SAPHEA Webinar: How to integrate Geothermal Energy into local heating and cooling planning?

Heating and cooling (H&C) planning is about to become mandatory across EU soon, at least for municipalities with more than 45 000 inhabitants (recast EED 2023). The aim is to develop strategies and measures to decarbonise H&C systems in the cities using a combination of efficiency increase, different renewable energies and waste heat. While different types of geothermal energy might play an important role in the decarbonisation of H&C in cities, the assessment of their role and importance is still more difficult than for other renewable energy sources.

The aim of this webinar is to show the variety of options to integrate geothermal energy into H&C networks, how geothermal energy can be integrated into local H&C planning activities in exemplary cities, and to showcase available open-source materials to be used in local H&C planning.

The target group of the webinar are persons working on the H&C decarbonisation in cities across Europe, like persons in city administrations, (local and regional) energy agencies, H&C planners and consultants, as well as research, NGOs and other interested persons.

Programme: 

12:30 – 12:40 – The potential role of geothermal energy for decarbonising H&C in cities

Stefan Hoyer, Geosphere

12:40 – 13:00 – Options for integrating geothermal energy into H&C networks

                          Kai Zosseder, TU München

13:00 – 13:30 – Integration of geothermal energy in H&C planning – selected examples

                          München, Fabian Böttcher, City of München

                          Wien, Herbert Hemis, City of Wien

                          Bruxelles, Gilles Maes, Bruxelles Environment

13.30 – 13.45 – Open-source materials available to be used in local H&C planning

                          Marcus Hummel, e-think

13:45 – 14:00 – Interactive discussion

Moderation: Marcus Hummel, e-think energy research, Austria

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