Presentations by 3CSEP researchers

2012

2011

Investing in energy efficiency in buildings with district heating, Presentation given at the conference, 'Cohesion Policy – Investing in energy efficiency in buildings,' Brussels. November 29-30, 2011. Given by Sergo Tirado-Herrero.

Employment impacts and other cobenefits of a Large-Scale Deep Building Energy Retrofit Programme in Hungary and Poland, Presentation given at the 'EU 2020 Objectives in Central and Eastern Europe: National and Regional Strategies towards Energy Efficiency,' in the Hungarian Parliament, House of Nations, July 6, 2011. By Diana Urge-Vorsatz.

The risks of and opportunities for a significant acceleration of energy efficiency, presentation given at the Vienna Energy Forum 2011, June 21 - 23. By Diana Urge-Vorsatz.

How much can sustainable buildings help the climate? A global building thermal energy model in the session Measuring Progress in Sustainable Building at the UNEP-SBCI Symposium on Sustainable Buildings Leverkusen,  Germany: May 24, 2011

Employment, energy security and fuel poverty implications of the large-scale, deep retrofitting of the Hungarian building stock. Prof. Diana Urge-Vorsatz / Sergio Tirado Herrero Evaluating the Benefits of Low-Income Weatherisation Programmes Dublin (Ireland). January 27-28, 2011. Publication website.

2010

Mapping the European energy poverty research landscape: towards common action and co-operation. Brussels, Prof. Diana Ürge-Vorsatz and PhD candidate Sergio Tirado Herrero, Center for Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Policy(3CSEP), Central European University (CEU). Sept 30th, 2010.

'Employment Impacts of a Large-Scale Deep Building Energy Retrofit Programme in Hungary,' Sergio Tirado Herrero 8th JRC Workshop of Energy Efficiency in Buildings Moscow, September 2-3, 2010

Energy efficiency in buildings: how far can they take us in mitigating climate change?

Keynote talk by 3CSEP director Diana Ürge-Vorsatz at the International Energy Program Evaluation Conference IEPEC in Paris, June 10, 2010.

Employment Impacts of a Large-Scale Deep Building Energy Retrofit Programme in Hungary

Presentation of results by Diana Ürge-Vorsatz and her team at CEU, Budapest, June 8, 2010. To learn more about this research commissioned by the European Climate Foundation, please visit the project page, where you can also find a more summarized presentation.

Buildings: how far can they take us in mitigating climate change?

Keynote presentation by 3CSEP director Diana Ürge-Vorsatz at the UNEP-SBCI Symposium on Sustainable Buildings in Paris, May 19, 2010.

Buildings-related research at the Center for Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Policy

Overview of 3CSEP's activities related to buildings by research project manager Felix Bubenheimer, and presentation of selected research: Veronika Czakó on energy efficiency support programs in the residential buildings sector in Hungary; Alan Watt on the Staccato project; and Sergio Tirado Herrero on fuel poverty in Hungary. Presented at the Build Green Central & Eastern Europe conference in Budapest, April 16, 2010.

Beyond the business case: buildings for the climate – a global perspective

Plenary talk by 3CSEP director Diana Ürge-Vorsatz at the Build Green Central & Eastern Europe conference at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, April 15, 2010.

Energy savings potential in the Hungarian public buildings for space heating

Presentation by 3CSEP researcher and PhD candidate Katarina Korytarova at the IEECB'10 conference (Improving Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings) in Frankfurt, Germany, on April 13, 2010. A paper on the corresponding research by Katarina Korytarova and Diana Ürge-Vorsatz is available here.

How an ambitious EU agenda for energy efficiency supports Member States

Introductory remarks from an Eastern perspective by 3CSEP director Diana Ürge-Vorsatz at the official opening of the EU Sustainable Energy Week in Brussels, March 23, 2010.

Energy efficiency programs in the residential buildings sector: the Hungarian experience

Presentation by 3CSEP researcher and PhD candidate Veronika Czakó given at CEU on January 20, 2010, based on her research conducted in the Hungarian cities of Tatabánya and Nyíregyháza.

Free lunch we are paid to eat or mission impossible? - The role of the buildings sector in controlling climate change

Talk by Diana Ürge-Vorsatz for the Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) at CEU on January 8, 2010.

2009

All presentations from 3CSEP's conference "Opportunities for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Action in an Economic Crisis: Catalysing a Green Recovery" on October 20, 2009, are available here.

Buildings: how far can they take us in mitigating climate change?

Presentation by 3CSEP director Diana Ürge-Vorsatz at COP15 side event "Construction Counts for Climate" in Copenhagen, December 11, 2009.

The role of the building sector in the climate change mitigation challenge

Keynote address by Diana Ürge-Vorsatz at the international workshop "Mainstreaming Building Energy Efficiency Codes in Developing Countries" organized by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and Carbon Finance Unit of the World Bank in Washington DC, November 19, 2009.

Fixing the EU’s building stock – the lunch we are paid to eat (but for which we need money to get into the restaurant)

Presentation by Diana Ürge-Vorsatz at a workshop for Members of the European Parliament on "The future of the EU budget and financing climate action in Europe" in Brussels, November 3, 2009.

Presentations by 3CSEP researchers at the eceee (European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy) Summer Study on energy efficiency, June 1-6, 2009:

Green Investment Schemes: financing energy-efficiency in CEE and a model for post-2012 climate mitigation finance? (Diana Ürge-Vorsatz and Maria Sharmina with Andreas Tuerk of Joanneum Research, Austria)

Counting good: Quantifying the co-benefits of improved efficiency in buildings (Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, Aleksandra Novikova and Maria Sharmina)

Poster presentation: CO2 emissions reduction potential from space and water heating in the Hungarian public buildings (Katarina Korytárova and Diana Ürge-Vorsatz)

Presentations by 3CSEP researchers at "Climate Change - Energy Awareness - Energy Efficiency" conference in Szeged, Hungary, April 16-17, 2009:

CO2 mitigation potential in the Hungarian public buildings (Katarina Korytarova, Victoria Novikova and Diana Ürge-Vorsatz)

CO2 mitigation potential from space and water heating in the Hungarian public buildings (Katarina Korytarova and Diana Ürge-Vorsatz)

The status of efficient domestic lighting in Hungary and the challenges to improve it (Alan Watt, Andrea Farsang and Benigna Boza-Kiss)

Further presentations from this conference in Hungarian are available on the dedicated Hungarian presentations page.

Promoting a High-growth, Low-carbon Economy in Light of the Need for Energy and Climate Security: Can we have the cake and eat it too?

Keynote presentation by Diana Ürge-Vorsatz on March 20, 2009, at the seminar organized by CEU's Department of Public Policy and the British Embassy in Budapest on "Global Economic Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities for Europe".

Promoting energy efficiency through improved carbon finance: the case for Green Investment Schemes?

Presentation by Diana Ürge-Vorsatz at Climate Change Congress, Copenhagen, March 11, 2009.

To learn more about our research on Green Investment Schemes (GIS), please visit the project page.

Controlling Climate Change and Fostering (sustainable) Development in an Economic Crisis – Can we have it all?

Presentation by Diana Ürge-Vorsatz at "Climate Change and Higher Education" conference at CEU Budapest, February 26, 2009.

This presentation is geared towards a general public and gives a good overview on issues which are currently at the core of our research.

2008

Green Investment Schemes: Maximizing their benefits for climate and society

Presentation held by Diana Ürge-Vorsatz at the UN Climate Change Conference Poznan, December 10, 2008.

Climate change mitigation in the buildings sector

The findings of the 4th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): presentation by Diana Ürge-Vorsatz at UN Climate Change Conference Poznan, December 2, 2008.

Two earlier presentations of Diana Ürge-Vorsatz are available on this topic:

Climate Change Mitigation in the Buildings Sector, presented at our IPCC outreach event in Budapest on April 11, 2008.

Mitigation opportunities in buildings - how can Africa benefit?, presented at IPCC dissemination workshop in Cape Town, South Africa, on November 1, 2007.

Carbon dioxide mitigation potential in the Hungarian residential sector

Presentation by Aleksandra Novikova based on her doctoral dissertation, June 2008.