The EINSTEIN-II project aims to contribute to integrated energy-efficient solutions for thermal energy supply in industrial companies and non-industrial users (hospitals, commercial centres, large office buildings, district heating and cooling networks, etc.).

The EINSTEIN-II project’s main objective is to improve a thermal energy auditing methodology as well as a (free) software tool, which supports assessments (automated generation of report, assumptions made for missing data, etc.) and automatically proposes optimisation solutions, considering heat recovery and uses of regenerative energy like solar thermal applications.

In the framework of this project, training sessions on the use of the thermal auditing software tool, developed in EINSTEIN, are being proposed. These sessions are organised as follows:

1. An introduction training course (3 days plus one optional day), with fundamentals refresher, presentation and training in the software

2. A case study developed by the trainees, with tutorials by the EINSTEIN team

3. An advanced training course (2 days), with further presentation and application of the tool

The first session covers the introduction to the EINSTEIN software tool. An optional day covers fundamental knowledge in thermal engineering (law of thermodynamics, heat balances, heat transfer, etc.) The EINSTEIN-II tool is presented and used in the following 3 days of the training. A detailed planning of these 3 days is available, please click here! 

The second, more advanced course is scheduled for the 17 and 18th of November for those trainees who wish to go further into detail of the methodology. In between, trainees should carry out a case study of their own choosing in order to get familiar with the tool.

The latest version of the free open-source software tool can be downloaded on http://sourceforge.net/projects/einstein.

Further information on the project can be found on www.einstein-energy.net.

This project is funded by the EU in the framework of the Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) Program.