Workshop District Heating

09.00 - Welcome coffee

Intro

09:30 - Welcome
09:45 - Opening keynote by Luk Lemmens, First Deputy Governor - spokesperson for the province of Antwerp
10:00 - District heating - Setting the scene from an EU perspective: Eloi Piel (Euro Heat & Power) [download presentation]
10:15 - District heating in Flanders - status: Tom Prinzie (Warmtenetwerk Vlaanderen) [download presentation]
10:30 - District heating in Flanders - How succesful are local cities in the implementation of district heating?: Maarten Tavernier (Vereniging van Vlaamse Steden en Gemeenten) [download presentation]
10:45 - District heating, a roadtrip through Europe with some interesting examples from Denmark, the Netherland, Germany, France,…: Lars Hummelmose, Managing Director, DBDH (Danish Board for District Heating) [download presentation]
11:00 - Q&A
11:15 - Coffeebreak

Innovative heat sources and heat pumps

11:45 - Closed and open DH-systems: case Kasteel Westerlo and project Dijle Leuven: Stijn De Jonge (Extraqt) [download presentation]
12:00 - Steam to heat project Oostende: Bram Pauwels (Beauvent) [download presentation]
12:15 - Heat pumps or heat networks, what are the best options for making the urban environment more sustainable?: Pieter De Vriese (Fluvius) [download presentation]
12:30 - Q&A

12.45 until 14:00 - Lunch & Marketsquare

NON-TECHNICAL THEMES : Governance instruments and local heat plans

14:00 - Possible DH support mechanism for companies: Hans Haagdoren (VLAIO) [download presentation]
14:15 - District heating Roadmap 2030 Antwerpen: Sam Verbelen (City of Antwerp) [download presentation]
14:30 - District heating plans Community of Temse: Ellen Ongena, Responsible for Sustainability (Community of Temse) [download presentation]
14:45 - District heating plans City of Damme: Bart Desutter, Vice-Mayor (City of Damme) [download presentation]
15:00 - Q&A
15:10 - Coffeebreak

BREAK-OUT 1: DISTRICT HEATING CASES

BREAK-OUT 2: LESSONS LEARNED IN THE NETHERLANDS, DENMARK AND GERMANY

15:40 - Lessons learned from the new Dutch DH legislation: Niels Hanskamp, VNG (the Netherlands)
15:55 - Danish experiences, conversion from natural gas to DH, sector coupling between power and heat: Johan Sølvhøj Heinesen, Egedal Fjernvarme, Denmark (DH company). [download presentation]
16:10 - Status of the German DH legislation: John A. Miller, AGFW Energieeffizienzverband für Wärme, Kälte und KWK (Germany) [download presentation]
16:20 - Q&A

BREAK-OUT 3: ICT / DIGITISATION / AI

15:40 - Digitizing the DHC operations from sales to production: Sara Månsson (Utilifeed) [download presentation]
15:55 - Near optimal design and operation of clustered buildings in cities, a top-down ready bottom up approach: Prof. Wim Boydens (Ugent/Boydens Engineering, part of sweco) and Anouk Robbeets (Sweco) [download presentation]
16:10 - Digitalisation technology for district heating: Dirk Vanhoudt (Energyville) [download presentation]
16:20 - Q&A

CONCLUSIONS - PLENARY in English

16:35 - Debate: Nathalie Devriendt (ODE - moderator), Indra Van Sande (City of Gent), Karel Van Butsel (Fluvius), Stijn Sneyers (IOK) and Sophie Loots (Warmte Verzilverd/Rescoop/ZuidtrAnt)
17:20 - Closing remarks: Kathleen Helsen, Deputy Governor Province of Antwerp

17.30 - Networking cocktail

19.00 - End