Events

Kensington, London, UK: 6-7 July 2010

The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC) is the UK’s first mandatory energy savings and carbon trading scheme targeting emissions from public and private sector groups.

CRC participants that fail to reduce their energy consumption and carbon emissions are expected to face significant costs associated with the purchase of carbon allowances and potential financial penalties. They also risk serious reputational damage with the publication of the scheme’s annual league table comparing the carbon management performances of all participants.

Now in its fourth year, the CRC Energy Efficiency Summit has provided an important platform for stakeholders and policymakers to meet and discuss the development of this scheme.

Key reasons to attend:

• Learn how to develop carbon and energy savings strategies to boost your league table performance 

• Learn about the most cost-effective energy efficiency and carbon reduction measures 

• Understand how to estimate costs associated with compliance and allowance purchases

• Gain an understanding of the mechanics of carbon trading and how to minimise financial risk

The CRC Energy Efficiency Summit features a keynote address from Tim Yeo, MP. Mr Yeo has been Member of Parliament for South Suffolk since 1983 and Chairman of the Environmental Audit Select Committee since 2005. Paul Lewis, CEO, Self Energy will also be on the panel.

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23rd - 24th June 2010, London South Bank University

It is estimated that by the end of 2008 more people worldwide will live in cities than in rural areas. Cities are hugely important to economic development and wealth creation, which in turn makes them very large consumers of energy. This creates significant challenges for ensuring secure supplies and adequate infrastructures to meet these growing and changing needs. However, cities also offer some very real benefits for efficient generation and delivery of energy services.

This conference explored the opportunities for local energy generation and community based delivery systems including the best new technologies, advances in network design, business models and the role of regulation and policy that can achieve truly low carbon cities of the future.

Paul Lewis, CEO of Self Energy, spoke at the conference, and Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, officially opened the University's new Centre for Efficient and Renewable Energy in Buildings (CEREB).

28th June 2010, CIBSE, 222 Balham High Road, London, SW12 9BS

Paul Lewis, CEO of Self Energy UK spoke at the CIBSE CHP Group Seminar on Monday 28th June 2010.  The seminar contained a series of industry case studies focusing on the solutions required for reducing running costs and carbon emissions in buildings through CHP.  This tried and tested technology can help to deal with increasing energy prices, energy certification, CRC and building regulations.

Paul Lewis joined a raft of high-profile speakers who discussed the issues surrounding the CHP industry:

• What are the barriers to CHP projects currently going ahead?
• What are the best CHP solutions and in what buildings?
• How do we get from feasibility to implementation?
• Can financial barriers be addressed through new business models?
• Does current regulation help or hinder CHP?

The event was aimed at engineers, contractors, planners and developers working in new build and retrofit sectors as well as architects and designers.

Link to the CIBSE Training website: http://www.cibsetraining.co.uk

UKPV Conference - 22 June 2010, London - New Feed-In Tariffs in the UK

This one-day conference highlighted the potential of the UK solar PV market.

CEO of Self Energy, Paul Lewis, spoke about overcoming the commercial obstacles of implementing PV in the UK.  He illustrated the lessons learned  from PV installations made by Self Energy across Europe, investigated how attractive the UK Feed-In Tariff is to equity investors, and showed how European investment models can be transferred to the UK.

Another notable speech came from Dr. Hermann Scheer, President of Eurosolar and member of the German Parliament, who talked about why the UK should invest in PV. Dr Scheer is the master advocate for solar and architect of the successful German feed-in tariff model. He has written several books on renewable energy and has received numerous awards for his achievements in this field.