Truly Renewable Heating & Cooling
Thursday 5 December 2013
8 Fitzroy Street, London
The GSHPA's Fourth Technical Seminar brings together current thinking in the world of geothermal engineering
and sustainable use of thermal energy storage in the ground on 5 December.
The keynote speech was given by Rt Hon Greg Barker, Minister of State for Climate Change:
A review of the UK's renewable energy targets and the role of Ground Source Heat Pumps.
Keynote Speech |
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| The journey to 30 million heat pumps by 2050 | Rt Hon Greg Barker, DECC |
Panel Session on RHI |
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| Ground source heat pumps and the RHI - Panel Session | Chris Davidson, GI Energy |
Industry Sessions |
GSHP systems need soft landings | Sasha Krstanovic, AECOM | RHI Metering | Dr Jennifer Moore, DECC |
| GSHP District Heating System | Dave Pearson, Star Refrigeration Ltd |
| European Training - Geotrainet or alternatives | Nic Wincott, NeoEnergy (Sweden) Ltd |
Academic Sessions |
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| City scale GSHP systems | Prof Kenichi Soga, Cambridge University |
| Thermal response testing of thermal piles | Fleur Loveridge, Southampton University |
| Residential GSHPs and Backup Heating | Prof Jeffrey D Spitler, Oklahoma State University |
| Old mine workings for thermal energy | David Banks, Holymoor Consultancy Ltd |
| Glasgow Heat Maps for GSHP | Bjorn Aaen and Nicholas Hytiris Glasgow Caledonian University |
| Modelling of helical pipes in ground heat exchange design | Michele De Carli & Angelo Zarrella, Padua University |
Panel Session on developing GSHPA Standards |
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| Vertical Borehole Standard | Andy Howley |
| Shallow Ground Source Standard | John Barker-Brown |
| Thermal Pile Standard | Duncan Nicholson |
| Open Loop Standard | John Findlay |
GSHPA is grateful to its headline sponsors for this seminar from GI Energy and Ove Arup & Partners Ltd.