Energy Consultants within the field of sustainable energy technologies



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CV Klaus Ellehauge

Education: M.Sc. (Civ.Eng.), Technical University of Denmark, (1976)

Key Areas of Work:

Low energy houses, solar heating, solar energy, renewable energy, energy efficiency, environment, research and development, project management, computer simulations, engineering consultancy, planning, projecting, testing, monitoring and data collection, marketing, teaching and lecturing

Specific Experience:
Since 1978
Project manager or project engineer in a number of projects financed by the Danish Ministry of Energy

  • Low energy renovation
  • Passive house planning & design
  • Development of efficient solar collectors and solar heating systems
  • Low energy houses (passiv hauses)
  • Heat pumps
  • Development of combined (integrated) solar heating/boiler systems
  • Testing (construction of test site, in situ monitoring)
  • Solar heating systems in combination with biomass burners
  • Solar heating in district heating centres and in areas with co-generation
  • Costing of medium-sized solar heating systems
  • Legionella in DHW systems and solar heating systems
  • Solar heating in industry
  • Marketing of solar heating
  • Development of biogas plant

International experience:

  • Member or Project Manager of international collaborative projects on solar heating for the International Energy Agency SHC programme and the EU.
  • Study tours to USA, China, Switzer-land, Austria, Greece, Holland, Belgium and Germany concerning solar hea-ting systems
  • Participation in international conferences

Consultancy work for e.g.

  • Natural gas utility companies regarding solar heating campaigns
  • Planning renewable energy in regions and districts in Denmark.
  • Planning energy systems
  • Energy calculations for buildings
  • Catalogue of the Danish Renewable Energy resource database

Information and education activities:

  • Web site design 
  • Lecturer and external examiner at the Danish Technical University
  • Presentations at several international conferences, Danish meetings etc.

Other Information:

  • Have experience in hydrology and the environment
  • Have been a member of the Solar Energy Advisory Board for the Danish Energy Agency, and have been Secretary of various sub-groups of the Board.
  • Committee member of Danvaks Solar Energy group.

Employment History:

2002 -

Owner and manager Ellehauge & Kildemoes

1996-2002

Project Engineer, Danish Technological Institute, Aarhus, Denmark. Energy, Solar Energy Laboratory

1994-1996

Project Engineer COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners AS, New and renewable energy technology

1991-1994

Project Engineer, AS Wissenberg, New and renewable energy technology, environment

1990-1991

Project Engineer, CASA New and renewable energy

1990-1994

Independent consultant, working within the fields of solar energy R & D, system de-signs, modelling, Energy planning

1990-1994

Research Engineer, The Thermal Insulation Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark. Solar energy R & D

1985-1989

Project Engineer, Esbensen Consulting Engineers Solar energy R & D, sy-stems designs, modelling, energy planning

1978-1984

Research Engineer, The Thermal Insulation Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark. Solar energy R & D

1976-1978

Department of Water and Environment , Funen County Council, Denmark. Administration of environmental legislation

1973-1974

Technical Assistant in Greenland, Folmer Andersen, consulting engineers in Greenland

1973

The Technical Organisation of Greenland Field surveys in Greenland