Presentations
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Plenaries
Plenary 1 - Welcome and Opening: Local governments as key actors
Plenary 2 - Local success stories from different European regions
Plenary 3 - Technical overview on sustainable energy options ready for implementation
Plenary 4 - Sustainable energy - a critical element in modern urban planning and management
Plenary 6 - Key Partnerships: Business, Research, the Public and Local Authorities
Plenary 7 - Forging a path to local sustainability
Plenary 8 - Local Authorities moving ahead
Plenary 9 - Facing the Future: Practical approaches and capacity-building opportunities
Sessions
A1 Local leadership, political commitment and setting targets
A2 - Sustainable buildings: a reality
A3 - District energy - heating, cooling and electricity
B1 - Enabling framework conditions and support structures
B2 - The role of Energy Agencies
C1 - Contracting models and Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)
C2 - The critical role of business and the public
D1 - Sustainable energy: how to get started?
D2 - Training and capacity-building opportunities
D3 - Tools for sustainable buildings – design and monitoring
D4 - Consider R&D results for future action
Plenary 1 - Welcome and Opening: Local governments as key actors
Welcome and a call for action (speech, no presentation)
Dr. Dieter Salomon, Lord Mayor, City of Freiburg and ICLEI Executive Committee Member
The way forward for local authorities – a time for planning and action
Gino Van Begin, Regional Director for Europe, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
watch online nowSustainable energy impacts on security of energy supply, climate protection and local sustainable development
Rian van Staden, Principal Consultant, Intelligent RE
Plenary 2 - Local success stories from different European regions
SolarRegion Freiburg: Central European temperate climate
Dr. Dieter Wörner, Head of Environment Protection, City of Freiburg, Germany
Roma Per Kyoto - Sustainable energy in a Mediterranean climate
Claudio Baffioni, Project Manager Roma Per Kyoto Project, City of Rome, Italy
Joint approach by cities in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area - climate protection by reducing energy consumption
Irma Karjalainen, Director Regional and Environmental Information, YTV Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council, Finland
Plenary 3 - Technical overview on sustainable energy options ready for implementation
Low energy buildings: reducing the need for energy
Meinhard Hansen, Architekturbüro Meinhard Hansen Freiburg, Germany
Solar thermal systems and photovoltaics
Dr. Volker Wittwer, Deputy Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
(ISE), Germany
Wind energy: local resource, clean energy, local profits
Mikkel Aaro-Hansen, Director, Agency for Environmental Protection, Copenhagen, Denmark
Geothermal energy: extensive potential
Marissa Walzer, Business Consultant, Sterr-Kölln & Partner GbR, Germany
Small hydropower: water for energy
Luigi Papetti, Engineer, Italian representative of the European Small Hydropower Association (ESHA), Italy
Fuel cell systems and hydrogen: now and the future
Dr. Christopher Hebling, Head of Department Energy Technology, Fraunhofer ISE, Germany
The bioenergy chain: energy for buildings, districts and vehicles
Gabor Heves, Project Manager, Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC), Hungary
Plenary 4 - Sustainable energy - a critical element in modern urban planning and management
Combining research, technology, expertise and local action to create Solar Cities
Chiel Boonstra, Secretary General, International Solar Cities Initiative (ISCI)
Low energy district development in Berlin’s government quarter
Astrid Schneider, Solar Architect, and representative of the EUROSOLAR e.V. Berlin-Brandenburg
Plenary 5 - Local energy policies, strategies and approaches, and the strategic framework needed to support action
A1: Local leadership, political commitment and targets
Francesco Bicciato, Environmental Deputy Mayor, Municipality of Padova, Italy
B1: Enabling framework conditions and support structures (speech, no presentation)
Emilio D'Alessio, Deputy Mayor of the City of Ancona and President of Italian Local Agenda 21 Association, Italy
B2: The role of Energy Agencies
Maryke van Staden, Project Officer Climate & Air, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
Plenary 6 - Key Partnerships: Business, Research, the Public and Local Authorities
A2: Sustainable buildings: a reality
Dr. Rajat Gupta, Senior Lecturer and Co-Director, Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development: Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, UK
A3: District energy: heating, cooling and electricity (speech, no presentation)
Venelin Todorov, Deputy Mayor, Municipality of Bourgas, Bulgaria
C1: Contracting models and Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)
Ilaria De Altin, Coordinator Climate & Air Team, ICLEI European Secretariat
C2: Critical role of business (speech, no presentation)
Jochen Schneider, Manager, Freiburger Energie- und Solaragentur, Freiburg Germany
Plenary 7 - Forging a path to local sustainability
International developments of RE based on REN21's Global Status Report and the UNEP/New Energy Finance Global RE Investment Report
Virginia Sonntag-O'Brien, REN21 Secretariat and UNEP Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative (SEFI)
The Meadows Ozone project – a vision for improving existing building stock
Jerome Baddley, Sustainable Energy Development Officer, Nottingham Energy Partnership, United Kingdom
Plenary 8 - Local Authorities moving ahead
Support framework in place: replicable aspects of the German Renewable Energy Law to support widespread implementation (speech, no presentation) Michael Müller, Parliamentary State Secretary of the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety (BMU), Germany
Sustainable development in large French cities - an association of mayors guide national politics (speech, no presentation)
Jean-Louis Fousseret, Lord Mayor of Besançon and Member of the Association of Mayors of Large Cities in France
ICLEI’s Local Renewables Initiative – guiding local governments in achieving sustainable energy targets
Monika Zimmermann, Director, ICLEI International Training Centre (ITC)
Plenary 9 - Facing the Future: Practical approaches and capacity-building opportunities
D1: Sustainable energy: how to get started?
Klaus Hoppe, Head of Energy Department , City of Freiburg, Germany
D2: Training and capacity-building opportunities
Monika Zimmermann, Director, ICLEI ITC
D3: Tools for sustainable buildings – design and monitoring
Prof. Rosario Lanzafame, University of Catania, Italy and Meinhard Hansen, Architekturbüro Meinhard Hansen Freiburg, Germany
D4: Consider R&D results for future action
Christian Zahler, Senior Project Manager, PSE GmbH, Germany
A1 Local leadership, political commitment and setting targets
Political consensus and a clear path of action in Woking
John Thorp, Managing Director, Thameswey Ltd, Woking, United Kingdom
Towards a fossil fuel free Växjö
Lars Ehrlén, Manager District Heating-Cooling, Växjö Energy Ltd, Sweden
European Energy Award: for qualification, certification and awarding of communal energy policy
Helmut Strasser, Programme Manager, Salzburg Institute, Austria
A2 - Sustainable buildings: a reality
Passive Housing in Europe, low energy renovation and new housing complexes
Chiel Boonstra, Trecodome, Netherlands; Secretary General of the International Solar Cities Initiative (ISCI)
Energy efficiency measures in the public building sector: the DEEP project
Philipp Tepper, Project Officer Sustainable. Procurement, ICLEI Europe
Mediterranean example of local large-scale implementation of the European Directive on Energy Performance of Buildings
Paolo Ferri, Head of Energy Department, Province of Reggio Emilia, Italy
A3 - District energy - heating, cooling and electricity
Wind energy as part of local energy change
Andreas Markowsky, Director, Ökostrom Erzeugung Freiburg GmbH, Germany
Small hydro success stories
Luigi Papetti, Engineer, Frosio Associates, Italy
Polygeneration in Växjö, beneficial for all: customers, environment and energy company – Towards a fossil fuel free Växjö
Lars Ehrlén, Manager District Heating-Cooling, Växjö Energy Ltd, Sweden
B1 - Enabling framework conditions and support structures
Renewable Energy Law: stimulating investment in Germany
Tobias Kelm, Researcher, Centre for Solar Energy & Hydrogen Research (ZSW), Germany
A national movement for climate change mitigation and adaptation: the Nottingham Declaration Action Pack
Steve Waller, Principal Consultant Sustainable Communities, IDeA, United Kingdom
The Procura Project - developing a model for joint procurement of clean vehicles
Marieke Reijalt, Procura Project Dissemination Coordinator, Federation of Italian Scientific and Technical Associations, Italy
B2 - The role of Energy Agencies
Development, support schemes and latest achievements of RES in the Czech Republic
Tomas Kukuczka, Director, Czech RE Agency (CZREA), Czech Republic
Facilitating energy efficiency through Energy Services - the role of Energy Agencies
Alexandra Waldmann, Project Manager, Berlin Energy Agency, Germany
Building an alliance of public funding agencies
Jamie Brown, Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy, Switzerland
C1 - Contracting models and Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)
Austin’s GreenChoice: a model for Green Pricing
Mark Kapner, Senior Strategy Engineer, Energy Services, City of Austin, USA
Performance contracting and public participation project examples: Eco_WATT school and Solarspar
Dieter Seifried, CEO, Büro Ö-Quadrat, Germany
Surface geothermal project examples
Jürgen Lange-von Kulessa, Wärmekontor Freiburg, Germany
C2 - The critical role of business and the public
Civil participative installations: solar and wind energy projects
Nicole Römer, Freiburger Energie- und Solaragentur (FESA), Germany
Solar Info Center Freiburg: a business development model for cities
Prof. Rolf Buschmann, Manager, solar info center, Germany
Renewable energy and Energy Resource Center experience at Bhubaneswar
Anurag Mishra, Program Manager, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat, India
D1 - Sustainable energy: how to get started?
Practical sustainable energy experiences of Freiburg
Klaus Hoppe, Head of Energy Department , City of Freiburg, Germany
The LETIT tool and municipal experiences
Sebastian Gölz, Project Manager, Fraunhofer ISE and Adrian Hewitt, Climate Change Team Leader, London Borough of Merton, UK
Municipal frameworks and structures for sustainable energy
Ralf Bermich, Head of Energy Department, City of Heidelberg, Germany
D2 - Training and capacity-building opportunities
Essential education for long-life sustainable energy solutions
Prof. Rolf Buschmann, Managing Director, EnEd - International Education Center for Energy Solutions, Germany
Craftsmen are needed
Matteo Benetello, Technical Manager, Italian Solar Infocenter S.r.l., Italy
Renewable Energy Management Programme - Solar University Freiburg
Prof. Franz Daschner, Director, Solar-University Freiburg, Germany
Eco-School International Programme as a tool for sustainable learning
Eigil Larsen, Project Leader, The Danish Outdoor Council, Denmark
D3 - Tools for sustainable buildings – design and monitoring
Practical tools to design low energy buildings
Alain Guiavarch, Research Engineer, Centre d’Energétique (ARMINES), France
DECoRUM tool to track energy use and carbon emissions from residential buildings
Dr. Rajat Gupta, Senior Lecturer and Co-Director, Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development: Architecture, Oxford Brookes University, UK
D4 - Consider R&D results for future action
State-of-the-art of solar cell technologies
Prof. Gerhard Willeke, Head of Research Area Photovoltaics, Fraunhofer ISE
Energy efficient and solar building (incl. solar cooling)
Dr. Sebastian Herkel, Head of Group Solar Building, Fraunhofer ISE
Concentrating Collectors for Process Heat Applications
Christian Zahler, Senior Project Manager, PSE GmbH