SET2006. 5th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies

The 5th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies (SET 2006) has been hold in Vicenza (north-east of Italy) on the 30th - 31st of August and on the 1st of September 2006. The Conference is at its 5th edition, after the first experiment in Nottingham (UK) in 2002 and the following editions in Porto (Portugal, 2003), Nottingham again (2004) and Pechino (China, 2005). The Congress has been hold in the wonderful scenario of the Department of Industrial Management and Engineering, University of Padova (Italy), just in the centre of the small but pretty Palladio’s city. The scope of these meetings is mainly to do the “state of art” of the researches and the predictable developments in the fields of sustainable architecture and eco-building design, renewable energies and, more generally, low carbon technologies. The Conference has been the result of the scientific (but not only) direction of Professor Renato Lazzarin (University of Padova, Italy), extremely supported by his staff, young and enthusiastic PhD working in Vicenza. Some figures confirm that it has been a success: 114 registered people, divided into speakers (56), delegates (18), students (32) and accompanying people (8), mainly from Italy (28), but in good number also from Asiatic Countries (ROK, PRC, 33), from UK (13) and from a large number of other Countries all over the world. The greater part of the participants are from University (85%) and, so, from research centres or companies. Papers presented (130 in total) have been mainly of a good level and have been divided into four sessions: Sustainable Architecture and Eco-Building Design (46), Renewable Energies (16), Low Carbon Technologies (47) and Renewable Energy Management, Economics and Environmental Impact (27).