Our projects

Community engagement for clean heat.

Transforming heat and power plants into clean energy storage providers

Co-creating Tools and Services for Smart Readiness Indicator Uptake

RED implementation for heating and cooling

Implementation of sustainable heat upgrade technologies for industry

Increase the synergy among different energy networks through multi-energy systems

European Technology and Innovation Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling (ETIP-RHC)

High-quality data-driven services for a digital built environment towards a climate-neutral building stock

Transformation of existing urban district heating and cooling systems from fossil to renewable energy sources

Energy Cooperation Platform

Renewable and Waste Heat Recovery for Competitive District Heating and Cooling Networks

A demand driven collaboration hub for efficient, integrated heating and cooling solutions supporting cities in their energy transition to carbon-neutral systems

Secretariat of the European Technology and Innovation Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling

Upgrading the performance of district heating networks in Europe

Flexibility provided by multi energy carrier integration

TEMPerature Optimisation for Low Temperature District Heating

Recovery of Urban Excess Heat

COOL DH project aim was to find ways of utilizing low-grade waste heat in energy efficient buildings by optimizing Low Temperature District Heating (LTDH) solutions.

PLANHEAT developed an integrated tool for empowering public authorities in the development of sustainable plans for low carbon heating and cooling.

The aim of Heat Roadmap Europe 4 (HRE4) was to create the scientific evidence required to support the decarbonisation of the heating and cooling in Europe and redesign this sector, by combining the knowledge of local waste heat conditions, potential savings and energy system analysis.

The project addressed market uptake challenges for a wider use of district heating and cooling systems with high shares of renewable heat sources, specifically the action focuses on the use of large-scale solar thermal plants combined with other renewable sources in district heating and cooling systems.

The STORM project developed an innovative District Heating & Cooling (DHC) network controller to increase the use of waste heat and renewable energy sources and boost energy efficiency at district level.

The STRATEGO project aimed to support national authorities to draft National Heating and Cooling Plans (NHCP), alongside with developing the capacities at the local level to put these plans into practice.

SDHplus built upon the success of SDHtake-off, creating new business models and marketing strategies to grow the solar district heating (SDH) sector.

RESCUE addressed the key three actors in district cooling deployment and analysed the market to enable the development of district cooling systems.

BIOGASHEAT investigated how to efficiently utilise heat from biogas plants, identifying good practice examples and producing a handbook of guidelines.

The UP-RES project trained over 1,200 Urban Planning (UP) professionals with Renewable Energy Skills (RES) through a series of modular courses.

SUNSTORE4 demonstrated the integration of individually proven technologies to produce a 100% renewable and cost-effective heat system in Denmark.

Ecoheat4cities developed a voluntary labelling tool for district heating and cooling (DHC) schemes to encourage communities to make green choices.

SDHtake-off analysed the market conditions and barriers for solar district heating (SDH) across Europe and produced policy recommendations.

Ecoheat4EU supported the creation of well-balanced and effective legislative mechanisms to develop district heating and cooling throughout Europe.

SUMMERHEAT analysed how to meet cooling needs in the summer, by applying heat from combined heat and power, in a number of European countries.

ECOHEATCOOL was a pioneering project which analysed European district heating and cooling markets. It provided a tool for policy makers and a series of policy recommendations.