INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, UNIVERSITY OF MALTA Sustainable Energy 2014: The ISE Annual Conference 20st March 2014, Dolmen Resort Hotel & Spa, Qawra, Malta TH PROGRAMME: THURSDAY 20 MARCH 2014 08:30 – 09:00 REGISTRATION 09:00 – 09:30 OPENING SESSION HON DR KONRAD MIZZI, MINISTER FOR ENERGY AND CONSERVATION OF W ATER PROF RICHARD MUSCAT, PRO-RECTOR FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, UNIVERSITY OF MALTA PROF. ROBERT GHIRLANDO, DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, UNIVERSITY OF MALTA SESSION 1: PROF. TONIO SANT – CHAIRMAN 09:30 – 10:15 PRESENTATION 1: KEYNOTE PRESENTATION - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCES OF SMALL AND INNOVATIVE SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS, PROF. MARCO BECCALI, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, INFORMATION ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICAL MODELLING (DEIM), UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO, ITALY 10:15 – 10:30 POSTER PRESENTATIONS: 3 MINUTES EACH 10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK (VISITING STANDS AND POSTER SESSION) SESSION 2: PROF. LUCIANO MULE-STAGNO – CHAIRMAN 11:00 – 11:20 PRESENTATION 2: ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF MALTA’S NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY ACTION PLAN, MANFRED W EISSENBACHER, INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MALTA 11:20 – 11:40 PRESENTATION 3: POLICY OPTIONS FOR THE THERMAL UPGRADE OF EXISTING MALTESE HOUSING STOCK: AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC APPROACH, JOSEPH SALIBA & MANFRED WEISSENBACHER, INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MALTA 11:40 – 12:00 PRESENTATION 4: ENERGY-RELATED AIR POLLUTION IN MALTA: BLACK CARBON MEASUREMENTS BY USE OF A MOBILE AETHALOMETER, BERNARD FARRUGIA & MANFRED W EISSENBACHER, INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MALTA 12:00 – 12:20 PRESENTATION 5: DISTRIBUTED M-CHP GENERATION FROM A SMALL SCALE CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER INSTALLATION, L. CREMA, F. ALBERTI, M. ROCCABRUNA, RENEWABLE ENERGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER, ITALY, B. RESTALL AND K. ALAMANGO, PROJECTS IN MOTION LTD. NAXXAR, MALTA 12:20 – 13:20 LUNCH (VISITING STANDS AND POSTER SESSION) SESSION 3: PROF. MANFRED WEISSENBACHER – CHAIRMAN 13:20 – 13:40 PRESENTATION 6: FLOATING PHOTOVOLTAICS – TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES, COST AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS, LUCIANO MULE’ STAGNO, INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MALTA 13:40 – 14:00 PRESENTATION 7: AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT TO ESTABLISH THE ROLE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR IN THE GREEK ECONOMY UNDER THE ASPECT OF ECONOMIC RECESSION, EVA MALEVITI, VISIONTASK DEVELOPMENTS CONSULTANTS, ATHENS, GREECE 14:00 – 14:20 PRESENTATION 8: FROM OIL TO GAS: AN ANALYSIS OF MALTA’S POWER SECTOR TRANSITION WITH REGARD TO CO2 EMMISSIONS, THE INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLES AND THE ROLE OF ENERGY STORAGE, JANIS MUENCHRATH AND MANFRED W EISSENBACHER, INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MALTA 14:20 – 14:40 PRESENTATION 9: ASSESSING DESIGN OPTIONS FOR THE OPTIMISATION OF COST OF ELECTRICITY OF A 2 MW P GROUND MOUNTED PV SYSTEM IN MALTA, EMANUEL VASSALLO AND LUCIANO MULE’ STAGNO, INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, UNIVERSITY OF MALTA 14:40 – 15:10 COFFEE BREAK (VISITING STANDS AND POSTER SESSION) INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, UNIVERSITY OF MALTA Sustainable Energy 2014: The ISE Annual Conference 20st March 2014, Dolmen Resort Hotel & Spa, Qawra, Malta SESSION 4: PROF. ROBERT GHIRLANDO – CHAIRMAN 15:10 – 15:30 PRESENTATION 10: BIOENERGY PRODUCTION USING HIGH-RATE, LOW F:M ANAEROBIC DIGESTION, TIMOTHY G. ELLIS, DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL, CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, U.S.A. 15:30 – 15:50 PRESENTATION 11: INVESTIGATING THE GREENING OF THE SERVICE INDUSTRY THROUGH A CAPABILITIES PERSPECTIVE: A CASE STUDY ON THE ADOPTION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT PRACTICES IN THE MALTESE HOTEL SECTOR, LISA PACE, MANCHESTER INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, UK 15:50 – 16:10 PRESENTATION 12: ENERGY EFFICIENCY SURVEY OF THE GANADO ADVOCATES HEAD OFFICE, MARCO GILEPPO, GIOVANNI LUCA DIERNA, ANTONINO FABIO AGOSTA, ORDINE DEGLI INGEGNERI DELLA PROVINCIA DI RAGUSA (ITALY), BALDASSARE CAPODICI, ARCHITECT, FEDERICA GEREMIA, UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO, ITALY, CHARLES YOUSIF, INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, UNIVERSITY OF MALTA AND JOTHAM SCERRI-DIACONO, GANADO ADVOCATES, MALTA 16:10 – 16:30 PRESENTATION 13: COST MODELLING OF FLOATING W IND FARMS WITH UPSCALED ROTORS IN MALTESE W ATERS, MATTEO AQUILINA, TONIO SANT AND ROBERT N. FARRUGIA, INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MALTA 16:30 – 16:50 PRESENTATION 14: MODELING MALTA’S ROAD TRANSPORT SYSTEM TO EVALUATE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS AND THE BIOFUELS POTENTIAL: A TOOL FOR POLICY-MAKING, ALEXANDER LAURI, MANFRED WEISSENBACHER AND GODWIN SANT, , INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, UNIVERSITY OF MALTA, MALTA 16:50 – 17:00 CLOSING SESSION: DR. TONIO SANT, CHAIRMAN, ISE Posters Heat Transfer Characteristics of Locally Manufactured Hollow Concrete Blocks, Caroline Caruana and Charles Yousif, Institute for Sustainable Energy, University of Malta, Malta Analysis of the Energy Performance of a 9.60 kWp Pitched Photovoltaic Plant, Marco Gileppo, Giovanni Luca Dierna, Antonino Fabio Agosta, Ordine degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Ragusa”, Italy. Analysis of the Energy Performance of a 4.90 kWp Photovoltaic Plant, Positioned below the Balustrade of a Flat Roof of a Building, Marco Gileppo, Giovanni Luca Dierna, Antonino Fabio Agosta, Ordine degli Ingegneri della, Provincia di Ragusa”, Italy. Analysis of the Energy Performance of a Photovoltaic Plant, Coplanar with the Flat Roof of a Building”, Marco Gileppo, Giovanni Luca Dierna, Antonino Fabio Agosta, Ordine degli Ingegneri della Provincia di Ragusa”, Italy. SPONSORS
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