Conference Day Two: Tuesday, 12 November 2019
8:00 am - 8:40 am
Registration, refreshments and coffee
8:40 am - 8:45 am
IQPC welcome remarks
8:45 am - 8:55 am
ASHRAE Cairo Chapter summary of conference day one
Dr. Hesham Sefwat -
President,
ASHRAE Cairo Chapter
8:45 am - 9:00 am
Chairman’s welcome remarks
Dr. Ayman Mosallam -
Founding Member,
Egyptian Green Building Council
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION GROUPS
Interactive Discussions Group (IDGs) are the perfect setting for audiences to come together and discuss their ideas, insights and opinions on specific topics. Each IDG has a leader who will lead the discussion and mention key points that the audience seated can engage in, creating a platform for interactive conversations and learning’s from like-minded individuals, from similar work backgrounds of industries, ultimately leading into a thought-provoking discussion.
IDGs A
9:00 am - 11:00 am District cooling project planning Dr. Mahmoud Fouad - Vice President Elect & SAC Chair, ASHRAE Cairo ChapterDiscussing local policies, management measures, supervision mechanisms, investment management and budgeting.
IDGs B
9:00 am - 11:00 am Optimising plant energy consumption for DC plants for massive data centres Ahmed Abdelwahab - Subject Mater Expert - Technology Centres & Energy, Vodafone EgyptBrain-storming piping networks distribution, demand assessment, ecofriendly refrigerants and utility tunnels
IDGs C
9:00 am - 11:00 am The role of district cooling in achieving the national/Egypt’s energy efficiency targets/action plan Mohamed Abdelhameed - Managing Director, WE ConserveAnalysing performance of cooling demand and supply during peak and non-peak hours.
IDGs D
9:00 am - 11:00 am Chilled water distribution network Engr. Mohamed El Ebiary - CEO, Ebiary Engineering CompanyDiscussing district cooling plants and the functionality of heat exchangers.
IDGs E
9:00 am - 11:00 am Variable refrigerant flow technologies (VRF)The key to delivering top class HVAC systems is by deploying VRF technologies and using thermostats, expansion valves, variable speed drives and hydraulic motors.
IDGs F
9:00 am - 11:00 am IDGs F: Sustainable refrigeration Mikhail Guergues - Managing Partner, Elite Consolidated Engineers (ECE)Data centres, agricultural produce, pharma and FMCG sectors need long term cold storage system without affecting the quality of the products. The question is how well can you sustain it?
IDGs G
9:00 am - 11:00 am IDGs G: The university building technology programs for refrigeration, air conditioning and heating Dr. Sayed Saad Mohamed - Technical Adviser - Education Development Fund (EDF), Cabinet of Ministers, EgyptWith the ministry of education also taking initiatives for energy efficiency programs, the discussion will be around the new buildings being constructed with the best refrigeration and HVAC technologies.
Dr. Sayed Saad Mohamed
Technical Adviser - Education Development Fund (EDF)Cabinet of Ministers, Egypt
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Developing future district cooling plants in Egypt
Eng. Ahmed Maher Abd El Aziz -
Senior Mechanical Engineer & Senior Projects Manager,
Dar Al Handasah
Considering over $20 billion is to be invested in the housing and commercial sector in the next 5-6 years in Egypt, new district cooling plants need to be developed for managing a third of Egypt’s population of 90 million.
- Updates on district cooling technologies
- Feasibility indicators of converting to district cooling
- How Egypt can exploit the potential of cost savings using district cooling
Eng. Ahmed Maher Abd El Aziz
Senior Mechanical Engineer & Senior Projects ManagerDar Al Handasah
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Networking coffee break
SUSTAINABILITY IN HVAC SYSTEMS
The biggest challenges that developers, consultants and contractors face today in Egypt is the sustainability of energy efficiency for legacy systems. Thermostat control, building envelope management systems, design efficiency are all ways to achieve sustainability. However the opportunity to explore solar energy and desalination is immense to sustain HVAC systems.
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Challenges and opportunities of solar-powered adsorption cycle for cooling and desalination applications
Dr. Ibrahim El-Sharkawy -
District Cooling Specialist - Energy Resources Engineering Department,
Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST)
The MENA region has abundant solar energy and long daily sunny hours. Utilising a part of the available solar energy in air-conditioning and seawater desalination could be a promising option to reduce the electricity consumption and provide fresh water.
Are we doing enough?
- Consolidate the outcomes of a systematic investigation on the use of adsorption phenomenon for solar cooling and desalination applications
- Using absorption and desiccant cooling for solar refrigeration and air-conditioning
- How can we use a hybrid system including solar-based desalination cum cooling system
Dr. Ibrahim El-Sharkawy
District Cooling Specialist - Energy Resources Engineering DepartmentEgypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST)
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Improving sustainability in pharmaceutical factories by using the right control strategies
Dr. Mohamed Al Beltagy -
Chairman, Head of MEP,
Consolidated Consultants and TCG, Howeedy Consultants
Obselete systems in the MENA region are a big worry for costs. In spite of advancements in RAC splits, ducted splits and chillers which dominate 70-80% of the market, any significant power savings have not been achieved over the years.
How can you sustain?
- VRF with refrigerant safety valves
- Designing fresh air systems
- Ventilation: Design specifications and its impact
- Tri-generation synchronisation and its impact on sustainability
Dr. Mohamed Al Beltagy
Chairman, Head of MEPConsolidated Consultants and TCG, Howeedy Consultants
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Next-generation air compressor technologies and design
Almost 30-40% of air used in a compressed air system goes waste. Industry groups are trying to ensure today’s air compressor systems meet peak energy efficiency and performance targets.
How can you balance reliability and energy efficiency?
- Designing and balancing innovative air-ends with rotor blade speed and internal pressure ratio
- Using sophisticated modelling and simulation software to optimise design
- Developing intelligent control systems with adaptive controllers to monitor performance
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Open discussion with the audience: An introduction to Egypt Green Building Council’s efforts in the area of energy efficiency
Dr. Ayman Mosallam -
Founding Member,
Egyptian Green Building Council
For the past two decades, the Egyptian government has worked feverishly to improve building energy efficiency and address green house gas emissions.
The motivation for this effort has been the realisation that population momentum would ultimately place enormous demands on all sectors of the Egyptian state and that these demands would have the potential to dramatically limit long-term growth of the Egyptian economy. At the time, detailed studies had shown the close link between population growth and energy.
The big questions are:
- Do we have sufficient methods to reduce power consumption and GHG emissions?
- What are the alternative paths of achieving energy efficiency?
- Enforcement versus empowering the industry
THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS: 55 DAYS LEFT
Are organisations prepared to have the tag of an energy-consuming or energy-efficient company? The first thing that companies now need to do is benchmark themselves, if they have been able to achieve the emissions as per the Montreal protocol? With this event exactly a week after the UN annual meeting in Rome to discuss the ongoing efforts to achieve energy efficiency, the session will be useful for vendors, solution providers, developers, consultants and contractors to understand the latest developments and what it means for them in Egypt.
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Health check: Future of refrigerants in light of the dynamics of the Montreal protocol
Dr. Hesham Sefwat -
President,
ASHRAE Cairo Chapter
As per the Montreal protocol, the following targets have been set up for managing hydroflouro carbons (HFCs).
Reduction needed | Deadline date
Freeze using any new ones | 1-Jan-13
10% reduction | 1-Jan-15
35% reduction | 1-Jan-20
Developers, consultants, contractors have exactly 55 days left after the conference to comply from a 10% to 35% reduction.
Are you prepared to be competitive?
- How can you benchmark quickly?
- Evaluating list of future refrigerants
- ASHRAE product safety considerations
Open floor discussion with ASHRAE Cairo Chapter
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Developing high-performance and energy-efficient housing
Radwa Maher Amin -
Founder, Sustainability & Mechanical Consultant,
WAHDJ
- Discussing high-performance housing evolution in Europe
- Introduction to Passivhaus
- Discussing high-performance housing evolution in the USA
- Introduction to LEED Homes
- Discussing the needs and requirements of high-performance housing in Egypt
- Towards WahdjHomes
