Speaker
Jef Poortmans
Chair & Moderator Energy breakout / imec / EnergyVille
Biography
Jef Poortmans - Program Director of the PV and Energy activities / Fellow, imec & R&D Strategy Coordinator, EnergyVille
Dr. Jozef Poortmans received his degree in electronic engineering from the Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven, Belgium, in 1985. Presently, he is Program Director of the PV and Energy activities of imec. In 2013 he was also appointed imec Fellow.
Since 2008 he is part-time Professor at the KU Leuven, where he teaches courses on photovoltaics and materials in electrical engineering. In 2013 he became also part-time Professor at University Hasselt where he teaches a course on analog electronics. Since September 2016 he is Coordinator R&D-strategy of EnergyVille, an institutional partnership between imec, VITO, KU Leuven and University Hasselt aiming at the development of technologies and demonstrations for the Energy Transition.
Talk(s)
Jef Poortmans - imec / EnergyVille
Pressing challenges of CO2 reduction, geopolitical realities, and the trend towards electrification to increase system efficiency are forcing the building sector to develop solutions for a carbon-free built environment.
With the European Green Deal, Europe has established a new vision for the expected evolution towards Smart Buildings & Districts.
In this track, both hardware and software technology innovations for decarbonization of the built environment will be presented.
First, speakers from public policy and the expertise centre of the construction sector will share their vision on the challenges and opportunities for decarbonisation in the built environment.
Through a series of duo-presentations by experts from academia and industry, you will then discover the R&D innovations, and their valorisation potential, for the following topics:
Hardware technologies:
- building-integrated solar cells enabling positive energy buildings and districts
- safe use and management of (solid-state) batteries with integrated sensors
- the return of direct current (DC) power grids in the built environment
- greening the heat supply in the built environment
Digital technologies:
- AI-based control algorithms enabling flexibility services in heat generation, while preserving comfort of residential consumers
- a future vision of AI solutions for smart control of energy flows in homes, buildings and districts.
- opportunities for the validation of emerging technologies in living labs
Jef Poortmans - imec / EnergyVille