System Solutions for Landscapes on Urban Structures and Thermomechanical Energy Storage

Branch event

13th May 2025

18:30 - 19:45 UK Time

Online

Join the EI East Midlands branch for two lectures on system solutions for landscapes on urban structures and thermomechanical energy storage. 


Session 1: Combining System Solutions for Landscapes on Urban Structures

Speaker - Giles Doland - Giles is the Managing Director of Zinco and Chairman of the Green Roof Organisation (GRO)

Climate change and biodiversity are increasingly important considerations in modern architecture. Designers and building managers therefore have to focus on roofs and podium decks, enhancing their contribution towards addressing these environmental issues.

Zinco have introduced innovations that deliver energy generation and biodiversity enhancement, with zero damage to the roof structure.

Session 2: Thermomechanical Energy Storage

Speaker - Audrius Bagdanavicius (PhD, MEI, FHEA) - Audrius is a Lecturer at the University of Leicester. Before starting his PhD in 2007, he worked for over 13 years in international companies. He completed his PhD at Cardiff University in 2010 and began his research in the areas of Combined District Energy Networks and Thermomechanical Energy Storage systems. He joined the University of Leicester in 2013 and continues to work in these areas. During his time at the University, he led an energy storage project and worked on a project focused on Compressed Air Energy Storage systems.

In recent years, the increasing demand for larger energy storage capacities has sparked interest in unconventional technologies such as Thermomechanical Energy Storage systems (TMES). TMES includes various technologies, most of which are based on the compression and expansion of gases. These processes are fundamentally related to changes in pressure and temperature, as during compression, both the temperature and pressure of the gas increase, and during expansion, they decrease. As a result, this feature can be used to store electricity. In this presentation, an introduction to TMES systems will be provided, and different storage systems will be discussed, highlighting their advantages and limitations.

 

Both sessions will run back to back and be approximately 15-20 minutes each with around 15 minutes Q&A time at the end.

Contact details

Jordan Turner: eastmidlands@energyinst.org