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Informal sessions

32 informal sessions were held during the 2017 Summer Study.

Informal sessions are set up by participants on the spot, inspiring keynotes and just plain round-the-clock networking. All is fuelled by the energy of hundreds of participants who are passionate about energy efficiency and want to learn and share experiences.

Tuesday 14.00–15.00

  1. How to overcome the split-incentive dilemma? Does EPC work in the rental building sector? (DSM Task 16 stakeholder workshop) (more)
  2. 2020 and beyond: how can evaluation practices help to improve energy efficiency policies and better know what they deliver? (more)
  3. Comfort and productivity (more)

Wednesday 14.00–15.00

  1. Invisible energy policy (more)
  2. Taking financing for energy efficiency forward (more)
  3. Methods and methodological advances in empirical energy efficiency assessment (more)
  4. Developing more credible methods for estimating the effects of energy efficiency on jobs (more)
  5. Preventing a replicability crisis in energy research: What should we do? (more)
  6. Energy efficiency in the capacity mechanisms in Europe (more)
  7. EnergyEfficiency YippiYaYaBäääm! – How to enthuse top talents, entrepreneurs (start-ups) and young opinion leaders (more)

Thursday 14.00–15.00

  1. Disruptive low carbon innovations (more)
  2. In between the state and the individual - intermediaries and middle actors in energy demand reduction (more)
  3. Individual building renovation roadmaps (iBROAD): now in real life! (more)
  4. Certification of energy efficiency companies – is it possible? (more)
  5. Engaging people in domestic Demand Response (more)
  6. Achieving healthy homes through low-carbon renovation – How to use the current window of opportunity to make it happen?! (more)

Thursday 15.00–16.00

  1. Market based instruments: Can the same metric for calculating savings be used for renovation of existing buildings and savings in industry? Or do we need subtargets? (more)
  2. Accelerating energy efficiency in cities (more)
  3. Realising the full potential of Ecodesign and Energy Labelling: A discussion on new methods, tools, and services to improve market surveillance (more)
  4. Rural electrification, DC Microgrids and Off-Grid Appliances (more)
  5. Towards zero-emission, efficient and resilient buildings, globally (more)

Thursday 16.30–17.30

  1. Setting EPB requirements: new (EN) ISO 52003 & 52018 standards and beyond (more)
  2. Impacting policy through publication (more)
  3. Energy Efficiency @ the heart of the G20 (more)
  4. Access for All: an Energy Demand Explosion? (more)
  5. Photovoltaic self-consumption in the residential sector: empirical evidence across Europe (more)

Friday 09.00–12.30
Panel 7 Energy Labelling Session

  1. The revised energy label-issues and possible ways forward for white goods (more)
  2. Proposals for a new label for lighting (more)
  3. The revised EU energy label regulation - introduction (more)

Friday 14.00–15.00

  1. Balancing heating, cooling and electricity demand with integrated energy networks and Demand Response (more)
  2. Digital guidelines for energy efficient renovation in small houses (more)
  3. Energy related decision making and governance in apartment blocks (more)
  4. How to present Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency? (more)

Friday 15.00–16.00

  1. Take a ride on the magic carpet – transferring energy behaviour understanding to the reduction of air pollution (more)
  2. Finding the right incentives to accelerate building renovation (more)
  3. Mobilizing different stakeholders to scale up energy efficiency investments. The G20 Energy Efficiency Investment Toolkit (IPEEC) (more)
  4. Can energy retailers be champions of the demand-side? (more)

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