Dr Caroline Hachem-Vermette is an assistant professor at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Environmental Design. An architect by training, she obtained a Master degree in architectural engineering, and a Master and PhD degrees in Building Engineering.

Her research area includes the investigations of solar potential and energy implications of building shapes and multifunctional neighbourhood patterns, to reach net zero energy status. Her research is multidisciplinary, it plays a bridging role between building engineering and architectural and urban design. She is an expert member in the International Energy Agency Task 51- Solar energy in urban planning. She is a researcher in the NSERC Smart Net Zero Energy Research Network, and leader of the project of new NZE community design. She has been involved in the feasibility studies of several solar community designs, in various areas of Canada.

Bachir BOUCHEKIMA is Professor of Renewable Energies and Processes Engineering at the University of Ouargla, Algeria (Department of Renewable Energies). He has been teaching researcher for more than 30 years and has participated in several conferences and scientific seminars in Algeria or outside Algeria. He is the author of several scientific publications in the field of Processes Engineering and Renewable Energies. He is coordinator of several national and international scientific research projects. He is adviser at IFS International Foundation of Science (Stockholm, Sweden).

Processes Engineering and Renewable Energies

Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban (Member’12, Senior Member’15, IEEE) received bachelor, master (with distinction), and Ph.D degree in electrical engineering from the University of Madras (India), Pondicherry University (India), and University of Bologna (Italy), in 2002, 2006, and 2012 respectively. Dr.P.Sanjeevikumar biography has been included along with the world professional achievers in MarquisWho'sWho (33rd Edition, 2016), United State of America, November 2015. He was working as Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Johannesburg, South Africa from October 2016. He published 150 plus scientific papers in referred conference proceedings and international journals in the field of power electronics and circuit model¬ing, with particular reference to multiphase and multilevel converters. He has received the Best Paper cum Most Excellence Research Paper Award of IET-SEISCON 2013. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE Industrial Electronics, IEEE Power Electronics, and IEEE Power and Energy Societies. He serve as Editor/Associate Editor/Editorial Board of more than 150 refereed journal in particular IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics, IET Renewable Energy, IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution, IEEE Access, etc. He was invited as honorary program committee/technical committee/steering committee member/chair for more than 3000 plus various international, national conferences in India and Abroad in particular IEEE.

power electronics and circuit modeling

She is Head of Weather forecasting, natural and technogenic disaster modeling division of the Institute of Hydrometeorology of Georgian Technical University. She has published 76 scientific articles including high rated journals. She is the member of Scientific and Editorial Board of Institute of Hydrometeorology and Institute of Geophysics. Also she is the Scientific Committee Member of the International Scientific Conference on Environment and Renewable Energy (ICERE 2014, 15, 16.17). She collaborates with International Scientific Journals, as reviewer.

Geo-sciences and Renewable Energy

Volodymyr Bunetskyi (birth date and place 24th of May 1970, Ukraine) has Main activity in the field of biological polymers processing to solid biofuel. V. Bunetskyi is also expert in technological support and automation of manufactures, alternative energetics and author of the new technological approach to biochar producing. V. Bunetskyi has 12 publications in High Attestation Commission of Ukraine, 6 author's patents, 18 publications in different printings, 16 presentations in the field of pellet’s producing and alternative energetics. Took part in 2 AEBIOM Bioenergy Conferences, read course of lectures in Kiev, Kharkov, Lviv, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnojarsk, Kirov, Minsk, Haifa and other centers of alternative energetics.

biological polymers processing to solid biofuel

Tin-Tai Chow received his PhD from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. He is currently the Associated Professor and Director of the Building Energy and Environmental Technology Research Unit at at the Division of Building Science and Technology of the City University of Hong Kong. He has 400 academic publications, including over 130 SCI journal articles and with over 4,000 Scopus citations. His Scopus H-index reaches 35. He has been serving as members of many journal editorial boards, such as the Journal of Building Performance Simulation. He also contributes to many reputable international conferences as committee members and invited speakers. He holds fellow membership in many professional institutions, such as FASHRAE and FCIBSE.

Building Energy and Environment

Kurt Rolf Papsdorf is the founder and C.E.O. of AEDC in South Africa, ( 2000 ) and founder of ZOLAIR Energy in Vancouver B.C. Canada, ( 2014).AEDC was voted a top 100 technology company in S.A. and was finalist ( 2005) in the category : social innovations, sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, ESKOM and Da Vinci.At present he is President of Zolair Energy Ltd. with main function in technical development and advisor to management partners. He was nominated as an ASHOKA fellow in South Africa in 2008. In 2014, he developed a new business model, patent pending, for a wireless activation of Zolair energy units and the sale of energy in watt hrs. including incremental payments on a pay as you go system.

Design of a fuel cell housing for zinc-air fuel cells, that are renewable and can receive new anodes, manually, through easy cartridge exchange