• introduction to energy market and energy consulting in Germany - topics, demand, practical examples
• costs of energy in Germany and Europe, energy management systems(ISO 50001, energy audits...), demand side management
• electricty production in Europe, European power markets, price development and price building (taxes and levies), merit order principle, energy transition (solar, wind, geothermal)
• natural gas in Europe, European gas exchanges, price developmentand price building (taxes and levies), energy transition (green gas,hydrogen)
• Procurement strategies for different types of companies, PPAs
• Corporate Social Responsibility Directive CSRD, Corporate Carbon Footprint, product carbon footprint, German and European Sustainability Goals
• Q + A

Paper / slides from lecturer

1. introduction: heating and cooling demand, technology matrix
2. conventional heating technologies
3. compression heat pumps: technologies and systems
4. solar thermal collectors and system
5. biomass
6. cooling technologies: compression chillers and solar cooling
7. district heating and cooling systems: from first to fifth generation district heating and cooling networks
8. sector coupling and advanced technologies: PV+batteries, carnot battery, hydrogen.

• Lecture Notes
• Gerhard Stryi-Hipp, Renewable Heating and Cooling, Woodhead Publishing, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-1-78242-213-6.01001-8
• T. Reddy: Heating and Cooling of Buildings: Principles and Practice of Energy Efficient Design