Speaker Biograghy: Nicolas leads the Building Performance Optimization group in the department of Thermal Systems and Buildings at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Freiburg. He received a Master's degree in Engineering in the field of thermodynamics, acoustics and lighting, as well as a Master of Advanced Studies in Acoustics from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d´Ingénieurs de Poitiers. His experience includes the leadership of European and German projects in the field of energy-efficient buildings, building performance monitoring and building operation optimisation. For over 10 years he was employed in engineering companies in France, Switzerland and Germany as a design engineer for acoustics and HVAC systems, and has gathered extensive knowledge of building construction practices, building design and energy system controls. His current research involves the development of innovative and cost-effective methods and tools for the ongoing optimisation of the energy performance of buildings.


Day 2 - 26 March
Session: Energy, Environmental Issues & Sustainability

14:00 - 14:30 - Innovative energy management system for two European airports
Synopsis: The FP7 European CASCADE project is developing and testing a new ISO 50001-based energy management system in two major European airports. A key feature of the system is software for the automated detection and diagnostics of energy faults at operating heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems in airports. Detected failures are triggered into concrete energy-saving actions accordingly via an Energy Action Plan. A hardware solution has also been developed to install and integrate additional sensors and energy meters in a fast and cost-efficient way. The solution has been tested in two major European airports: Roma Fiumicino and Milano Malpensa.

Audience will learn:

• Motivation for the implementation of an ISO 50001 energy management system at airports
• Reason for inefficiencies in heating, ventilation and air-conditionning systems
• Presentation of the fault detection and diagnostics system
• Results of the concrete implementation in two major airports