This two-day leading congress at SolarEnergy 2012 on the subject of the Energy-Saving Renovation of Large-Scale Properties traditionally has a practical orientation. In the form of specific examples, individual specialist planners selected by a jury will be presenting refurbishment and retrofitting measures that have been carried out, or are in the process of being carried out, on administration buildings, manufacturing plants, housing estates, hospitals, and public buildings such as universities and sports facilities or church buildings. This congress, which is sponsored by the German Association of Consulting Engineers (VBI), enjoys a very high reputation among experts and professionals in the field. The call for papers has been issued: professional planners throughout the world are called upon to propose their renovation projects as a subject for presentation. In the case of projects already completed, the presentation of a target-performance comparison with a commercial feasibility analysis of the measures implemented is a must.

Innovative drive technologies are the focus of a specialist convention taking place in parallel on the theme of Future Mobility. This congress is concerned with the latest developments in electromobility and discusses innovative combustion technologies based on renewable raw materials. Another field of interest centres on innovations designed to save fuel in conventional combustion engines.

Accompanying the partnerexhibition "BioGasWorld" three congresses with special focus will be staged on the following subjects:

• Optimisation and renovation of existing biogas plants
• Progress in dry fermentation
• The Gas Highway

The International Biogas and Biomass Competence Centre (IBBK) will be responsible for the techical direction of these three congresses and conferences

Other priority topics in the biogas forums:

• Innovative marketing options for biogas and electrical power from biogas 
• Smart power grids