European eco-technology for the future congress

Eco-technologies are becoming of major importance to governing bodies on both a national and international level.

They are set to open up the way for new employment opportunities and new economic activities, enabling us to minimise and effectively deal with the impact of human and industrial activities on the environment.

They will also bring significant change to our future not only due to their effective growth and greater accessibility or to the fact that they open up the possibility of new medium-term solutions, but also because all interested parties will have to take them into account on a global level.
In order to inform and provide support to regional administrative organisations, businesses and research bodies in their understanding of these main developments, the Nord-Pas de Calais region, in association with its partners and 500 ecocompanies within the region, is organising a 2-day congress.
The aim of this European eco-technology for the future congress will be to anticipate these developments and understand the fundamental changes they will bring through a programme of exchange, highlighting the chain of experiences and the remarkable experiments carried out in France and in Europe.

Programme

Inaugural plenary conference: The eco-technologies’ stakes for the future - Wednesday 10th June 2009, 9.30am-12am
9am: reception of participants at Lille Grand Palais
One of the main concerns for EU politicians is the development and use of eco-technologies, notably in the current climate in which re-boosting world economies has become a necessity. How is this seen by national and international experts? How is our country equipped to deal with this new challenge? What are the priorities for action by eco-companies and their clients?

With the kind participation of: (simultaneous English translation)
Mr Daniel PERCHERON, President of the Conseil Régional Nord-Pas de Calais or his representative
Mr Michel PASCAL, Director of the DRIRE and of the DIREN Nord-Pas de Calais
Mr Hervé PIGNON, ADEME Nord-Pas de Calais Regional Delegate
Mr Jean-Marc MERILLOT, ADEME Research Director or his representative
Mr Marc DUFAU, Innovation Director - Oséo
Mr Jean-Luc FLAMME, Managing Director of ARF
Mr Marc ROQUETTE, Managing Director of ROQUETTE FRERES
A representative of the European Commission's Directorate General for the Environment and a representative of the DGE
A representative of Kent County Council and a representative of North Rhineland-Westphalia

Workshop 1: Buildings with low-energy consumption: European perspectives on innovative techniques and technologies – Wednesday 10th June 2009, 2.30pm-5pm (simultaneous English translation)

The control of energy in the field of construction lies at the crossroads between national policies and European directives, and its cultural, statutory and technical applications in European countries are rich and varied. The low-energy consumption building sector thus gives rise to ongoing research into innovative technical solutions focusing on the shell and associated systems. This workshop will be opportunity to carry out a survey of European innovations connected to energy performance of building shells: European experts will be presenting one major innovation in housing and tertiary or industrial construction from each of their country.

Participants:
Zed Factory (Great Britain) on natural ventilation - Van Ruysdael (Holland) on high performance single glazing - Mr BIEBER, Hélios ventilatoren (France) on passive housing dual-flow - Mr Philipps, Proclima (Germany) on an innovative airtight membrane - Mr Bonniere, GIE Achtys (France) on hygro-adjustable natural ventilation - Mrs NOURRICIER, Mons Polytechnique University (Belgium) on the 'energy for building' operation – Mr ROZIER, Elithis (France) on the Elithis Tower: a 5000sq metre office building using positive energy.

Workshop 2: The storage of renewable energies – Thursday 11th June 2009, 9.30am-12am

Today the storage of electrical energy from a renewable source constitutes high stakes on the global economic front. Why? What are the real perspectives and what technologies can be brought to bear?

Technological stakes and energy storage:
   - The development of renewable energies within a high-level energy mix to compensate for their intermittence and the gap as regards needs, securing networks and the provision of energy...

The major groups of storage technologies: principles & markets
   - Battery, hydrogen hydrolysis, flywheel, gravity storage, condensers

Storage & network: the stakes for the stability of the electrical grid
   - The impacts of a decentralised energy production network, of a diffuse storage network or a high-capacity grid -

Feedback and research directions

Presentations and round table with:

Vincent RIOUS, Supelec - Stéphane BISCAGLIA, Ademe (subject to confirmation) - Géry Bonduelle, Enersys (subject to confirmation)

Workshop 3: Health and the environment- Thursday 11th June 2009, 9.30am-12am

Greenhouse gas reduction, energy saving, pollution control, etc., where does health come in? What is the impact on humans? Beginning with our own homes and workplaces! What eco-technologies can give us a better-quality environment inside our living and working spaces?

The sources of pollution in the home – Inventory and effects on health

- Survey of the dangers in our living spaces and impact on health.  With Mrs Odile MASSOT, Doctor in Endocrinology and Development, Biochemist, Founder of the “Santé et Environnement Pour Tous” (Health and Environment for All) agency
Air and water
- The state of the research on inside air and water pollution. What recent studies have been carried out in this field? What are the salient facts?
With Mr Fabien SQUINAZI, medical biologist, director of the Hygiene Laboratory in Paris, Head of the council service for public health
- What are the possibilities of eco-technological prevention, correction and/or cure in order to improve the quality of our inside air (measurement, analysis, pollution control, etc.) With Rutger DE GRAAF, researcher and founder of the Deltasync company
Round table
With the participation of all the speakers and of Jérôme HOUYEZ, architect and founder of the J.Houyez Ecological Architectural Agency.

Workshop 4: Recycling port and river sediments – Thursday 11th June 2009, 1st part: 9.30am-12am and 2nd part: 2.30pm-5pm

Sedimentation in ports and waterways is a natural unavoidable phenomenon, which is becoming more and more difficult to control. The SEDIMATERIAUX project is a collective initiative, harnessing the good-will of local port authorities with the aim of finding workable innovative solutions, for a sustainable on-land management of dredging sediments.

1st part – 9.30am – 12am
Sediment management constitutes a problem – currently and in the future – for ports, canals and quarries.
Pascal GREGOIRE, Port Autonome de Dunkerque (Port of Dunkirk)
Olivier PREVOST, VNF (subject to confirmation)
Mr Rassener, Conseil Général Finistère
Mr Lapierre, Conseil Général Gironde (subject to confirmation)
A representative of the Carrières du Boulonnais

Towards new solutions: presentation of local initiatives
Pascal GREGOIRE, Port Autonome de Dunkerque (Port of Dunkirk)
Jean-Luc AQUA, Conseil Général du Var
Mr Rassener, Conseil Général Finistère
Mr Lapierre, Conseil Général Gironde (subject to confirmation)

What form of statutory framework do we need and for what form of scientific support? A representative of the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Town & Country Planning

2nd part – 2.30pm – 5pm
Presentation of the pre-figuration charter for the SEDIMATERIAUX project
A representative of the Conseil Régional Nord-Pas de Calais
A representative of the DREAL Nord-Pas de Calais

Organisation of the SEDIMATERIAUX project: from local to global
A representative of the Ecole des Mines of Douai
Christian TRAISNEL, Cd2e

What is the role of the SEDIMATERIAUX project and what can it bring to port authorities, laboratories, industrial concerns, and regional bodies?

Workshop 5: Marine energies - Thursday 11th June 2009, 2.30pm-5pm

Zooming in on an emerging channel: marine energies.

What are the potentialities of this energy source and why isn’t it fully exploited? What are the possibilities for the future? What could be exploited on a global scale and on the European and French fronts? A panorama of effective and emerging technological groups on a global scale.
What is the ecological impact on marine flora and fauna, on sea currents...? What are the characteristics of these technologies? The technical stakes concerning equipment, network connections, maintenance. Feedback and directions and ideas on the way forward.

Presentations and round table with the participation of:

Akim MOUSLIM, Ecole Centrale de Nantes - Didier GROSDEMANGE, In Vivo - Vincent GUENARD, ADEME - Michel PAILLARD, Ifremer - David LE MARQUIS, POWEO

Workshop 6: Recycling in terms of Life Cycle Analysis – Thursday 11th June 2009, 2.30pm-5pm

Life Cycle Analysis, a criterion in the choice of techniques for recycling.
The regulation of waste disposal is changing as emphasis is being put on the individual responsibility of each manufacturer and rethinking of recycling rates. Although there exist many techniques for sorting and recycling each with its own economic characteristics (in terms of profit) and techniques, it is the regional economic context which will determine the most appropriate solution: thus for each given “waste product”, more than one solution for recycling will exist. But taking into account the effect on the environment, which solution is the most appropriate? The aim of this workshop is to give food for thought as to the varying solutions, allowing reflection as to the “best” recycling methods possible (from an environmental point of view) for “waste products”, while avoiding any errors linked to prejudice, incomplete networks and so on.

Putting the environmental effects of recycling networks into monetary terms - Mr DE CAEVEL, RDC Environnement

STEP mud recycling channels via ACV - Dr Khalil KHALIFA, ACV PLUS

Evaluation of the environmental effect of a high-performance sorting plant – Mr Jérôme AUFFRET, FNADE

Evaluation of the environmental effect of the channels for the treatment of plastic of diverse origin – Mr Yannick LE GUERN, Bio Intelligence Service.

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