14:00 Energy Efficiency Investments: From EU Regulations to Individual Households' Decisions
Chair: Imre Kocsis and Judit Kiss, Faculty of Engineering, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Maintenance strategies and life cycle costs of renewable energy systems
- Maintenance costs of renewable energy investments
- Maintenance planning of energy conversion systems
- Tools of condition monitoring in renewable energy systems
Imre Kocsis, Faculty of Engineering, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Energy efficiency and renewable energy consumption
- Relationship between energy efficiency and GDP
- Effect of R&D on energy efficiency
- Human capital as an incentive for application of renewable energy systems
Judit T. Kiss, Faculty of Engineering, University of Debrecen, Hungary
How to build our houses in order to consume less energy
- Multi-criteria analysis of energy in buildings
- Carbon-free low energy structures
- Application of vertical gardens
Balázs Kocsi, School of Informatics, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Role of biomass in buildings' energy management
- Surrounding biomass as improvement of building envelope's performance
- Biomass in building envelopes
- Biomass as energy source in energy efficient building envelopes
János Szendrei, Faculty of Engineering, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Renewable energy and the lack of professionals in the European building industry
- Lack of professionals
- Migration of professionals problem in the European building industry
- Innovative solutions and contractor training of professionals
Róbert Sztányi, Faculty of Engineering, University of Debrecen, Hungary
15:30 Coffee Break