Third international workshop on distribution transformer efficiency

In Treviso in September 2002, a milestone workshop on distribution transformer efficiency was held, summarising the world's available evidence in this area, The workshop was organised under the patronage of European Commision - JRC, International Energy Agency and COTREL

Session 1 - Introduction
(Moderator Prof Bossi, President CENELEC TC 14 - Power Transformers)

• Opening - European perspective (P Bertoldi, European Commission
• World-wide potential for energy saving from high efficiency transformers (B Lebot, International Energy Agency) - view
• Energy efficiency in transmission and distribution (G Strbac, UMIST) - view
• Transformer efficiency in a liberalised market (C Hewicker, KEMA) - view
• Distribution transformers - efficiency standards (D Allan, UMIST)- view

Session 2: Country Schemes
(Moderator John Mollet, Electric Programme Director - International Copper Association)

• USA (D Brender, CDA Inc & N Brush, BBF)
• Japan's toprunner scheme (M Hoshino, METI) - view
• Australia - Mandatory Minimum Energy Performance Standards for
  Distribution Transformers (T Marker, Australian Greenhouse Office)
• Switzerland (S Fassbinder, DKI)
• Central Europe (R Targosz, ECI) - view

Session 3: Tutorial
(Moderator Prof Belmans, President UIE)

• Transformer loss evaluation (M McDermott, MMA)
• Industrial Transformers (A Baggini, TU Bergamo) - view
• Super-trafo demonstration project (R Targosz, ECI & I Pinkiewicz, IPE) - view
• Beyond the magic of A & B factors (W Hulshorst, KEMA) - view
• Case studies - Dutch market (W Hulshorst, KEMA) - view
• Life-cycle approach to evaluate the environmental impact of distribution transformers (M de Nigris, CESI