Evening technical papers and talks, normally following a board meeting.
Yi Zhang - Optimising, a Lifestyle Choice
Optimising, a Lifestyle Choice
Optimising, or the relentless search for perfection, is perhaps an obsession that every engineer should have. However, the difference between trying and succeeding depends on whether you can do it properly. This paper uses a number of luminous examples to discuss the ins and outs of different approaches. Grasping the concept of the fomal optimisation process is the first step you need to put it into action.
About the Speaker
Dr Yi Zhang is a building services engineer by training. He had 20 years of experience in academic research before co-founding Energy Simulation Solutions Ltd in 2013, a company specialises in building energy performance modelling, computing services, and software development. Dr Zhang has had a particular interest in optimisation ever since the painstaking years on acquiring a Loughborough PhD on this very subject. Users of his jEPlus and jEPlus+EA tools can be found in over 105 coutries and regions around the world.
CIBSE & ASHRAE Midlands Joint Event
This joint CIBSE and ASHRAE event in the Midlands region brings to you the keynote speech from CIBSE President, Stephen Lisk, on his vision for CIBSE in this rapidly changing time for the construction industry, as well as a technical paper by Prof John Mardaljevic on a case study in lighting design.
Wednesday, 24 October
18:00 - 18:30
Refreshment and networking
18:30 - 19:15
John Mardaljevic, Professor of Building Daylight Modelling
Central Park Tower (New York): a Landmark Daylight Injury Evaluation
19:15 - 20:30
Stephen Lisk, CIBSE President 2018-19
CIBSE Presidential Speech - Adapt to Change
Microgrids: A new market opportunity?
Microgrids: A new market opportunity?
Dr Duncan Child
Head of Program Management UK, Schneider Electric
Today’s market forces are leading to a departure from a highly centralized power system and a return to smaller scale, localized systems that optimize power demand, consumption, and management. Microgrids are emerging as one of these decentralizing systems that organisations are considering to meet core strategic objectives such as meeting carbon targets, cost savings, greater penetration of renewable energy and resilience of supply. A microgrid will optimize the energy distribution across a local network and balance the energy flows from the distributed energy resources so that they meet these strategic objectives. The distributed energy resources will likely consist of both generating assets and controllable electrical loads.
This event is in association with the Energy Institute
Speaker:
Dr Duncan Child, Head of Program Management, Schneider Electric will present provide an overview of microgrids, the drivers for this change, where the potential applications for microgrids are and discuss how digitisation of the energy sector is opening up the potential applications for microgrids.
The Hydrogen Economy - Once it had a past, but what is its outlook?
Join the EI East Midlands branch for a talk on the hydrogen economy.
The speaker believes that there are good prospects for hydrogen, but that there is unlikely to be the all-encompassing 'hydrogen economy'. This view is based on his experience of British Gas in the 1950s and 60s.
In the late 1950s, the British Gas industry was dying. It was based on town gas, a mixture that contained 50% hydrogen. In the important domestic energy sector, electricity was becoming more competitive. The gas industry was saved by moving away from coal, and using steam reforming processes which produced town gas at high pressure from naphtha, essentially a low grade petrol.
When North Sea gas came in, every burner in Britain had to be changed. The cost was then about £500 million, but this was hidden from consumers. Can this, will this, happen again?
Growth Drivers and Challenges in HVAC-R Industry
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic our planned event at Loughborough has now been moved online at the earlier start time of 4 pm. Joining details will be issued to registrants.
On the back of rising global temperatures the HVAC-R market continues to grow with the integration of air conditioning in new buildings, and the electrification of energy for heating applications, which are expected to push up demand further in the future. Growing concerns over (climate change) the carbon impact of products and refrigerants and tightening energy efficiency legislation are fuelling the supply challenges that the market is already facing. The competitive landscape is pushing market players to seek most unusual joint venture partnerships as a means to drive business efficiency while increasing market share. Saziye will share her research into BSRIA's projections and direction of travel for the global HVAC-R markets.Can the market keep up with demand, and will this place restriction on the transition to zero-carbon targets for property in the lead up to 2050 and beyond. 
