With the financial support of

CTEC, Center for Testing and European Certification

CTEC - www.ctec-sz.com

• The first Conformity Assessment Body in Bulgaria authorized to carry out conformity assessment of machines
• The sixth Assessment Body in Bulgaria authorized to carry out conformity assessment of construction products.

 

The GTZ is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations.
GTZhas been operating a coordination office in Sofia since early 1999.

 

Sofia, 7 April 2009

ELECTRA - DOING BUSINESS WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCY 
 

The keys to your company’s competitiveness and growth by 2020

 

A Workshop co-organized by



The European Engineering Industries Association (ORGALIME)

 Speaking for European engineering

 


And the European Committee for Electro-technical Standardization (CENELEC)
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
 

With the support of the

 

 

 


Bulgarian Association of Electrical Engineering and Electronics (BASSEL)


and the




Bulgarian Institute for Standardization (BDS)

 

Moderated by David Dossett, CENELEC and Philippe Portalier, ORGALIME

08.30 -09.15 - Registration

09.15 - 9.45 - Opening of the workshop – Welcome and introductory message by Mr. Henning Twesten, Manager GTZ-Coordination Office Sofia, Dr. Rumen Atanasov, President of BASSEL, and Mr. Ivelin Burov, President of BDS.
 

I. First Panel

Electra initiative: priorities and lead market opportunities especially in those areas where new member states have special needs

09.45 -10.15– General overview of Electra conclusions from an industry perspective

10.15 -10.45 – General overview of Electra conclusions from a public administration perspective

    • Mr. Ludmil Michailov, Bulgarian Ministry of Economy and Energy, Secretary General of Invest Bulgaria Agency

 

II. Second Panel

 Business opportunities in the power generation, transport and distribution of electricity market segmentsI

10.45 - 11.15 – Electra conclusions in this area, e.g. smart grids

    • Dr. Giuliano Monizza, Group Vice President in Power Products & Power Systems Divisions in ABB Zurich
      and Vice President of T & D Europe – The European Association of the Electricity Transmission & Distribution Equipment & Services Industry (Brussels)

11.15-11.45 – Coffee break, press conference

11.45 - 12.15 – Concrete case study on smart metering market & technology opportunities

    • Dr. Howard Porter, Chief Operating Officer of BEAMA (UK) & Managing Director of the European Smart Metering Industry Group (ESMIG)

12.15 - 12.45 – Concrete case study on Green Data Centers

    • Mr. André Rouyer, Standardization & Environment Director, APC by Schneider Electric (FR), Vice Chair of the EMEA Data Collection & Analysis of The Green Grid, and Assistant Secretary of CENELEC TC 22X on Power Electronics

12.45 -14.00 – Buffet lunch

 

III. Third Panel

Concrete steps forward for a company to move into the Business of energy efficiency in residential and industrial buildings

14.00 -14.30 – Electra conclusions in this area – Reducing energy consumption in buildings by implementing programs for energy efficiency consulting and solutions.

14.30-15.00 – Concrete case study on smart lighting market and technology opportunities

    • Mr. Peter Schwarcz, CEO of Schréder Hungary and President of the Hungarian Lighting Society Association

15.00-15.30 – Concrete case on energy efficiency and the implementation of the Ecodesign Directive (EuP)

    • Dr. Herbert Mrotzek, Director at BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH, Corporate Department for Environmental Protection, Health and Safety
      and Chairman of CENELEC TC 111X, Environment

15.30-16.00  – Presentation of a concrete case of high energy efficiency products

16.00 -16.15 - Regulation of energy efficiency – EU Directive 2006/32/EC. First steps
Forward – the end of use of incandescent lamps
 

16.15  -17.00 – Summary and conclusions by David Dossett and Philippe Portalier

17.00 – Closing of the workshop