Fouad Al-Mansour

Jožef Stefan Institute | IJS · Energy Efficiency Centre

Energy efficiency plays an important role in reducing energy consumption and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The goals of EU's energy and climate policy are aimed at the green transition and lead to the final goal of climate neutrality by 2050. In 2019, the EU adopted the 'Clean Energy for All Europeans' package, which will help decarbonize the...

Vegetable oils obtained from various oil seeds are used for food, pharmaceuticals, and industrial purposes. They can also be used for energy purposes in three ways: direct use in special burners or diesel engines that are converted for its use, in the form of raw material for the production of biodiesel and for the production of HVO. In addition, w...

The long-term goal of the European Commission's strategy is to achieve a climate-neutral economy by ‎‎2050. Energy Efficiency is one of the most important pillars of a sustainable energy policy and a key ‎component of climate change mitigation strategies.‎ Final energy consumption in industry represents ‎about a third of the total world’s final ene...

Energy efficiency has a significant role in the EU energy policy, aimed at achieving the goals of ‎the European Green Deal. The EU adopted the Energy efficiency directive in 2012, which was ‎revised in 2018, in line with the Green Deal. In 2019, the EU adopted the 'Clean Energy for ‎All Europeans' package, which will help decarbonize the EU's energ...

The agriculture and food production contribute a significant share of the total world GHG emissions. The carbon footprint is a good indicator of an environmentally friendly food production. Vegetable oils obtained from seeds of various oilseeds are used for food, pharmaceuticals and technical purposes. In healthy diets it is very important to use v...

‘Energy efficiency first’ is one of the key principles of the Energy Union, mainly due to it being the most cost effective way to reduce emissions, improving energy security, enhancing competitiveness and making energy consumption more affordable for all consumers. In light of the revised EU Energy Efficiency Directive, this paper discusses new devel...

In the framework of the ETEKINA project, waste energy streams have been analysed at an aluminium automotive parts production facility in Spain, at a steel foundry in Slovenia and at a ceramic tile production unit in Italy. The aim is to recover more than 40% of the waste heat contained in the exhaust streams and reuse it within the industrial plant...

In an effort to mitigate climate change, countries have adopted an environmentally friendly energy policy that leads to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The EU has updated of its energy policy framework to deliver on the EU’s Paris Agreement c...

Energy efficiency is among the main reasons for the increasing popularity of electric vehicles. Even though they are significantly more efficient in comparison to internal combustion powered vehicles, their efficiency varies. In the literature a significant gap between real world energy consumption and declared figures is noted. The paper includes...

The current governing economic policies and models are favoring maximizing overall solar panel power production in an effort to mitigate climate change. Those were adequate for relative low share of solar power within entire energy mix. As the share of photovoltaic energy production rises, those principles directly cause high mid-day summer product...

The global warming is forcing us to assess the specific environmental impact of all our industrial activities without which we could not imagine our existence anymore. Energy and heat production, industrial production of all kind, agriculture, forestry and other land use, transportation, construction industry and other energy processing and refinin...

Transport policies worldwide foresee electric mobility as a way of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption for transportation. Market forecast scenarios predict different shares of electric vehicles. The paper deals with estimation of energy savings for different scenarios. It will be achieved by defining representative vehicles...

Reduction of greenhouse gases emissions and efficient use of energy are among main reasons for increasing popularity of electric vehicles. Even ‎though they are significantly more efficient in comparison to internal combustion powered ‎vehicles, their efficiency varies. In the literature a significant gap between real world energy ‎consumption and...

Carbon footprint of final wheat products like bread and bakery products, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2 eq. kg-1) is determined as a sum of Green House Gases emissions (GHG) from wheat production on different sizes of family farms with different production methods (conventional, integrated and organic) and GHG emissions of wheat proces...

This paper proposes an overarching review of national municipal waste management systems and waste-to-energy as an important part of it in the context of circular economy in the selected countries in Europe. The growth of population and rising standards of living means that the consumption of goods and energy is increasing. On the one hand, consump...

Some roads connect traffic origins and destinations directly, some use winding, ‎indirect routes. Indirect connections result in longer distances driven and ‎increased fuel consumption. A similar effect is observed on congested roads and ‎mountain roads with many changes in altitude. Therefore a framework to assess ‎road networks based on energy co...

The paper shows that road geometry has a great impact on overall fuel consumption and emissions. Some roads connect traffic origins and destinations directly, while some take winding, indirect routes. Indirect connections result in longer distances driven and increased fuel consumption. A similar effect is observed on congested roads with stop and...

A systematic approach to energy consumption optimisation in buildings requires proper ‎understanding of interactions among the main factors influencing energy performance, namely ‎technical systems and end-users preferences. Experience from many modern educational and ‎research facilities has shown that energy consumption of cluster computers and d...

For successful control of energy use in agriculture and related GHG emissions it is important to ‎determine most important parts of food production chains with biggest potential for lowering GHG ‎emissions. For this reason, has been determined the carbon footprint of agricultural crops production ‎by farm size and farm production methods (conventio...

The share of agriculture direct emissions is estimated at 10-12% of the global GHG ‎emissions, ‎excluding the emissions from fuel use, fertilizer production and ‎agriculturally ‎induced land use ‎change. The total share of agriculture GHG emissions rises up to ‎‎30% of ‎global GHG emissions, ‎when it includes additional emissions from fuel use, fer...

To minimize administration efforts and to base all energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions recording on the same consistent operational database, an integrated approach to manage energy and capture carbon footprint in one management system is recommended. Measuring and reporting terminal GHG-emissions currently is not mandatory but recommen...

Some roads connect traffic origins and destinations directly, some use winding, indirect routes. Indirect connections result in longer distances driven and increased fuel consumption. A similar effect is observed on congested roads and mountain roads with many changes in altitude. Therefore a framework to assess road networks based on energy consum...

Possibility for biogas production in Slovenia: electricity production from renewable energy sources. Biogas production in Slovenia. Potential of biogas production in agriculture in Slovenia

The pursuit of sustainable development entails a strategic policy decision for all modern countries. Greenhouse gas abatement, the utilisation of renewable energy sources, and energy efficiency represent the main pillars of sustainable development. Agriculture contributes a significant share of greenhouse gas emissions and concurrently represents a...

Energy efficiency measures and the utilisation of renewable energy sources have been consistently incorporated into the energy strategy documents of the EU Member States in various sectors. Industry, as the backbone of the European economy, is still not sufficiently addressed, since its development is almost exclusively market driven. The importanc...

The need for competitiveness on the global market is the main driver for industrial companies to systematically and continuously analyse all possibilities for the optimisation of production process and related costs reduction. Modern industrial processes are increasingly complex with highly dynamic energy use patterns. A systematic approach to indu...

Industrial energy management systems, which comprise software solutions, upfront services, and ongoing monitoring and management, enable industrial companies to actively manage their energy consumption and energy procurement activities. Energy management systems are usually tailored to the specific industrial needs but may offer limited functionali...

Sustainable development should be a common goal of national development strategies across the EU area. Overall efficiency, utilization of renewable energy sources and reduction of greenhouse gasses are the pillars of sustainable transition from fossil fuelled economy. To properly assess energy related “what if” scenarios and impacts, different ener...

Energy efficiency measures and utilization of renewable energy sources have been consistently incorporated into energy strategic documents of the member states, addressing various sectors. Industry, being the backbone of the European economy, is still not sufficiently addressed, since its development is almost exclusively market driven. The importa...

Development of the utilisation of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency represents the main policy for sustainable development. The overall target of the European Union Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewables (RES) is to achieve at least a 20% share of energy from renewables in the gross final energy consumption in...

Regions of Central Europe are characterised by the economic activity mainly performed by micro companies and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). In accordance with the sustainable economic development of the Central Europe SMEs, key objectives have been recognised to tackle the challenge, namely: implementation of energy efficient and enviro...

Industrial energy management systems (EMSs), which comprise ICT solutions, upfront services, and ongoing monitoring and management, enable industrial companies to actively manage their energy consumption and energy procurement activities. Energy management systems are usually tailored to the specific industrial needs but may offer limited functiona...

The need for competitiveness on the global market is the main driver for industrial companies to systematically and continuously analyse all possibilities for the optimisation of production process and related costs reduction. Modern industrial processes are increasingly complex with highly dynamic energy use patterns. A systematic approach to indu...

The European Union has ambitious goals for reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission. It is promising that EU has already demonstrated how much can be done in reducing the energy intensity of manufacturing processes through energy efficiency and sustainable production processes. However, further improvements are necessary, especially...

The greenhouse gas emission from agriculture contributes about 10% of all emissions in Slovenia. Carbon footprint is a term for global warming potential and refers to the total greenhouse gas emissions associated with a product or service. The carbon footprint for agriculture products depends on the agricultural farming. An analysis of the carbon f...

The concept of sustainable development is broad and represents the way in which human activities impact on economic devel-opment, the environment and social well-being. The objective of sustainable development is to ensure economic growth with-out jeopardising economic development, social well-being and natural environment of future generations. En...

In recent years significant research efforts have been related with the energy efficiency in energy intensive industries. It is promising that EU has already demonstrated how much can be done in reducing the energy intensity of manufacturing processes through energy efficiency and sustainable production processes. The overall objective of any energ...

POVZETEK Strateški cilji energetsko podnebne politike EU so doseganje 20-odstotnega prihranka energije in 20-odstotnega deleža obnovljivih virov (OVE) v končni porabi energije ter zmanjševanje emisij toplogrednih plinov za najmanj 20 % do leta 2020. Kmetijski sektor je pomemben za povečanje izkoriščanja obnovljivih energetskih virov iz biomase. Spr...

Strategic objectives of the EU energy-climate policies are achieving 20 percent energy ‎saving, 20-percent share of renewable energy sources (RES) in final energy consumption and ‎reducing greenhouse gas emissions for at least 20% by 2020. The agricultural sector is ‎important in order to increase the use of renewable energy from biomass. The adopt...

The energy dependency of Slovenia is high (52.1%), but it is a little lower than the average energy dependency in the EU 27 (53.8%). Slovenia imports all its petroleum products and natural gas and partly coal and electricity. The energy intensity of Slovenia is higher by about 50% than the average in the EU 27. The target of the EU Directive on ene...

Energy efficiency in Slovenijaen industry Supply and use of energy in Slovenia Energy consumption in industry Slovenian National Energy Efficiency Action Plan for the period 2008-2016‎ Energy efficiency in steel production Energy efficiency in thermal processes in paper industry Energy efficiency and energy savings.‎

Reduction of the emissions of greenhouses gases, increasing the share of renewable energy sources (RES) in the energy balance, increasing electricity production from renewable energy sources and decreasing energy dependency represent the main goals of all current strategies in Europe. Biomass co-firing in large coal-based thermal power plants provi...

POVZETEK Povečanje deleža obnovljivih virov energije (OVE) v primarni energetski bilanci, proizvodnji električne energije iz OVE in zmanjšanju emisij toplogrednih plinov (TGP) so strateški cilji Slovenije za izpolnjevanje sedanjih obveznosti, ki izhajajo iz pristopne pogodbe, EU direktive in Kjotskega protokola. Novi višji cilji Evropske Unije so p...

POVZETEK Povečanje izkoriščanja obnovljivih virov energije (OVE) je postalo eden od glavnih ukrepov za zmanjšanje emisij toplogrednih plinov (TGP) in zmanjšanje energetske odvisnosti v Evropski uniji (EU). V Sloveniji je v pripravi »Operativni program za energetsko izrabo lesne biomase«, ki vključuje dejavnosti za energetsko izrabo lesne biomase z...

Decision making under uncertainty is a difficult task in most areas. Investment decisions for combined heat and power production (CHP) are certainly one of the areas where it is difficult to find an optimal solution since the payback period is several years and parameters change due to different perturbing factors of economic and mostly political n...

POVZETEK Poraba zemeljskega plina naj bi v EU25 v 30 letih (do leta 2030) narasla za 67%. Lastna proizvodnja v državah-članicah, ki sedaj pokriva 50% potreb se bo predvidoma v tem obdobju zmanjšala za tretjino in pokrivala le še 18% potreb, uvoz pa naj bi se povečal na skoraj trikratno sedanjo količino. Slovenski Nacionalni energetski program predv...

POVZETEK Skrb za okolje in obveznosti Slovenije iz Kjotskega protokola zahtevajo zmanjševanje emisije toplogrednih plinov. Zmanjšanje emisije toplogrednih plinov v prometu je zelo pomembno, ker poraba goriva v prometu predstavlja tretjino celotne porabe končne energije v Sloveniji. Direktiva EU o promociji uporabe biogoriva v prometu določa povečan...

More efficient use of energy is one of the national strategic issues for Slovenia. The new Energy Act of 1999 requires preparation of a national energy programme, to be based in part on an integrated resource planning approach at the national level. An industrial module was developed to form part of the applicable energy system analysis tools, name...

Through a PECO extension project under the EC DGXII programme, a co-ordinated study is being made of the decentralised production of electricity from biomass. This work is being carried out by key organisations in three Central and Eastern European countries. These are the Forest Research Institute, Slovakia, the Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia, a...

An analysis of influences of connection ways on the efficiency of a heat pump in an industrial energy system was made. A new special connection of a heat pump with a heat accumulator system was introduced and is fully discussed with respect to the operating procedure as well as advantages. The dynamics of heat energy consumption influences the econ...

In the electric power system besides big power plants a greater number of smaller units is operating, ‎industrial power plants for cobined heat and power production (CHP) representing a bigger share. CHP ‎operation in the electric power system has more positive economic and environment effects from the ‎point of view of installed capacities increas...

The influence of the mode of operation on the economics of cogeneration plants in industry has been investigated by simulation analysis using detailed data on power demand and applicable time-of-use rates. A diesel cogeneration plant has been modelled. Nearly ideal performance of the control system is assumed, as may be expected with sophisticated...

Pri optimizaciji obima proizvodnje i korišćenju sopstvenih izvora električne energije, potrebno je uzeti u obzir marginalne troškove. Autori su razvili opšte upotrebljivi računalniški paket i iskoristili ga za optimiranje proizvodnje elektrolize. Rezultati su pokazali da je u navedenom slučaju mogoče postići znatne uštede. Sredstva uložena u sistem...