
Doris Rixrath, Forschung Burgenland, Austria
- A strategy for the bioconversion of oil palm waste fibres in the solid state cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum
Surya Mudavasseril Sudheer, University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus, Malaysia
- Synergies of wastewater treatment and microalgae cultivation in Austria
Andrea Sonnleitner, Bioenergy 2020+, Austria
- Status and prospects of bioenergy developments in the Ukraine
Alex Epik/Alexandra Pukhnyuk, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine
- Development of a charcoal-based micro-CHP system
Dennis Krüger, DBFZ, Germany
- Fragmentation of fluidised bed biomass gasification
Jere Lehtinen, Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
- Acceleration of wood biomass use in municipalities through a comprehensive approach
Anja Kostevšek, Scientific Research Centre Bistra Ptuj, Slovenia
- A biomass supply network: industrial waste supplementary for biofuel production
Wendy Pei Qin Ng, University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus, Malaysia
Please also see the related conferences:
WSED next - a conference for young researchers
The conference "WSED next" offered a platform for presenting the work of young researchers and for interaction with experts and decision makers from industry and institutions.
Young researchers (born after 1978) were invited to submit contributions.
The WSED next conference focused on biomass and energy efficiency in buildings.
A high-level scientific committee selected papers for oral or poster presentation.
The organiser of the WSED, the OÖ Energiesparverband, covered the costs for accommodation, meals, participation and local transport for up to 60 selected participants for 3 conference days (arrival: 25 February, departure: 28 February).
Submissions were invited from any scientific field (e.g. technology & engineering, economic and social sciences, law, arts, etc.) and had to be in English only.
The best contributions were honoured with the "Young Researchers Award for Biomass" and the "Young Researchers Award for Energy Efficiency": The researcher(s) and the respective institute each received 1,000 Euro as prize money.
After the conference, a conference book will be published by Springer (with the papers that were selected for oral presentations).
The WSED next conference in 2014 built upon two very successful events (held in 2012 and 2013), each of them attracting contributors from more than 25 countries.
