April 2009 Workshop – Demand Side Management (DSM) and Energy Efficiency – Elements for Optimizing our Energy Systems, Vienna, Austria

Demand Side Management (DSM) and Energy Efficiency – Elements for Optimizing our Energy Systems The workshop brought together IEA-DSM experts and national stakeholders for a mutual knowledge and experience exchange. It made a link to the Austrian representatives of other related IEA IA, like ENARD and 4E.

Besides lectures from IEA-DSM experts, statements from Austrian experts and the energy industry facilitated an interesting discussion. The workshop was organised in cooperation with the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology.

Wednesday, 1st of April, 1:00 – 6:00 p.m. Gartenhotel, Vienna

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Programme

Chairman: Boris Papousek, Director, Graz Energy Agency

13:00

Sabine List, Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT). Welcome and Introduction

Hans Nilsson (Sweden), Chairman of the IEA DSM Programme:
Demand Side Management and Energy Efficiency in the World – An Overview

Pete Scarpelli (USA), Business Development Manager, Schneider Electric USA:
Demand Response: Results and Experiences in the USA

Barry Watson (United Kingdom), Project Manager, EA Technology:
Smart Metering for Energy Saving and Demand Response

Michael Hübner (Austria), Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT):
Efficient Electrical End-Use Equipment (4E) – Activities of the Respective IEA Programme

15:00 – 15:30 Break

Susanne Eisl (Austria) Enamo, Austria
Energieeffizienz – Ist – Situation und Ausblick für Österreich

Seppo Kärkkäinen (Finland), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland:
Integration of Demand Side Management, Distributed Generation Energy Sources and Energy Storages – Task XVII – IEA DSM Programme

Helfried Brunner (Austria), Arsenal Research:
System Integration in Electrical Distribution Networks (Smart Grids) and Activities of the IEA Programme – ENARD

Saurabh Kumar (India) Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)
CDM Based DSM Initiative

16:30

Current Situation and Outlook for Austria

Statements from:
Christian Schönbauer, E-Control (regulator)
Gunda Kirchner, Austrian Energy Agency
Hans Zeinhofer, Energie AG / Enamo and chairman of the working group within the association of Austrian energy companies

Discussion

18:00