The international network for district energy, promoting sustainable heating and cooling in Europe and beyond.
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Heating and cooling consume half of the EU’s energy and much of it is wasted. Horizon 2020 and Intelligent Energy Europe projects are supporting the new heating and cooling strategy of the European Commission by providing support to market uptake of energy efficient and renewable heating and cooling.
Against the backdrop of the development of policy for heating and cooling, EU-funded projects facilitating the market uptake of energy efficient and renewable technologies have helped deliver innovative business opportunities, tackled red tape, implemented capacity building activities and facilitated knowledge transfer to mention but a few. These projects were instrumental in informing the policy decision making process by providing evidence-based experience for the heating & cooling strategy. In addition, a number of projects aim at supporting the consumer to take informed decisions on available heating and cooling options.
The European Commission is also providing support to public and private bodies in developing bankable sustainable energy investments through a number of dedicated technical assistance facilities. A number of these projects aim at launching investments for large scale heating and cooling infrastructure including district energy projects using local low carbon and renewable energy sources.
This review gives an overview of the projects supported by the EASME in these areas.
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