SHC 2013 - Internation Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry

SHC 2013 ends on a high note: Solar heating and cooling has big role to play in buildings and industry

25 September 2013. SHC 2013, the 2nd International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry ended today in Freiburg, Germany. For three days, 400 experts from around the world discussed technological developments, markets and political framework conditions. Never before was solar thermal used as much as today. And its use for industrial processes, for cooling purposes or in district heating networks has increased significantly.

“With a 14% market growth rate in 2012 – on a world-wide scale – we are on track to our goal of providing half of the low-temperature heat demand with solar thermal energy,” said Werner Weiss, chairman of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (IEA SHC). “We have proven solutions available for residential and non-residential buildings. We see more and more projects in which industry uses it for process heat. And solar cooling is increasingly implemented in the more sunny regions of the world.”

But this conference showed also that there is still intensive R&D and dissemination of knowledge needed to significantly increase the market growth – especially in Europe, which has a challenging time at the moment. The conference took place in Europe where many traditional solar thermal markets have slumped or stagnated in recent years. Therefore, cost competitiveness of solar thermal with fossil and renewable energy solutions and with energy efficiency measures was a recurring topic throughout the conference. Europe’s goal to make Nearly Zero Energy Buildings the building standard as of 2021 could provide the needed impetus to make solar thermal a truly standard solution in new buildings.

The two hosts, IEA SHC and ESTIF (European Solar Thermal Industry Federation) were happy with the results of the conference. Together with organising company PSE AG, IEA SHC will hold SHC 2014 next year in Beijing, China on October 27 to 29. With this, the SHC conference moves to one of them most dynamic and by far the largest solar thermal market in the world. “Many people associate China with very simple, low-cost solar water heaters”, says PSE’s CEO Andreas Häberle.” But the country is also an engine for new developments and they make big strides in applications such as solar process heat and solar cooling. Therefore, we are inviting everyone in solar thermal to join us for SHC 2014 in China!”

Further information:

About the International Energy Agency’s Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (IEA SHC):

  • The Programme was established in 1977.
  • Its objectives are co-operative research, development, demonstration and exchange of information regarding solar heating and cooling systems.
  • 21 countries and the European Union are IEA SHC members.
  • The research topics of the current 12 projects range from general topics, such as “Solar Resource Assessment and Forecasting” and system and materials research, such as “Large Solar Thermal Systems” and “Polymeric Materials for Solar Thermal Applications” to market support topics such as “Solar Rating and Certification”.
  • Additional information: www.iea-shc.org

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SHC 2013 opens: Solar Heating and Cooling takes centre stage at international conference in Freiburg, Germany

23 September 2013. SHC 2013, the 2nd International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry opens today in Freiburg, Germany. The conference presents the state-of-the-art in solar heating and cooling as well as solar buildings. Scientific and industrial experts from over 30 countries share their knowledge in over 100 presentations and keynotes.

“The technological development in solar thermal is really amazing”, says Werner Weiss, chairman of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (IEA SHC).” And SHC 2013, which opens today, shows the great advancements we have made. Take for example thermo-chemical heat storage. It allows us to store much more solar heat in small volumes. Due to their reasonable size, these heat stores will allow the design of 100% solar heating systems for buildings and thus replace large amounts of the gas, oil and electricity used for heating.”

The conference, which was first held last year in San Francisco, covers the whole spectrum of solar heating, cooling and solar buildings. Zero- and plus-energy buildings are a recurring topic throughout the conference, as are hybrid systems, and the use of solar thermal energy in conjunction with other renewable energy technologies, such as photovoltaics and ground-source heat pumps.

SHC 2013 is held in co-operation with the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF), and includes many industry and market-related topics, ranging from product certification to public support policies and from national market reports to discussions on the effects of building regulation on solar thermal.

“We are happy to help provide an industry specific view to the SHC 2013 conference”, says the Secretary General of ESTIF, Xavier Noyon. “Creating the necessary framework conditions is as important to the solar thermal industry as the technological development. Therefore, we are glad to discuss here, how to bring them about.”

The conference is organised by Freiburg based PSE AG. “We are thrilled to have so many of the top solar thermal experts here in Freiburg”, says Andreas Häberle, CEO of PSE. “We believe in the open exchange of experiences and information to accelerate development. Looking at the expected 400 participants of SHC 2013, I am confident that the conference will again achieve this goal”.

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Further information:

About the International Energy Agency’s Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (IEA SHC):

  • The Programme was established in 1977.
  • Its objectives are co-operative research, development, demonstration and exchange of information regarding solar heating and cooling systems.
  • 21 countries and the European Union are IEA SHC members.
  • The research topics of the current 12 projects range from general topics, such as “Solar Resource Assessment and Forecasting” and system and materials research, such as “Large Solar Thermal Systems” and “Polymeric Materials for Solar Thermal Applications” to market support topics such as “Solar Rating and Certification”.
  • Additional information: www.iea-shc.org

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Solar Thermal Energy Week in Germany’s Black Forest

This September, Germany’s Black Forest will be the top spot for solar thermal experts from all around the world: From 23 September to 25 September, the second International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC 2013) will take place in Freiburg, Germany´s unofficial solar capital. It will be directly followed by the 5th International Conference Solar Air Conditioning, which will take place from 25 to 27 in Bad Krozingen, just 20 minutes southwest of Freiburg.

“We are planning to have the SHC conference in Europe once every two years. I am looking forward to welcoming colleagues from all over the world to Freiburg, Germany, the city in which a large part of the success story of solar energy was written,” Andreas Häberle, CEO of Freiburg-based company PSE, the organiser of the SHC conference, says. The first conference of the International Energy Agency Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (IEA SHC) took place in San Francisco, California, in 2012. The solar thermal event gathered 220 scientists, industry specialists, market experts and policy makers from 31 countries.

During a blind review process, a scientific committee selected the 90 presentations to be held at this year’s SHC conference - out of 300 abstracts submitted from altogether 50 countries. “With so many interesting abstracts, it was hard to decide which presentations to choose. It is definitely very encouraging to see so many excellent researchers and scientist around the world working on solar heating and cooling technology and its applications,” says Hans-Martin Henning, Scientific Chair of the SHC 2013 and Deputy
Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) in Freiburg, Germany.

The topics of the conference range from components and system technology, to
applications such as cooling, process heat and solar architecture. “The conference’s topics will reflect the entire diversity of solar thermal in the IEA SHC Programme,” Werner Weiss, Chairman of the IEA SHC Programme and Managing Director of AEE – Institute for Sustainable Technologies (AEE INTEC) in Gleisdorf, Austria, says. And the conference consists of more than just presentations: The SHC 2013 will also feature a large poster exhibition, plenary lectures and side events on specific issues concerning solar thermal, an industry member session and a panel discussion. The programme is available online at www.shc2013.org/program.

This year, the SHC event will incorporate the European Solar Thermal Energy Conference, which is organised by the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF) based in Brussels, Belgium. It offers both market reports and lectures on framework conditions, as well as a conference session dedicated to industry issues. “The market framework and policy sessions should be the occasion to reflect upon the opportunities and the future
trends for our industry in current and new markets, such as Egypt and Italy, but also in current and new market segments, such as new buildings and multi-family houses,” says Xavier Noyon. Noyon is Industry Chair of the SHC 2013 and Secretary General of ESTIF.

On Wednesday at lunchtime, the focus of the solar thermal community will shift to the small town of Bad Krozingen, about 20 km away from Freiburg, in which the International Conference Solar Air Conditioning will take place. For two and a half days, it will be all about solar air conditioning and refrigeration. “It offers solar thermal professionals the great opportunity to easily combine visiting two of the top global events,” says Bernd Porzelius, Head of the Renewable Energy Department at OTTI.

Solar air conditioning technology has become more mature since the first conference in 2005. Gabriele Struthoff-Müller, who has been in the organising committee of the Solar Air Conditioning conference from the very beginning, says: “We are proud that OTTI’s International Conference Solar Air Conditioning has been an important platform for the development of solar cooling, from early pilot projects to an emerging market with the first standardised systems and more than 1,000 projects worldwide.”

The conference will cover today´s challenges in solar cooling, from improving system components to designing, simulating and engineering solar cooling systems. It will also discuss the controversial topic of PV-driven solar cooling systems. “More than ever, R&D will be essential to further develop solar air conditioning and the 5th International Conference Solar Air Conditioning in September 2013 will be a unique occasion to show how to get the upper hand in the crucial battle of solar cooling becoming a bankable technology,” says Daniel Mugnier, Chairman of the Solar Air Conditioning and Project Manager at Tecsol, France.

The registration period for both conferences has already begun. Early bird fees will be available until 7 August. Visitors of both conferences can receive special discounts. For more information about the conferences and the online registration, visit
www.shc2013.org (Solar Heating and Cooling conference)
www.solaircon.com (Solar Air Conditioning conference)


About the IEA SHC:
The International Energy Agency’s Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (IEA SHC) was established in 1977. Its objectives are co-operative research, development, demonstration and exchange of information regarding solar heating and cooling systems. 20 countries and the European Union are IEA SHC members. The research topics of the current 12 projects range from more general topics, such as “Solar resource assessment and forecasting”, system research, such as “Large solar thermal systems” to material research, such as the use of “Polymeric materials for solar thermal applications.”
Contact: Uwe Trenkner, communications@iea-shc.org, www.iea-shc.org

About ESTIF:
The European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF) actively promotes the use of solar thermal technology for renewable heating and cooling in Europe. With around 80 members from 17 European countries, ESTIF represents the whole value chain in today's solar thermal market: from manufacturers, service providers, and national associations to research institutes.
Contact: Xavier Noyon, info@estif.org, www.estif.org

About PSE:
The PSE AG offers test systems for PV modules and solar collectors, as well as consulting services on the implementation and development of solar energy systems. PSE test stands are used by institutes and product developers for performance and quality testing, as well as certification testing for international standards. PSE offers consulting services in the area of rural electrification and in the coordination of international research projects. The conference management staff of PSE organises international scientific solar
conferences. The company was founded in Freiburg, Germany in 1999 as a spin-off of theFraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, and currently employs 65 people.
Contact: Maria Frank, info@shc2013.org, www.pse.de


About OTTI:
The Ostbayerisches Technologie-Transfer-Institut e.V. (OTTI), which is located in
Regensburg in southern Germany, has been organising conferences and workshops on renewable energies since 1986. Conference topics range from hydro power, solar PV and solar thermal to innovative energy management and off-grid installations.
Contact: Gabriele Struthoff-Müller, Gabriele.struthoff-mueller@otti.de,
www.solaircon.com

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June 2013
Strong Interest from Industry and R&D Sector
The 2nd International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry, SHC 2013, takes place September 23-25 in Freiburg, Germany. Already interest in the conference is proving to be very strong and the European Copper Institute and solar controller manufacturer RESOL have become Gold and Silver Sponsors. And the number of abstracts submitted has increased by almost 1/5th compared to SHC 2012. Over 295 submissions were received from 49 countries, with Germany leading followed by Italy and Switzerland. And China was the 6th largest contributor of abstracts. As for the abstract topics, “collectors” topped the list followed by “solar-heating and air-conditioning,” “other innovative components and systems” and “thermal storage.” The conference’s scientific committee, headed by Hans-Martin Henning (Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems) and Xavier Noyon (European Solar Thermal Industry Federation), now has the opportunity to select which will be presented orally or as a poster.

Conference dinner in relaxed atmosphere
Beyond the presentations and papers, SHC will offer a host of interesting side events. For example, the conference dinner will be held in Freiburg’s “Market Hall,” an authentic location in the city center and very popular with locals and tourists alike. This is a wonderful venue for networking in a relaxed atmosphere while enjoying an international food menu. The evening will end with the presentation of the SHC Solar Award. This year’s award will recognize a utility, city, municipality, developer, builder or company with significant achievements in solar thermal market development, in reducing market barriers and/or in the demonstration of large-scale projects.

Technical and sightseeing tours offered
For those who want to see solar thermal “at work,” a number of technical tours are offered. So far four tours under consideration: solar architecture, passive house (multistory building), solar test stands, and Fresnel-collectors and a solar cooling project. Participants also will have the opportunity to visit the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE). So as not to miss out on tourist opportunities, tours of the old city of Freiburg and the Green City District “Vauban” will be offered.

SHC 2013: Solar heating and cooling experts to meet 23-25 September 2013 in Freiburg (Germany)

2 October 2012. Following the great success of SHC 2012, the second International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry conference will bring even more participants to Freiburg, Germany. The IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (IEA SHC) and the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF) will jointly host this international event on 23-25 September 2013.

“SHC 2012 in San Francisco was a great event”, summarizes Werner Weiss, chairman of the IEA SHC who hosted the conference.” From 9-11 July, more than 200 experts from 31 countries discussed the latest developments in solar heating and cooling as well as solar buildings. We heard about technological advancements in thermal storage, about costcompetitive large-scale projects, about successful public-private partnerships to develop regional solar thermal markets, and much, much more.”

For the 2013 conference IEA SHC has joined forces with the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF). The European trade association has its own history of five successful ESTEC conferences. The next ESTEC conference will be integrated into SHC 2013, and once again be organized by PSE AG.

The conference committee of SHC 2013 is headed by Hans-Martin Henning of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy and Xavier Noyon of the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation. A call for papers will be published on 1 December 2012.

“We are very happy that IEA SHC has decided to host the next SHC conference in Europe”, says ESTIF Secretary General Xavier Noyon.” It is our aim to add a strong industry focus to SHC 2013. Clearly, SHC 2013 will be the solar heating and cooling conference of 2013”.



About the International Energy Agency’s Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (IEA SHC):

  • The Programme was established in 1977.
  • Its objectives are co - operative research, development, demonstration and exchange of information regarding solar heating and cooling systems.
  • 20 countries and the European Union are IEA SHC members.
  • The research topics of the current 9 projects range from more general topics, such as “Solar resource assessment and forecasting” , system research, such as “Large solar thermal systems” to material research, such as the use of “Polymeric materials for solar thermal applications.”
  • Additional information: www.iea-shc.org


Contact information:

IEA SHC information centre:
Uwe Trenkner, communications@iea-shc.org,Telephone +32 499 265 865

ESTIF:
Xavier Noyon, xavier.noyon@estif.org,Telephone +32 2 546 19 38

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