Program

IX^th Congress on Energy Efficiency,

Renewable Energy & Smart Buildings

29 – 31 May 2013, Sofia

29 May 

Greetings from

• Rosen Plevneliev, President of Bulgaria /invited/
• Jordanka Fandakova, Mayor of Sofia Municipality
  
• Philip Lowe, Director-General for Energy, European Commission
• Julio García Burgués, European Commission, DG Environment

Vitosha Hall

9.30 a.m. Official opening 

• Irena Mladenova - Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economy, Energy & Tourism, Bulgaria
• Dobromir Simidchiev - Deputy Minister, Ministry of Regional Development, Bulgaria
• Evdokiya Maneva - Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment and Waters, Bulgaria
• Gerhard Reiweger - Ambassador of Austria in Bulgaria
• Guillermo Salvador Azrak - Ambassador of Argentina in Bulgaria
• Andras Klein - Ambassador of Hungary in Bulgaria
• Traian Chebeleu - Deputy Secretary General, Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization
• Ginka Chavdarova - Exec. Director, National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria
• Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes - Key note speaker - Perspective for Renewable Energy in Europe - European Renewable Energies Federation President & European Renewable Energy Council President, Belgium 

11.00 a.m. - Press Conference - Exhibition Hall 1 

Rodopi Hall

 Smart Buildings

Moderator: Vessela Valtcheva-McGee, Bulgarian Green Building Council 

10.45 a.m. - Update on EU policies for energy efficiency in buildings  - Clemens Haury,  European Commission, Directorate General for Energy,  Belgium 
11.05 a.m. - Ten Trends in Smart Buildings - Eric Bloom, Pike Research – A Part of Navigant, UK
11.35 a.m. - Vesela Valtcheva-McGee, Bulgarian Green Building Council
11.55 a.m. - Smart Buildings in Bulgaria - Kiril Velkovsky, Bulgarian Green Building Council
12.15 p.m. - EU Member States Financing Models for Smart Energy Buildings and Zero Energy Buildings  - Adrian M Joyce, EuroACE, Belgium

12.35 p.m - Lunch Break 

Moderator: Vessela Valtcheva-McGee, Bulgarian Green Building Council

1.15 p.m. - Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB) - Zdravko Genchev, ( EnEffect), representing  the Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE), Bulgaria
1.35 p.m. - Who Owns the Smart Builings Patents?  - Jan Demeester, European Patent Office, Austria 
1.55 p.m. - Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings. Why? - Raphael Bointner, Energy Economics Group /EEG/, Vienna University of Technology, Austria       
2.15 p.m. - Smart Buildings Management through Specialized Software Solutions: FM Center (CAFM) - Ivo Stoyanov, CenterMine, Bulgaria
2.35 p.m. - Doing Facility Management in Bulgaria and Europe. Building Management – Goran Milanov, Bulgarian Facility Management Association, Bulgaria

2.55 p.m - Coffee Break 

Moderator: Nikolay Galabov - Bulgarian Chamber of Architects 

3.25 p.m. - Energy on Demand: Experience and Case Studies from Norway - Robert Martinez, Norconsult AS, Norway 
3.45 p.m. - Intelligent Cabling for Smart Green Buildings - Lee Funnell, Siemon, UK 
4.05 p.m. - Energy Storage with Renewable Energy Systems - Antonio Džaja, Heliocentris Academia , Germany

4.45 p.m. - Discussion: How to Implement More Effectively the Energy Efficiency in Buildings?  Barriers for Investing in Buildings Energy Efficiency

Moderator: Stefan Kinarev - Chamber of Engineers in the Investment Design, Bulgaria 

• Eric Bloom - Navigant Research, UK
• Dimitar Nazarski - Bulgarian Association for Construction Insulation and Waterproofing (BACIW)
• Nikolay Galabov - Bulgarian Chamber of Architects
• Dimitar Ivanov - Bulgarian Doors and Windows Association
• Zdravko Genchev - EnEffect, Bulgaria
• Bulgarian Green Building Council

3.00 p.m. - Vihren Hall 

EU funds for regional development in Bulgaria 2014 - 2020 - Seminar of the Netherlands embassy

30 May - Rodopi Hall

Building Integrated Photovoltaics

Moderator - Bulgarian Photovoltaic Association

10.30 a.m. - Marie Latour - European Photovoltaic Industry Association - EPIA, Belgium 
10.50 a.m. - Development of Translucent Building Integrated Concentrated Photovoltaic System - Tapas Mallick, UK
11.10 a.m. - Bulgarian Photovoltaic Association*
11.30 a.m. - PV Module Building Installations - Vasil Takev, ABB Bulgaria 
11.50 a.m. - Solar Roof Installations - Legal Framework and Incentives - Kostadinka Todorova     
12.10 a.m. - BIPV Technical Requirements: Wind Resistance, Roof Water Tightness, Roof Warranty - Dieter Moor, Ertex Solartechnik, Austria                                
12.30 a.m. - The Sun Never Issues Invoices - Vladimir Yotov, Solar End Benefit International Ltd. 

12.50 p.m. - Lunch Break 

2.00 p.m. - Towards a Large Scale Integration of PV in Bulgaria - Free Workshop, BPVA 

 "GREEN-BLUE ENERGY FACTORY - Factory for the production of green energy" - Workshop, Vihren Hall (9.30-14.30)

„Go Green to Environment 2013” – G2E 2013 http://g2e2013.build-your.net/ Pre-scheduled business and technology transfer meetings in the field of water, water treatment, waste management and recycling, energy efficiency and renewable sources – opportunity for companies and organizations to establish new business contacts and to meet potential partners, 30-th of May 2013, from 10:30 – 16:30, at Inter Expo Center, Sofia - exhibition hall.

31 May

Agricultural, Landfill & Wastewater Biofuels - Mussala Hall 

National Policy for Waste Management / Biowaste in Bulgaria 

10.30 a.m. -  Stefan Stefanov, Ministry of Environment and Water, Bulgaria
10.50 a.m. -  Teodora Jeleva, Ministry of Environment and Water, Bulgaria
11.10 a.m. - Olya Matova, Ministry of Environment and Water, Bulgaria
11.30 a.m. - Q/A
11.40 a.m. - How to Start a Biogas Plant for Organic Municipal Waste? - Austrian Municipalities Experience, Barriers - Walter Somitsch, Austria
12.00 a.m. - Experience of Argentina for Biodisel Production*
12.20 p.m. - Project Development and Successful Implementation of Waste-to-energy on the Islands of the Azores, Portugal - Herbert Beywinkler, Antonio Nunes, UV&P Environmental Management and Engineering, Austria 
12.40 p.m. - Mechanical-biological treatment (MBT) of wastes, based on the KOMPOGAS process - Nedyalka Zhuleva, Bulgaria

10- 12 a.m - Task Force ‘Energy Efficiency and Building Comfort’, Bulgarian Green Business Council, Ruen Hall, BGBC

 

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