Sustainable cities, designing for people and planet. Energy for Sustainability Multidisciplinary Conference - EfS 2015

Along with climate change, the threat of energy scarcity is recognized as one of the major challenges of the 21^st century. Addressing this problem requires not only the supply of clean, reliable and inexpensive energy sources but also the implementation of measures to increase efficiency at all stages: generation, transformation, distribution and final consumption of energy, resulting in a multidisciplinary issue.

The goal of the EfS 2015 Conference is to contribute to debating this issue by bringing together researchers and students from different scientific fields, along with other key agents in this area, allowing the exchange of knowledge, new ideas and past experiences in this pressing matter. The Conference will act as a discussion forum, promoting the identification of new advances, trends and opportunities for collaboration and it is open to all persons interested in the applied research and technical development in the fields of Energy and Sustainability, namely in the study, design, operation, and regulation of systems that generate, transport or use energy. The theme for the conference is Sustainable cities: Designing for People and the Planet.

GENERAL SESSIONS

SMART CITIES

• Actual experiences and best practices
• Smart grids
• Demand response
• Distributed generation
• Energy Storage
• Transportation (transport modes, electric vehicles, biofuels, etc.)
• Human dimensions

BUILDINGS AND END-USES

• Buildings (architecture, materials, automation, sustainability etc.)
• Eco-Design and Eco-Labeling
• End-use energy efficiency
• Heat and mass transfer modelling
• Energy Management (methodology and systems)

POLICY AND ASSESSMENT

• Energy planning
• Energy policy
• Sustainability assessment
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Sustainable development
• Urban metabolism
• Industrial ecology
• Markets and Regulation

CLEANER ENERGY SUPPLY

• Renewable Energy
• Cogeneration

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