Strategic objectives of energy policy in the EU and Slovenia are to increase energy efficiency, utilization of renewable energy and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Energy efficiency measures and utilization of renewable energy sources have been consistently incorporated into all energy strategic documents in Slovenia. Energy consumption in industry represents about one third of final energy consumed in Slovenia. The National Energy Efficiency Action Plan 2008–2016 for Slovenia defines different energy efficiency measures in industry. The expected energy savings in industry are 1376 GWh by 2016. Energy efficiency measures in industry according to the EU Directive 2006/32/EC on energy end-use efficiency and energy services include measures for more efficient use of electricity (e.g., high-efficient electrical motors, lighting), energy management systems, increasing the scope of environmentally friendly energy production from renewable energy sources and CHP systems and other measures. The intensive improvement of energy efficiency is a goal of the New National Energy Program for the period until 2030. The proposed energy efficiency measures in industry include measures in the manufacture of steel, paper and other processes, increasing efficiency of boilers and combined heat and power. The expected energy savings in non-ETS industry are estimated to 3149 GWh by 2030. The paper gives an overview of the state and prospects of energy efficiency in industry not included in emission trading schemes (non ETS) and also evaluate the expected energy savings in industry included in emission trading schemes for the period to 2030. The expected energy savings in ETS industry are estimated to 5151 GWh by 2030. The expected energy savings in ETS industry are higher than in non-ETS. To achieve expected energy savings require intensive implementation of all proposed measures.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 26190119Modern energy planning, in view of its complexity, must satisfy a number of economic, social and environmental parameters which demands a comprehensive planning approach. Conflicting objectives often require the consideration of several stakeholders and for that purpose use of multi-criteria methods is necessary. During the preparation of the new Slovenian National Energy Programme proposal analysis of five different national electricity supply scenarios has been made. Scenarios varied due to different power plant portfolios in accordance with projected national energy demand up to 2030. The decision alternatives were calculated using reference energy and environment system model for Slovenia which enabled the comparison and assessment of various demand and supply strategies and scenarios, economic evaluation and calculations of long term energy and emission balances. Analysis of scenarios has been done with analytic hierarchy process multi-criteria technique where the preferences of the decision maker are accommodated by pairwise comparisons between the decision elements. During the analysis, special attention was given to the selection of the appropriate criterions, decision importance ratios and to the detection of inconsistent judgments used in the analytic hierarchy process. Within the paper the main technical, economical and environmental characteristics of the Slovenian energy system are described having in mind different decision alternatives. Also, principles of the analytic hierarchy process and its properties with regard to an illustrative national energy policy planning example are presented. At the end barriers, strengths and weaknesses of the analytic hierarchy process and its role in the national policy planning process are discussed.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 26085671This paper reports the work under development in the scope of LifeSaver project aiming at supporting manufacturing companies in optimising the energy performance of their operations. This support will be in the form of a set of ICT building blocks that combine context awareness, ambient intelligence monitoring and standard energy consumption data measurement. LifeSaver will provide: (i) information about the energy consumption to be processed in enterprise management systems, for the purpose of achieving significant energy savings; (ii) a decision support system for optimisation of energy performance of operations; and (iii) predicted cumulative data on the CO2 emissions, as input for the decision support services to enable emission trading across industries and among companies. Three demonstrators of the platform’s application in real industrial environment, and their usage for new business models, will be provided.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 26108455Comparison between the EU’s 2020 energy efficiency targets and the forecasted energy saving according to the National Energy Efficiency Action Plans of Mediterranean countries indicates a gap for energy savings in 2020 in the residential sector. One of the reasons lies in the lack of specific policies for low-income households, which represents about 40% of Mediterranean households and are considered as “far to reach” through traditional public policies and requires innovative technical and financial approaches in order to help them reduce their energy consumption. Smart Metering has been identified as one of technologies where end-use energy efficiency can particularly be encouraged in low-income households through its impact on tenants’ behaviour. Analysis of current multi-energies Smart Metering projects in the Mediterranean area indicates the potential for consumer benefits through demand response and consumption feedback services, which were recognised as most appropriate for low-income households. Implementation of dynamic pricing in combination with home automation and individualized consumption feedback using different efficiency indicators enables households to respond to energy prices and become more energy efficient. Activities presented in this paper have been evaluated within the EU project called ELIH-Med. Objective of the ELIH-Med project is to identify and conduct a large scale experimentation of cost effective solutions and innovative public and private financing mechanisms backed with Structural Funds to foster energy efficiency investment in low income housings. Energy and costs savings prediction and verification flowchart is also presented, where different functionalities of Smart Meters in combination with energy efficiency measures and other influential factors are considered.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 26081063Paper presents aspects of different visualizations in Full Mission Simulators constructed on three dimensional and two dimensional projections. Main problem with commercially available simulators is presentation reality i.e. true world compliance on the screen. Many researchers have proved that more realistic world is not always best result at synthetic display. Presented simulated worlds were detailed investigated in the field of speed of 3D world generation, realistic level, possibility of interference with other visualizations and possible human fatigue due to long synthetic display interaction.
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