COOL DH Technical Workshop at EUSEW

The objective of COOL DH action is to support cities in their endeavor to plan and deploy new, efficient district heating and cooling (DHC) systems and extend, refurbish existing ones to higher standards. Thus allowing greater uptake of renewables, recovering of excess heat or cold while improving the overall efficiency of the systems.

The first European Technical Workshop took place on 17 June 2019 in Brussels. It focused both on technical and non-technical topics concerning the COOL DH innovations and the front-runner demo sites (i.e. Europe’s largest LTDH network in Lund). It allowed to make comparison with other sister initiatives (such as the TEMPO project) and share experiences and best practices.

Presentations

Introduction

• Gabriele Pesce – Euroheat & Power | DHC+

General presentation COOL DH

• Reto Hummelshoj – COWI

Legislative national and local frameworks concerning the Low-Temperature District Heating

• Kerstin Sernhed – Lund University
  “How to avoid the risk of legionella in Low-Temperature networks”
• Steen Gravenslund Olesen – COWI
  “Legislative and regulatory framework study”

Debate on regulatory framework Q&A

Moderator: Alessandro Provaggi – Euroheat & Power | DHC+

Speakers:

• Kerstin Sernhed – Lund University
• Steen Gravenslund Olesen – COWI
• Daniel Wennick – Swedenergy
• Roland van Rooyen – City of Rotterdam

“Pimp your pipe !” Innovative piping systems for Low-Temperature District Heating

• Thomas van den Groenendaal – Thermaflex
  “Innovative piping system in TEMPO”
• Klaus Grønnegaard Lauridsen – Logstor
  “Innovative piping solutions in COOL DH”

Presentations and Panel debate: Low-Temperature District Heating and the use of local heat resources: comparing innovations, solutions and barriers: COOL DH & TEMPO projects

Moderator: Gabriele Pesce  – Euroheat & Power | DHC+

Speakers:

• Klara Ottosson – Kraftringen
  “LTDH Connected appliances”
• Markus Falkvall – Kraftringen
  “Optimising cascade couplings for optimal use of low temperature sources”
• Roland Hellmer – Vattenfall
  “TEMPO Digital tool for non-expert users”
• Dirk Vanhoudt – VITO
  “TEMPO solution packages”

The workshop was organised as an Energy Day in the framework of the Energy Days of the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW).

About EUSEW

Every year the European Commission (Directorate-General for Energy and Executive Agency for SMEs) organises the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) – the biggest event dedicated to renewables and efficient energy use in Europe. This year’s theme is ‘Shaping Europe’s energy future’ and it covers four elements across the EU: the Policy Conference, Networking Village, EUSEW Awards, and the Energy Days.