SDEWES
AWARDS

The Awards Committee of the SDEWES Conference has decided to grant awards in three categories:

  1. the best paper(s),
  2. the best poster(s),
  3. the honorary award for the distinguished contribution to the SDEWES conference.

The criteria for the awards are:

  • The best paper
    1. Relevance to the conference
    2. Significance to the conference topics
    3. Originality of the paper
    4. Contribution to the state of knowledge
    5. Technical quality
    6. Presentation quality
  • The best poster
    1. Relevance to the conference
    2. Significance to the conference topics
    3. Originality of the paper
    4. Contribution to the state of knowledge
    5. Technical quality
    6. Graphical design
AWARDS FROM THE 2011 Dubrovnik Conference


The honorary award for distinguished contribution to the SDEWES conference

Professor Naim Afgan was the key person and driving force for starting the Conference in 2002 in Dubrovnik. He was the first chairman of the International Scientific Committee. His contribution has been appreciated and acknowledged by all conference participants during this time. His ideas and international connections assured and directed development of the Conference to the present level. The Awards Committee has decided to ask Professor Naim Afgan to accept this award.



The award for best paper of the SDEWES2011 conference went to (in no particular order):
  • Potential of Concentrating Solar Power Plants for the Combined Production of Water and Electricity in MENA Countries
    by *Massimo Moser, Franz Trieb, Tobias Fichter

  • Activated carbon by co-pyrolysis and steam activation from particle board and melamine formaldehyde resin: production, adsorption properties and techno economic evaluation
    by *Kenny Vanreppelen, Tom Kuppens, Theo Thewys, Sonja Schreurs, Robert Carleer, Jan Yperman

  • An ontology-based semantic representation of energy policy goals in the optimisation of electricity generation mixes
    by *Aidid Chee Tahir, Rene Banares-Alcantara


The award for best poster of the SDEWES2011 conference went to:
  • Removal of phenol from aqueous solutions onto activated carbon derived from bean crop waste by chemical activation
    by *Murat Kilic, Murat Akdogan, Esin Apaydin-Varol, Ayşe Eren Putun

The award consists of a certificate and a fee waiver for the next conference SDEWES’13. The Awards Committee reserves the right to grant more than one award in each category, in case of close competition.

AWARDS FROM THE 2009 Dubrovnik Conference


The award for best paper of the SDEWES2009 Conference went to:


Dr. Martina Flörke, Dr. Ilona Bärlund and Ms Ellen Teichert: "Future changes of freshwater needs in the electricity production sector: a European study"

Ms Paola Acevedo, Prof. Leonardo Acevedo Duarte and Prof. Viatcheslav Kafarov: "Joint application of Process System Engineering, Life Cycle Assessment and Economic Evaluation for sustainable biodiesel production from palm and castor oil"

Prof. Antonio Valero, Dr. Alicia Valero and Ms Amaya Martínez: "A prediction of the exergy loss of world's mineral reserves in the 21st century"

Mr Maarten Krol, Mr Pieter R. van Oel, Ms Marjella J. de Vries and Mr Jose C. de Araujo: "Small reservoirs and sustainable water use under global change"