CLUES workshop

On November 23rd 2011 we successfully held our first innovative international case studies workshop on seawater heating systems - more details on this to follow. We would like to thank all those attended for heir valuable contribution and very interesting and informative presentations and discussions.

In the next couple of months we are organizing other workshops.

Our second workshop “New ways of financing renewable energy: an example of Morris Model, New Jersey, USA” is on 8th December 2011, 13.00-18.00, at the UCL as well. The aim of the workshop is to introduce a new approach to financing PV and to discuss its potential to be implemented in the UK, as well as to share the experiences of those who already worked with this innovative approach. Attendees expected at the workshop include a representative of the Morris County, USA; representatives of the UK government, academics and other interested parties.

We are also planning a workshop on “Performance Contracting and Retrofit: an example of Berlin’s success” on 27th of January (location tbc). The aim of the workshop ids to introduce a new way of financing retrofit of commercial buildings and to share the experience of Berlin Energy Saving Partnership, as well as to discuss its potential to be implemented in the UK. Attendees expected at the workshop include representatives of the Berlin Energy Agency, representatives of the UK government and those interested in building retrofit.

All the workshops are free, but places are limited, so if you are interested please contact Dr Ksenia Chmutina on k.chmutina@lboro.ac.uk.