In 2016, air-conditioning accounted for nearly 20% of the total electricity demand in buildings worldwide and is growing faster than any other energy consumption in buildings. The main share of the projected growth in energy use for space cooling comes from emerging economies and will more than triple by 2050 to 6,000 TWh/a. Therefore, the IEA SHC Task 65 “Solar Cooling for the Sunbelt Regions”, started in July 2020, is focusing on innovations for affordable, safe, and reliable Solar Cooling systems for the Sunbelt regions. The innovation is the adaptation of existing concepts/technologies to the Sunbelt regions using solar energy, either solar thermal or solar PV. Solar cooling will therefore play an important role in the decarbonization of the cooling sector using natural refrigerants, e.g. with hybrid system solutions of all kinds coming onto the market.
The webinar gives an overview of the market and technology development (Prof. Dr. Uli Jakob, JER/Green Chiller) and reports first insights from the analysis of boundary conditions and potentials for solar cooling systems within the Sunbelt region based on geographical data (Richard Gurtner, ZAE Bayern) as well as the assessment and benchmarking of solar cooling systems in general (Dr. Daniel Neyer, Neyer Brainworks).
The webinar moderated by Bärbel Epp of the German consultancy Solrico.
Webinar Recordings
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October 25 - live webinar and Q&A
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October 27 - webinar rebroadcast and live Q&A with presenters
October 25, 2022
October 27, 2022 -
Speakers
Uli Jakob
Uli Jakob is Director of dr. jakob energy research GmbH & Co. KG (JER) and the Task Manager for SHC Task 65: Solar Cooling for the Sunbelt Regions. He has more than twenty years of industrial and scientific professional experience, particularly in the product development and commercialization of renewable and energy-efficient technologies. His areas of specialization are building physics, renewable energies and climate engineering, with a particular focus on innovative energy concepts and energy efficiency in industry and urban districts. Since September 2012 he has been Managing Director of the Green Chiller Association for Sorption Cooling e.V. based in Berlin. And, in May 2020 he received an honorary professorship from the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences.
Presentation topic: Overview of SHC Task 65: Solar Cooling for the Sunbelt Regions
tobias schmetzer
Tobias Schmetzer is the GIS and tooling engineer in the project "SunBeltChiller - Solar thermal energy system for cooling and process heat in the sunbelt region" at the Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research, ZAE Bayern in Garching, Germany, and he is working in SHC Task 65 Subtask A1: Climatic conditions and applications.
Presentation topic: Analysis of boundary conditions and potentials for solar cooling systems within the sunbelt region based on geographical data
Daniel Neyer
Daniel Neyer is the Founder and Managing Director at neyer brainworks, a certified consulting office for renewable energy, building services, and energy-efficient buildings, and is leading SHC Task 65 Subtask C: Assessment and Tools. In 2021, he co-founded a social business – TWIGA Sun Fruits GmbH, which provides turnkey solar heating/cooling solutions for the agro-food sector. He also is a senior researcher at the Unit for Energy Efficient Buildings at the University of Innsbruck.
Presentation topic: Assessment and benchmarking of solar cooling systems
Bärbel Epp - Moderator
Bärbel Epp is the founder and managing director of the German consultancy solrico. She is responsible for the international newsletter of the web portal www.solarthermalworld.org, reporting exclusively about market and technology trends in the solar heating and cooling sector globally.