Sunday, October 7th, 2012
The HEAT Conference has been running since 2007 annually and you can join it via here. Each year it has covered a different set of topics within home energy technologies, including solar PV, lighting, passivhaus & MMC. This year is the exciting turn of iHEAT or intelligent heating systems for smart home/building automation.
The aim of this private-sector led conference, which is sponsored by global chip designer ARM Holdings plc, MNC Schneider Electric, fast-track SME AlertMe Ltd and startup accumulator tank company Galu Ltd, is to show how to optimise and automate heating so that consumers who have shown themselves to be less than engaged with esoteric dials and displays, can now live their normal lifestyles in the safe knowledge that they are spending as little as possible on heating, and emitting the least possible carbon for that lifestyle. What could be simpler and more to the point?
So come to Cambridge University, CB3 0DF, on 13 November at 09:30 to see how this is done! With 6 years of successful gatherings under this heading, and a clear and coherent aim for the 2012 edition of iHEAT, it is a conference to enjoy and relish.
What is more is that this year, in order to complete this cleantech series that began in 2007, there will be a separate conference, led inter alia by Anglian Water, WIN and UKWIR, called iWater & iWaste 2012. Registration is at the same site here, as iHEAT above. As these names suggest, the topics will cover core cleantech areas of how new water technologies and product innovations can help enable water utility buyers to improve their services to consumers and businesses.
Led by Anglian Water, half of the day will be devoted to another related core cleantech issue of waste-as-resource. Waste-to-energy (W2E) or energy from waste (EfW) will be covered in one session, another will look into more general closing of loops, reuse and resource efficiency, and how profits can be made in so doing. A final panel will look at how the sectors of water, waste and energy can learn from each other in coming up with significant and infrastructural level change. Examples could be the application of communications standards from electrical metering systems to gas and water, new types of gas being directed into the grid, and industrial symbiosis.
Networking between the two conferences will be joint, with a combined exhibition and buffet lunch.
The date for the iHEAT, iWATER and iWASTE Conferences is 13 November 2012 at Cambridge Universiry CB3 0DF. Book now for the conference at www.cir-strategy.com/events/register or you can book at 01223 303500.
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Monday, May 7th, 2012
Alan South, Commercial Director of the Award Winning UK company Solar Century plc, a veteran of the Cleantech Conference Series organised by CIR Strategy, will deliver a talk summarising the changes that have occurred recently in the UK solar market. He will also describe how massive, unsubsidised growth in solar installations has occurred in Spain and now in Holland as this phenomenon moves north…
4th Smart Grids & Cleanpower Conference
Future growth for solar PV in the UK by Alan South
Alan South, Commercial Director of the Award Winning UK company Solar Century plc, a veteran of the Cleantech Conference Series organised by CIR Strategy, will deliver a talk summarising the changes that have occurred recently in the UK solar market.
PV generation capacity installed in the UK has grown beyond all expectations in the last two years. A consequence of the extraordinary growth has been fast and deep cuts to the support scheme. Just where does the UK stand in comparison with other countries and what will the future look like for the technology?
Alan’s talk at this year’s Smart Grids and Cleanpower Conference on 14 June at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, will describe how massive, unsubsidised growth in solar installations has occurred in Spain and now in Holland as this phenomenon moves northwards to the UK. He will discuss what happens when you reach and surpass grid parity, solar markets.
Alan will attempt to describe the dynamics and timings of this process in a way that will be of interest to cleantech investors and innovators as well as other market experts and academics.
Biography - Alan South
Chief Innovation Officer, Solarcentury
Alan South is responsible for driving growth at Solarcentury through proprietary products and services. His role is to manage innovation as a portfolio, and to maintain a five-year vision and strategic roadmap. He has over 25 years experience in innovation including leadership roles at IDEO and at Cambridge Consultants.
Bookings for the Conference are available at: http://www.cir-strategy.com/events/register or by calling 01223 303500 the conference hotline.
The conference homepage is at http://www.cir-strategy.com/events/cleanpower
CIR Strategy is an independent technology consultancy based in Cambridge, England. We offer strategic work, market research learning validation, service design, customer experience work, focus strategy, financial consulting, technology and engineering help in various tech sectors such as energy, environment, printing, electronics, nanotechnology, instruments & engineering, software.
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Monday, April 30th, 2012
Twenty-two per cent of the world’s population - 1.6 billion people - are unconnected to the grid and, despite governmental efforts, the number in Africa is still rising. Eight19’s Indigo pay-as-you-go solar combines mobile phone and solar technology to provide off-grid power as a service, providing clean power without the up-front cost of a traditional solar power installation.
Powering the Ungrid
This talk by Simon Bransfield-Garth, CEO, Eight19, will take place in the Smart Grids stream looking at unusual applications of grid and power technology during the 4th Annual Smart Grids and Cleanpower Conference 2012 on 14 June at Cambridge University’s premier conference centre at Murrary Edwards College. CIR Strategy, organisers and specialists in service design and routes to value advice, offer this 25th Conference in their series since 2002.
You can see the lineup, themes and aims of this year’s leading CleanTech conference in Cambridge on grids and power here and you are welcome to book online.
Simon Bransfield-Garth, CEO, Eight19
Simon has 25 years’ global experience building rapid growth, technology-based businesses in sectors including Semiconductor, Automotive and Mobile Phones. His career includes seven years at Symbian, the phone OS maker, where he was a member of the Leadership Team and VP Global Marketing.
Simon was founder of Myriad Solutions Ltd and was previously a Fellow at Cambridge University. He holds a BA and Ph.D in Engineering from St John’s College, Cambridge UK.
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Thursday, April 26th, 2012
An analytical keynote talk by Professor John Miles of the Engineering Department at Cambridge University in the opening session of the Cleanpower Conference on 14 June at Murray Edwards College, will look at the possibilities for generating clean energy in the UK in pursuit of the Government 2050 goals. In particular, the cost of supplying energy from these sources will be commented on and some possible practical routes forward explored.
Professor John Miles, Director ARUP & Cambridge University Engineering
John Miles has been a Group Board director at Arup, the global consultancy, for 17 years and has been responsible for a number of high profile projects and developments over that time. John has very wide experience in the fields of energy and resources, and has particular expertise in the areas of energy strategy and low-carbon transport systems. As a senior member of the firm, John has been a media spokesman on subjects ranging from Peak Oil to Intelligent Mobility, and has actively contributed to the debate on carbon reduction and global warming. Outside Arup, John has held a number of significant positions including a three-year term as a commissioner on the UK Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) and a term as a director of the UK Housing Forum. He is currently a member of the UK Automotive Council, the UK Energy Research Partnership, and a non-executive director of the Construction Industry Research and Information Association.
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