District Cooling International Conference
31 October and 1 November 2023
Goa, IndiaEnergise 2023
Lifestyle, Energy Efficiency, and Climate Action
1 – 4 November 2023Goa, India
Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE) presents Energise 2023
About the Event
Energise is an International conference and brings together energy efficiency professionals from research, policy, and businesses. Each of the previous iterations – Inspire 2017 and Energise 2020 – attracted over 250 national and international delegates and featured more than 60 peer-reviewed technical papers.
Energise 2023 will provide a unique and unmatched experience with residential accommodation for delegates in a beautiful and secluded resort in scenic and quaint Goa. The conference’s residential setting will provide the participants with an opportunity for serious discussions and conversations on highly relevant and important topics, networking with speakers and participants, and presenting a perfect forum and setting to learn and share your ideas with influencers, leaders, and fellow professionals.
Conference Co-chairs and
Conference Convenor
Conference Co-chairs
Prof. Amir Bazaz
Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)
Prof. Dibakar Rakshit
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
Prof. Rajan Rawal
CEPT University
Conference Convenor
Conference Advisor
Dr. Satish Kumar
President and Executive
Director, Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE)
Prasad Vaidya
Director, Solar Decathlon India
Panel Leaders
Buildings
Sumedha Malaviya
World Resources Institute
Namrata Dhamankar
Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture
Sameer Maithel
Independent Clean Energy & Sustainability Practitioner
Cities
Punit Gandhi
National Institute of Urban Affairs
Seetha Raghupathy
Senior Consultant, World Bank and ADB
Governance & Markets
Stuti Haldar
IIHS
Buildings
Sumedha Malviya
World Resources Institute
Namrata Dhamankar
Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture
Sameer Maithel
Independent Clean Energy & Sustainability Practitioner
Cities
Punit Gandhi
National Institute of Urban Affairs
Seetha Raghupathy
Senior Consultant, World Bank and ADB
Governance & Markets
Stuti Haldar
IIHS
Sumedha Malviya
World Resources Institute
Namrata Dhamankar
Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture
Sameer Maithel
Greentech Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Punit Gandhi
National Institute of Urban Affairs
Seetha Raghupathy
World Bank
Stuti Haldar
IIHS
Key Speakers
Plenary Speaker
Aditya Gupta
Everester and Founder, The Rug Republic
Keynote Speakers
Anita George
Cofounder, Edhina Capital
Nihar Shah
Presidential Director, Global Cooling Efficiency Program, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Fireside Chat Speaker
Kamal Kishore
Head of Department, National Disaster Management Authority
Session Speakers
Abhishek Gupta
Head- International, Strategy, EESL
Akash Goenka
Associate Fellow, AEEE
Aneesh Kadyan
Senior Executive Director, CBRE South Asia Pvt Ltd | Property Management – India
Bishal Thapa
Senior Director, India, CLASP
Fred Sherman
Chief Operating Officer, CLASP
Guruprakash Sastry
AVP Head, Climate Action, Infosys
Jyotirmay Mathur
Professor, MNIT Jaipur
Kishore Kumar
Manager, CLASP
Nandan Mahale
Director, Transformation & Strategy Home & Distribution, International Hub, Schneider Electric
Neha Dhingra
Senior Manager, India, CLASP
Prashant Dixit
Deputy General Manager – Commercial Applied Solutions
Carrier Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Limited
Pravatanalini Samal
Director, Bureau of Energy Efficiency
Rahul Ramtekkar
RAMA
Rekha Rawat
Associate Director cKinetics
Saket Sarraf
Founder and Principal, psCollective
Satish Kumar
President & Executive Director, AEEE
Shruti Narayan
Regional Director for South and West Asia, C40
Shweta Kulkarni
Fellow, Prayas Energy Group
Sudha Setty
Founder, Melyoura, International Consultant and Coach
Sumedha Malaviya
World Resources Institute
Sunil Sharma
General Manager(GM) – Sustainability and Cleantech, BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL)
Veena Sinha
CEO, Railway Energy Management Company Limited (REMCL)
Yash Shukla
Center Head and Principal Researcher (CARBSE), CEPT University
Abhishek Gupta
Head- International, Strategy, Project Evaluation & Assessment (Energy Efficiency Services Limited)
Shweta Kulkarni
Fellow Prayas Energy Group
Yash Shukla
Center Head and Principal Researcher (CARBSE), CEPT University
Aneesh Kadyan
Senior Executive Director, CBRE South Asia Pvt Ltd | Property Management – India
Guruprakash Sastry
AVP Head, Climate Action, Infosys
Jyotirmay Mathur
Professor, MNIT Jaipur
Session Schedules
DCIC | 31-Oct
Day 1 | 1-Nov
Day 2 | 2-Nov
Day 3 | 3-Nov
Day 4 | 4-Nov
DCIC | 31-Oct
| Time | Session |
| 9:30 – 19:30 | District Cooling International Conference View the Day-1 Agenda Powered by GIZ |
| 19:30 – 22:00 | Dinner and Networking (by invitation only) Powered by APUEA & DBDH |
Day 1 | 1-Nov
| Time | Session |
| 9:30 – 13:00 | District Cooling International Conference View the Day-2 Agenda Registration – Energise 2023 |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Energise 2023 – Inaugural SessionHall – Pavillion
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| 14:30 – 15:30 | Keynote Address 1Hall – Pavillion
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| 15:30 – 16:00 | Tea Break |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Enabling Market Transformation Towards Low-Carbon and Affordable AppliancesHall – Pavillion
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| 18:30 – 19:30 | Fireside Chat – Mitigation and Adaptation: Never the Twain shall Meet?Hall – Pavillion
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| 19:30 – 22:00 | Dinner and Informal Networking* |
Day 2 | 2-Nov
| Time | Session |
| 9:30 – 11:00 | Paper Presentations |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Tea Break |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Paper Presentations |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Creating a Market for Demand FlexibilityHall – Pavillion
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| 15:30 – 16:00 | Tea Break |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | Policy to Practice: Energy Efficiency in Sub-national Climate ActionsHall – Pavillion
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| 18:30 – 19:30 | Plenary SessionHall – Pavillion
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| 19:30 – 22:00 | Energise 2023 Gala Dinner Powered by AEEE |
Day 3 | 3-Nov
| Time | Session | |
| 9:00 – 11:00 | Paper Presentations | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Tea Break | |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Case Studies | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | From Data to Decarbonisation: Energy Benchmarking for Revitalising BuildingsHall – Pavillion
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| 15:30 – 16:00 | Tea Break | |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Skills for Net-zero Jobs
Ask Us Anything
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| 16:30 – 17:00 | Empowering Sustainability in the HVAC Industry: The Role of Tools in Building EfficiencyHall – Pavillion
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| 17:00 – 18:00 | Poster PresentationsHall – Pavillion | Activating an Investor, Industry & Incubator Network (I3N) for Climate-tech Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Closed Group)Hall – Regency 01 Powered by Berkeley Lab |
| 18:30 – 19:30 | Keynote Address 2Hall – Pavillion
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| 19:30 – 22:00 | Dinner and informal Networking | |
Day 4 | 4-Nov
| Time | Session |
| 9:00 – 11:00 | Paper Presentations |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Tea Break |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Paper Presentations |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 – 18:30 | Departure |
| Date | 31-Oct | 1-Nov | 2-Nov | 3-Nov | 4-Nov |
| Time | Day 0 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 |
| 9:00 – 09:30 | Paper Presentations | Paper Presentations | |||
| 9:30 – 10:00 | International District Cooling Systems Conference Day 1 Powered by GIZ | DCS Conference – Day 2 Registration Energise | Paper Presentations | ||
| 10:00 – 10:30 | |||||
| 10:30 – 11:00 | |||||
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Tea Break | ||||
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Paper Presentations | Case Studies | Paper Presentations | ||
| 12:00 – 12:30 | |||||
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks | ||||
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Lunch | ||||
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Lunch | ||||
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Energise – Inaugural Session
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Creating a Market for Demand Flexibility Powered by Schneider | From Data to Decarbonisation: Energy Benchmarking for Revitalising Buildings
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| 14:30 – 15:00 | Keynote Address One Anita George, Cofounder, Edhina Capital | Departure for Airport | |||
| 15:00 – 15:30 | |||||
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Tea | ||||
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Enabling Market Transformation Towards Low-Carbon and Affordable Appliances
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Policy to Practice: Energy Efficiency in Sub-national Climate Actions | Activating an Investor, Industry & Incubator Network (I3N) for Climate-tech Innovation and Entrepreneurship Powered by Berkeley Lab | ||
| 16:30 – 17:00 | |||||
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Poster Presentations | ||||
| 17:30 – 18:00 | |||||
| 18:00 – 18:30 | |||||
| 18:30 – 19:30 | Fireside Chat – Mitigation and Adaptation: Never the Twain shall Meet?
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Plenary 18:45 – 19:30Aditya Gupta Everester and Founder, The Rug Republic | Keynote Address Two 18:45 – 19:30Nihar Shah, Presidential Director, Global Cooling Efficiency Program, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | ||
| 19:30 – 22:00 | Dinner and Networking (by invitation only) Powered by APUEA & DBDH | Dinner and Informal Networking* | Energise 2023 Gala Dinner Powered by AEEE | Informal Evening* music, dancing, drinks & networking dinner | |
| * For resident delegates and special invitees only | |||||
Dress Code: Business Casual
District Cooling International Conference
31st Oct and 1st November 2023
District Cooling systems (DCS) that can help meet the cooling requirement of multiple buildings reducing the overall space and equipment requirement can pose as an alternative solution to the conventional standalone system currently being used. DCS have entered the Indian market very recently and are proven to reduce GHG emissions as well as contribute towards India’s energy efficiency targets under multiple international protocols and treaties.
Themes
Energise conference is known for bringing together researchers, academicians, practitioners and consultants, and businesses to discuss and debate contemporary and critical research and Energise 2023 will continue that tradition.
India is making a strong and sustained push for sustainable growth and a climate-conscious lifestyle while reducing the emissions intensity by 45% by 2030 from a baseline of 2005 and achieving a net zero by 2070. These goals and values are enshrined in the revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Lifestyle for the Environment (LiFE) movement, and India’s presidency of G20. Energise 2023 takes its cue from India’s national efforts and is organised around lifestyle, energy efficiency, and climate action. By seeking papers under three main categories, Buildings, Cities, and Governance and Markets — we hope to make Energise 2023 one of the most significant and relevant research-focused conferences tackling the topic of energy efficiency, net zero, and resiliency in the built environment.
Buildings
Cities
Governance & Market
Conference venue
We strongly recommend that all delegates stay at the venue to maximize the learning & networking opportunities.
Hosts
Technical Committee
Aarti Nain
Advisor, National Institute of Urban Affairs
Abraham Philip
Manager, Green Business Certification Inc.
Aditya Chunekar
Fellow, Prayas (Energy Group)
Akshima Ghate
Managing Director, RMI
Amit Jaglan
Professor, SPA Delhi
Anand B Rao
Professor, IIT Bombay
Anish Modi
Professor, IIT Bombay
Anirban Ghosh
Professor, Mahindra University
Anupama Kowli
Professor, IIT Bombay
Anurag Goyal
Professor, IIT Delhi
Apoorv Balwani
Principal Scientist
Arnab Jana
Professor, IIT Bombay
Arkopal K. Goswami
Professor, IIT Kharagpur
Asad Hasan Sahir
Professor, IIT Ropar
Ashish Rao Ghorpade
Deputy Director, ICLEI, South Asia
Bharath Jairaj
Director, Energy Senior Associate, Governance, World Resource Institute
Bishal Thapa
Senior Director, CLASP
Chirag Deb
Professor, IIT Bombay
Deepa Parekh
Associate Director, EDS
Gautam Goswami
Scientist G/Advisor, TIFAC
Gayathri Aaditya
Professor, NITTE School of Architecture Planning and Design
Georg Suter
Professor, TU Wien
G.Krishnakumar
COO, Society of Energy Engineers and Managers
Gopal Nariya
Head- Project Monitoring, BSES Rajdhani
Gurubalan Annadurai
Professor, IIT Bombay
Isaac Emmanuel
Head, Innovation Management & Strategic Alliances
Jay Dhariwal
Professor, IIT Delhi
Jiten Prajapati
Architect
Jyoti Maheshwari
Post Doctoral Researcher, IIM, Ahmedabad
Jyotirmay Mathur
Professor, MNIT Jaipur
Kanagaraj Ganesan
Founder, Integrative Design Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Listin Abey Mathew
Commissioning Engineer, Smart Joules
Maaz Dixit Bhatt
Founding Partner, Neev Energy and Sustainable Solutions
Mahesh Basavanna
Managing Director, McD Built Environment Research Laboratory Pvt. Ltd.
Mansi Parikh
Sr sustainability consultant, Buro Happold
Minu Agarwal
Adjunct Assignment Professor at CEPT University
Monisha Royan
Analyst, International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), New York
Namrata Dhamankar
Professor, BNCA
Naresh Verma
Advisor to the President (RAMA)
Pandarasamy Arjunan
Postdoctoral Scholar, BEARS
PK Goel
Industry and Technical Advisor, Eurovent Certita
Pranav Shrivastava
GM, DENSO
Prashant Bhanware
Director, GKSPL
Prathigna Poonacha Kodira
Senior Consultant – Director’s Office & Practice, IIHS
Prof. Prajakta Kulkarni
BNCA
Radhika Khosla
Associate Professor, University of Oxford
Rajat Gupta
Professor, Oxford Brookes University
Rajkiran V Bilolikar
Professor, Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI)
Rishee Jain
Professor, Stanford University
Sabyasachi Pattanaik
Director, Oracle Energy & Water- Opower
Sachin Kumar
Director, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
Saket Sarraf
Principal, PS Collective
Sameer Maithel
Independent Clean Energy & Sustainability Practitioner
Samvedna Jadhav
Assistant Professor, MMIED’s College of Architecture, Pune
Sandip Kumar Saha
Professor, IIT Bombay
Sandeep Agrawal
Professor, UALBERTA University
Sanjay Prakash
Principal Consultant, SHiFt
Santanu Bandyopadhyay
Professor, IIT Bombay
Saswati Chetia
Director, Greentech Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Satyanarayanan Seshadri
Professor, IIT Madras
Shankha Pratim Bhattacharya
Professor, IIT Kharagpur
Shanthi Priya
Professor, SRM School of Architecture and Interior Design
Shoumik Desai
Technical Content Creator, EDS
Shweta Kulkarni
Fellow, Prayas (Energy Group)
Smita Chandiwala
Founder and Principal, Energe-se
Sneha Sachar
India Cooling lead, Clean Cooling Collaborative
Srinivas Krishnaswamy
CEO, Vasudha Foundation
Sukumar Devotta
Prof. and Former Director, NEERI, Anna University
Sumedha Malviya
Senior Manager, WRI
Suryanarayana Doolla
Professor, IIT Bombay
Vaibhav Jain
Professor, Manipal School of Architecture and Planning
Venkatesh
Director, Integrated Digital Delivery, Invicara
Vijay Modi
Professor, Columbia University
Vishal Garg
Professor, Plaksha University
Vismaya Paralkar
Green Value Partner at IIFL Home Loans
Vivian Loftness
Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Yash Shukla
CEPT University
Yashima Jain
Program Manager, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Yogesh Chandra Gupta
Professor, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies
Sponsors
Platinum Sponsor
Gold Sponsor
Associate Sponsor
Partners
Outreach Partner
Knowledge Partner
Local Outreach Partner
Contact
Address
Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy
37, Link Road, Ground Floor, Lajpat Nagar III,
New Delhi 110024
Telephone: 011 41235600
Satish Kumar
The three main global energy concerns of providing access to modern energy, enhancing the security of the energy supply, and minimising the impact of energy systems on the climate have an impact on both national and international energy governance. To develop solutions that address the many facets of these difficulties, however, a variety of actors and stakeholders must be included due to the complexity of the energy challenges.
Cities are responsible for more than 70% of the world’s energy consumption and 40% to 50% of its greenhouse gas emissions. Managing increasing urbanisation is a challenge, and nations must deal with the effects it will have on the environment in terms of energy and climate.
Our transition to a future with lower carbon emissions depends heavily on buildings. They are our places of residence, rest, and employment; they also account for around one-third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 40% of the world’s energy usage.