As part of the Energy Efficiency Week 2023, on December 13, the Forum of Energy Managers was held, which was attended by the winners of the "Energy Management and Energy-Efficient Technologies" educational program.
Applicants had the opportunity to hear a discussion of the current state of implementation of energy management and energy monitoring at the level of communities and government organizations, as well as consider the experience of implementing energy management and energy monitoring on the example of three communities and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

The applicants managed to join a professional platform where energy managers exchanged information, experience and best practices in the field of energy management.
At the forum, there was an interesting survey "Energy management in communities: what hinders and what is missing?" and 45% of respondents noted that there is a lack of specialists. Therefore, we actively continue to train the professional community of future energy managers together with SE IEE - Department of Power Supply.

On December 8, 2023, students of the 3rd and 4th years of the SE IEE studying under the SPP "Energy Management and Energy Efficient Technologies" visited the laboratory of the Department of Building Physics and Energy Efficiency of the State Enterprise "Research Institute of Building Structures", with which KPI has a cooperation agreement. SE NDIBK not only has modern equipment for researching the properties of building materials and structures, but also takes a leading role in Ukraine in creating national standards, implementing energy efficiency programs in the building stock, and applying energy efficient technologies in construction. In addition, SE NDIBK develops typical projects of thermal modernization of mass-produced buildings in Ukraine, as well as executed unique projects for the restoration of buildings damaged as a result of the military aggression of the Russian Federation.
The class on the topic "Investigation of thermophysical and acoustic properties of enclosing structures" for students of groups ОН-01 and ОНп11 was held as part of the study of the discipline "Energy efficiency and energy certification of buildings". Such classes have been held for energy management students on a regular basis for many years in a row. Acting Head of the Department of Building Physics and Energy Efficiency Andrii Mykhailovych Postolenko and junior researcher of the department Dmytro Vyacheslavovich Bida conducted the classes.
A. M. Postolenko introduced modern technologies in construction and research methods of building and thermal insulation materials. The specialist explained how for standard structural elements (a wall with a balcony block) studies of resistance to climatic influences and deformations are carried out, resistance to wind load is determined and other thermal characteristics are determined. He showed laboratory stands where such characteristics of materials as heat transfer resistance, frost resistance, steam, water, air permeability, etc. are determined. The students were particularly interested in a special chamber where efficient operation is predicted: the structure or material is exposed to radiation as an imitation of solar insolation, humidification as an imitation of rain, freezing to -30°C and heating to +60°C as an imitation of the external environment for 60 cycles.
D.V. Bida talked about special cameras for studying the acoustic properties of structures and assessing the influence of external and internal noise sources. The students got acquainted with the means of soundproofing, sound absorption, and also visited an anechoic chamber, where there is practically no sound reflection.
Such classes improve the interest of students, the perception of the material and the level of future specialists. Such scientific experiments can also be carried out within the framework of master's theses, which increases the level of research works of the university.
 
Figure 1 – Students-energy managers of SE IEE on an excursion
 
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Figure 2 – Study of the properties of building materials
a) a chamber for testing materials for the period of effective operation
b) installation for testing enclosing structures for air and water permeability, wind and static loads
 

Make the Ukraine’s energy system more resilient to external and internal security challenges. This is the task for which the DiXi Group think tank brings together Ukrainian, European and American stakeholders on one platform. In the heart of the country, where almost every citizen has experienced this challenge over the past year.

On December 12, the third Ukrainian Energy Security Dialogue will be held in Ukraine under the patronage of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine and with the financial support of the International Renaissance Foundation and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Ukraine).

The topic of the Ukrainian Energy Security Dialogue 2023 is Resilience and Recovery. Together with the participants, we will explore what approaches and tools will help strengthen the stability of Ukraine's energy system. And we will also create a vision of the common energy future of Ukraine and the entire European region.

✔️ What decisions and actions by the Ukrainian government, business, and international partners will help create a sustainable energy system?

✔️ What will help Ukraine's energy system to withstand physical and hacker attacks, reliably supply energy resources in the process of transition away from fossil fuels, and make local communities and cities energy independent and resilient?

The Ukrainian Energy Security Dialogue aims to find answers on how to do this.

👉 Registration: https://bit.ly/3SwOL40 

Among the speakers of the conference are representatives of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the World Bank, the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, the Energy Community, businesses in the field of energy and local communities.

When: December 12, 14:00 - 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Language: simultaneous translation (Ukrainian and English)
Place and format: Kyiv and online.

From November 22 to 24, as part of events on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Insttute, the international scientific-technical and educational-methodical conference "PROBLEMS OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - PEMS'23" was held.

The IX International scientific-practical and educational-methodical conference "PROBLEMS OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - PEMS'23" is dedicated to scientific, technical, economic and educational-methodical problems of building effective systems of energy management, rational use of renewable and non-renewable energy resources, which enable to increase the energy efficiency of the functioning of the energy sector of our country in war and post-war times, to ensure the energy security of Ukraine, to implement the energy efficiency policy of enterprises, organizations and institutions in accordance with the provisions of the concept of "green" energy transition.

The purpose of the conference: exchange of experience of educators, scientists and engineering and technical workers in the context of modern aspects of energy efficiency, energy management and energy conservation, energy saving, rational use of natural minerals and energy resources, demonstration of scientific achievements and the search for new solutions to the problems of energy efficiency and energy conservation in various fields, and as well as their practical application at the current stage of the development of the energy sector of Ukraine, training and retraining of specialists in the modern conditions of the development of higher education in the field of energy management.

On the last day of the conference, the "Young scientists" section was held, in which students of the SPP "Electric Power Distribution Systems Engineering"; "Energy management and energy efficient technologies" and SSP "Energy Management, Electricity Supply and Engineering of Electrotechnical Complexes" made more than 30 scientific reports as part of their dissertation studies.

An international scientific conference was held online this week "2023 IEEE 4th KhPI Week on Advanced Technology".

As part of the event, Kateryna Lyakhova, a 1st-year master's student of the SPP "Electric Power Distribution Systems Engineering", made a speech.

Kateryna's scientific report was prepared as part of the work of the group "Smart Grid systems with sources of distributed generation" under the leadership of Denys Derevianko.

The participants of the sectional meeting noted the relevance of the research highlighted by Kateryna, which related to the use of photovoltaic systems in Mediterranean countries on roller shutters and shutters to meet the needs of households in hot water heating.

With the support of the European Union, Ukraine will receive 5,700 solar photovoltaic systems manufactured by the Italian company Enel with a capacity of 350 W for the public sector by the summer.