News Release 701 : THIRD UIC WORLD ENERGY EFFICIENCY CONFERENCE

Porto [Portugal], 10.09.2007, Semana 37, Segunda-Feira, 23:00 - Vai realizar-se entre 19 e 21 desde mês, no Grande Hotel Metropol, em Portorož, na Eslovénia, a 3ª Conferência Energética Mundial da UIC, que neste ano, engloba o seguinte programa (em inglês):

Wednesday, 19th September 2007
Pre Conference Seminar Registration and Welcome Coffee, 14:45 - 15:30

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Pre conference seminar: Evaluation and monitoring of railway efficiency projects
Wednesday, 19th September, 15:30 - 18:30
Since energy efficiency projects are becoming one of the strategic issues of many railway companies, more and more of energy efficiency projects are implemented. In order to manage and improve these projects, they should be properly monitored and evaluated. This pre-conference seminar provides the basics of monitoring and evaluation as well as a review of existing practices in other sectors.

Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation

In this section the basics and main goals of monitoring and evaluation will be examined. General properties of main methodologies and most important steps during the implementation of those methodologies will be presented. This will be followed by the introduction of main areas and reasons for monitoring and evaluation of energy efficiency projects in the railway sector, and by discussion about the goals and meaning of M&E in railway companies, which will be stimulated with examples.
Gregor Hribar,
Genera Lynx, Slovenia

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How M&E is successfully used in other sectors

In order to avoid pitfalls and facilitate knowledge transfer from other sectors where M&E is already one of the indispensable parts of any energy efficiency project, successful practices and importance of M&E in the industry sector will be examined in this section. Lessons learnt in industry will be summarized and their importance in the railway sector discussed.
Seppo Hyppönen,
Inesco, Finnland

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Energy Performance Contracting - where M&E is really important

To emphasize the importance of M&E, Energy Performance contracting (EPC) will be examined. Energy Performance contracting is a model of energy service implementation where service provider (e.g. provider of new technology) is paid on the basis of savings actually achieved. In the building sector this model significantly accelerated the implementation of energy efficiency projects and this could also be the case in the railway sector.
Alexandra Waldmann,
Berlin Energy Agency, Germany

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Coffee break

Using M&E in the railway sector

Methodologies in other sectors (building, industry) are well developed and examined. The most reliable way is to transfer these well proved methodologies and best practices into the railway sector. In this lesson existing practices of energy efficiency monitoring and evaluation in the railway sector will be reviewed. Key factors that influence energy efficiency will be discussed, followed by the presentation of methodology adapted to the needs of the railway sector.
Ziad Mouneimne,
Enotrac, Switzerland
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Gregor Hribar,
Genera Lynx, Slovenia

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18:30 Treat with light meal and drinks in conference lobby



Thursday, 20th September 2007
SESSION TIME SPEAKER
Conference Registration and Welcome coffee 8.00 - 9.00

Welcome Address Slovenian Ministry of Environment and Director general of Slovenske železnice 9.00 - 9.10 Janez Podobnik, M. Sc. Peter Puhan
Welcome Address UIC 9.10 - 9.20 Gabriele Maffei, UIC

Session A1: Energy and Climate Change 9.20 - 10.20 Joachim Kettner, DB
Energy and Climate Changes: the need for action 9.20 - 9.40 Kamala Ernest, UNEP
World Energy Outlook: latest figures 9.40 - 10.00 International Energy Agency
Energy markets: Where are we going? 10.00 - 10.20 John Reed, Capgemini

Session A2: Policy and Regulation 10.20 - 11.20 Joachim Kettner, DB
EU Commission Energy Strategy for the next years 10.20 - 10.40 DG TREN
Energy Metering and TSI 10.40 - 11.00 Stanislaw Lis, European Railway Agency
Energy Standardisation and railways needs 11.00- 11.20 Eric Fontanel, UNIFE

Coffee break 11.20 - 11.50

Session A3: Analysis 11.50 -12.50 Joachim Kettner, DB
Reporting of Energy consumption and CO2 emissions of railways 11.50 - 12.10 Phil Hinde, ATOC
Analysis of Energy Consumption and related air pollution for passenger trains 12.10 - 12.30 Piotr Lukaszewicz, KTH Stockholm
European data, KPIs and scenarios from RailEnergy Project 12.30 - 12.50 Mads Bergendorff, Macroplan Consulting and Roland Nolte, IZT

Lunch 12.50 - 14.30

Session A4: Energy Efficient Operation-Management 14.30 - 15.30 Ian Papworth, ATOC
EU project TRAINER: experiencing Eco Driving 14.30 - 14.50 Peter Wilbers, Senternovem
EnergieSparen - the human factor 14.50 - 15.10 Klaus Vestner, DB
Standardised operational profiles for calculation of energy consumption 15.10 - 15.30 Markus Halder, SBB
Eco Design of rolling stock 15.30 - 15.50 Pia Ohrn, Bombardier

Session A5: Paper presentation 15.50 - 16.20 Ian Papworth, ATOC
Hyrail - Hydrogen power for Railways. Assessment of the state of the art Enno Wiebe, UIC
Energy Consumption as a Criterion for the Risk Assessment of Railway Rolling Stock Investments - The Needs of Financing Institutions and Strategic Considerations Matthias Pippert, Allianz-Pro-Schiene
Energy efficiency by optimizing passenger-changeover in the station Bernhard Rüger, TU Vienna
Understanding energy efficient driving as predictive control - a new way to describe the requirements for a successful application of Driver Assistance Systems Thomas Albrecht, Dresden University of Technology
Testing the heating pump concept on rolling stock in colder regions Jaap de Keijzer, Lloyd's Register Rail
Improving Fuel Efficiency on Long Haul Freight Trains with Driver Advice System Alexander Wardrop, TMG International
Use of Hybridised Dual-Mode Drive Trains for Railway Traction A. Di Donato, University of Pisa
Coffee Break & Poster presentation 16.20 - 16.50

Session A6: Strategy 16.50 - 17.30 Ian Papworth, ATOC
Energy Savings in Nordic Railway 16.50 - 17.10 Jan Vetle Moen, NSB and Dyre Martin Gulbrandsen, JBV
Deutsche Bahn CO2 reduction program 17.10 - 17.30 Joachim Kettner, DB
High Speed, Energy Efficiency and communication 17.30 - 17.50 Santos del Campo, RENFE
Green Certificates and the Advantages of Short Term Trading in Terms of Green Consumption and of Energy Prices 17.50 - 18.20 Michele Assouline, Kalibraxe
Closing the day 18.20 - 18.30 Gabriele Maffei, UIC

Aperitive & get together 19.30

Conference dinner hosted by Luka Koper 20.30



Friday, 21st September 2007
SESSION TIME SPEAKER
Registration desk openning 8.00
Session B1: Energy Efficient Infrastructure-Management 8.30 - 9.30 Raimondo Orsini, UIC
Energy Efficient Timetabling and train control 8.30 - 8.50 SNCF
Net Energy Reduction in DC Railways by Means of Train Trajectory Optimisation and Train Rescheduling 8.50 - 9.10 Clive Roberts, University of Birmingham
Trackside Energy Storage, NS 9.10 - 9.30 Wilco Fiechter, NS

Session B2: Energy Efficiency Technologies in the world 9.30 - 10.50 Raimondo Orsini, UIC
Hybrid Locomotive in USA 9.30 -9.50 Edward Hall, General Electric
Fuel Cell Hybrid Passenger Railcar in Japan 9.50 - 10.10 Junji Kawasaki, JR East
Energy Conservation - Railways' Best Practices in India 10.10 - 10.30 Rakesh Kumar Gupta, North Western Railway, Jaipur (India)
Natural Gas Locomotives in Russia 10.30 - 10.50 Andrey Zarucheyski, All Russian Railway Research Institute (VNIIZhT)

Workshop Intro: How to set achievable targets for CO2 reduction of railways? 10.50 - 11.10 Raimondo Orsini, UIC

Coffee break 11.10 - 11.25

Session B3: Workshops 11.25 - 12.50 Raimondo Orsini, UIC
● Workshop 1: Infrastructure Willy Bontinck, SNCB
● Workshop 2: Human Factor and Management Phil Hinde, ATOC
● Workshop 3: Vehicle Technology Uwe Henning, Siemens

Lunch 12.50 - 14.00

Conclusions of the workshops 14.00 - 14.20

Session B4: Economy 14.20 - 15.00 Cliff Perry, Irish Railways
Energy Billing for interoperable trains - Precondition for an energy efficient railway system 14.20 - 14.40 Patrice Cordier, SNCF
Financing of energy efficiency best practices 14.40 - 15.00 Astrid Wilhelm, Intelligent Energy Executive Agency

Wrap up and conclusions of the conference 15.00 - 15.30 Cliff Perry, Irish Railways

End of the Conference 15.30

Luís Moreira

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