INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
Sustainable Energy 2014:
The ISE Annual Conference
th
20 March 2014, Dolmen Resort Hotel & Spa, Qawra, Malta
PROGRAMME: THURSDAY 20TH MARCH 2014
08:30 – 09:00
REGISTRATION
09:00 – 09:30
OPENING SESSION
HON DR KONRAD MIZZI, MINISTER FOR ENERGY AND CONSERVATION OF WATER
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
AND ENVIRONMENTAL PALERMO UNIVERSITY, 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 WEISSENBACHER, 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 WEISSENBACHER, 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 WEISSENBACHER, 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 MWP 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)
Sponsors:
Bajada New Energy – Econetique - Energy Investment - J M Vassallo Vibro Blocks
Solar Engineering - Solar Solutions
INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
Sustainable Energy 2014:
The ISE Annual Conference
th
20 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 WIND FARMS WITH UPSCALED ROTORS IN
MALTESE WATERS, 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:
Bajada New Energy – Econetique - Energy Investment - J M Vassallo Vibro Blocks
Solar Engineering - Solar Solutions