The Master's Thesis presentation was held on February 7.

Yuma Akiyama
“100-year forecast for geothermal heating and cooling system performance based on different climate change scenarios"

Mitsuki Izawa
"Numerical study on performance improvement of adsorption desalination system using natural mesoporous material"

Taichi Kamada
"Evaluations of long-term insulation performance and thermal bridge on the double envelope VIPs"

Motohiro Maeda
"Development of a simulation tool for performance prediction of horizontal ground heat exchangers using shallow ground thermal energy"

Shibo Yang
"Study on optimal control of renewable energy system for ZEB with PV, TES, BT and Heat Pump"

The Bachelor's Thesis presentation was held on February 2.

Toshiyuki Kitaoka
"Construction of a small adsorption desalination system and experimental study of freshwater production and thermal efficiency”

Kohei Futamura
"Evaluation of influence by estimation error of soil thermal properties on performance prediction for ground source heat pump systems"

Akihiro Hirose
"Study on the Estimation Method of Nationwide Distribution of Geothermal Gradient"

Hironari Miura
"Study on performance evaluation of groundwater heat pump system with single well"

Amato Miyata
"Experimental study on the Improvement of Thermal Insulation Performance of Transparent Vacuum Insulation Panels during Fabrication"

The 16th Renewable Energy World Exhibition & Forum (RE2022) was held online on January 21, and Professor Nagano gave an invited lecture.

"Research and development of Hokkaido University on the promotion of ground source heat pump systems toward carbon neutrality"

https://www.renewableenergy.jp/2022/jp/seminar/forum.php

The SHASE Hokkaido Branch FY2021 Regional Lecture Meeting was held on Thursday, January 13, 2022.

Professor Nagano delivered a lecture.

http://shase-hkd.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2021-

Assistant Professor Yoshitaka Sakata of the Environmental System Engineering Laboratory has resigned from Hokkaido University as of the end of this month to take up a new position starting next month.

We would like to express our deepest respect and gratitude to him for his multifaceted research contributions and dedicated student guidance over the past six and a half years.

We sincerely wish him continued success and much happiness in his future endeavors.

　　

From September 21 to 27,The HSI2021 course "Selective Thermal Engineering for Renewable Energy Utilization" was held.

Online lectures were delivered by faculty members from Hokkaido University and guest lecturers from overseas.

https://hokkaidosummerinstitute.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/courses/CourseDetail=G077

The Doctoral Thesis Defense was held in August 2021, and the degree was conferred on September 24. Congratulations!

Haobing Cai(Doctoral Course） 「Study on New Thermal Response Test Analysis with Partial Groundwater Flow and Its Application for Ground Source Heat Pump Design」 　　

The 2021 SHASE Annual Conference was held from September 15 to 17, 2021, and many members from our laboratory participated in the event.

　　

The 2021 JSRAE Annual Conference (Web-based Conference) was held from September 8 to 10, 2021.
Many students from our laboratory participated.

　　

On July 2, 2021, the 17th Workshop on Ground Source Heat Utilization and Heat Pump Systems was held online, organized by the Heat Pump & Thermal Storage Technology Center of Japan.

Many members from our laboratory participated and gave presentations at the event.