Welcome to “ the Intermediate European project conference” October 6 & 7, 2011- Marseille, FRANCE

1. Welcome to • “the Intermediate European project conference” • October 6 & 7, 2011- Marseille, FRANCE • Demonstration of Ground Source • Heat Pumps in Mediterranean Climate • First day - October the 6th 2011 • Morning • 09h00 – Welcome coffee • Opening conference • - Stefan TOSTMANN, Head of Unit, DG-ENERGY • - André MANIFICAT, General Manager, GRETh • - Jean-Pierre FALCONNIER, President, CIAT • - Dimitrios MENDRINOS, Ground-Med coordinator • GSHP in the Mediterranean – application and boundary conditions • 10h00 - What can GSHP do in warmer climates – heating and cooling (Karl Ochsner) • 10h30 - Climate and geology set the frame for applications (Burkhard Sanner) • 11h00 - Coffee break • GSHP in the Mediterranean - markets • 11h20 - The European Heat Pump Market: framework conditions and recent developments (Thomas Nowak) • 11h40 - Market for GSHP in France (AFPG - C Boissavy) • 12h00 - Market for GSHP in Italy (Ass Geothermia) • 12h20 - Market for GSHP in Spain (APPA) • 12h40 - Market for GSHP in SE-Europe (Peter Kralj) • Meeting of project management team (in parallel) • Lunch • Afternoon • R&D on GSHP and shallow geothermal • 14h30 - Geothermal panel of the renewable heating and cooling platform (Javier Urchueguia) • 15h00 - Sepemo project: measuring GSHP system performance (Roger Nordman) • 15h20 - GSHP for cooling – with the example of five years experience with the GeoCool plant in Valencia (Carla Montagud) • 15h40 - Subsurface exploration and design for GSHP (Guus van Gelder, Henk Witte) • 16h00 - Short overview of the Groundmed Demo sites and introduction to posters (Dimitris Mendrinos) • 16h10 - Coffee break • 16h30 - Panel: Groundmed experiences of the first two years (Led by CRES, with panel of Ground med demo-site developers) • Coffee break - End of day 1 (17h30) • Evening • 19h00 – 23h00 - Visit to Les Calanques and le Vieux port de Marseille with diner on boat (for 100 people) • Second day - October the 7th 2011 • Morning • 08h30 – Welcome coffee • Technical advances for GSHP systems • 09h10 - Energy efficiency in fixed, staged and variable capacity ground source heat pumps (Davide del Col) • 09h30 - Integrated Heat Pump Control (Donal Finn) • 09h50 - Energy optimization and energy building simulation for GSHP (Jose M. Corberan - Luis Coelho) • 10h10 - Experimental feedback and background on a geothermal heat pump installation for an office building in Annecy France (David Corgier) • 10h30 - Optimization strategies of a HVAC system: a case study in France (CIAT – Eric Auzenet) • 11h00 - Coffee break • Financing the wider distribution of GSHP • 11h20 - Innovative financial utilities (PATZ etc.) (ADEME – P Laplaige) • 11h40 - The RHI - a feed-in-tariff for heat in the UK (UK GSHP – R Curtis) • 12h00 - Chances and barriers to GSHP application in Germany and Europe (Burkhard Sanner) • Lunch • Afternoon • Poster session • Display of posters of Ground-Med demo-sites • Heat Pump Technology • 15h00 – VISITE DEMONSTRATOR CIAT • The afternoon of October 7th will retain for visiting demonstration CIAT site to SEPTEMES LES VALLONS. • SEPTEMES LES VALLONS is a city of ten thousand inhabitants located 25 km or approximately thirty minutes from Le GOLF DE LA SALETTE. • 16h30 – End of day 2 • Departure to hotels.