White Paper on Clean Heating & Cooling Technologies and Thermal Energy Storage for Buildings - Document released

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The white paper addresses decarbonizing the building sector by linking clean heating and cooling technologies with thermal energy storage as enabling measures. It highlights the scale of the challenge: buildings drive 35% of greenhouse gas emissions and much of Europe’s building stock is older than 25 years. It outlines technology options and their roles in achieving a 100% renewable heated and cooled built environment, emphasizing practical implementation pathways.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages25

Reading Time1 h 3 min

AccessFree to download

Document history

Contents

List of acronyms

Executive Summary

1. Introduction

2. Technologies for clean heating and cooling and for thermal energy storage

Heat pumps

District Heating and Cooling

Micro CHP and CCHP

Thermal Energy Storage

Solar Thermal and PVT

Technology combination and integration

3. Implementation

4. Conclusion

White Paper on Clean Heating & Cooling Technologies and Thermal Energy Storage for Buildings Document history | Name | Surname | Organisation | Function | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Wim | van Helden | AEE INTEC, Institute for Sustainable Technologies | Chair | | Teresa | Cuerdo | Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Sciences (CSIC)-IWG5 Buildings | Co-Chair | | Daniel | Lager | AIT | Co-Chair | | Anna | Spoden | EUREC | Rapporteur | | Nicolo | Cairo | ETN Global | TF Member | | Saverio | Papa | Solar Heat Europe/ ESTIF | TF Member | | Antonin | Lupisek | Czech Technical University in Prague | TF Member | | Emil | Martini | EGEC | TF Member | | Madeline | van der Velde | EGEC | TF Member | | Dan | Stefanica | EHPA | TF Member | | Henrik | Madsen | EERA | TF Member | | Gabriele | Pesce | Euroheat | TF Member | | Bard | Rama | Independent Expert | TF Member | | Rob | Kotte | TNO | TF Member | | Saman Nimali | Gunasekara | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | TF Member | | Kamel | Hooman | TU Delft | TF Member | | Esther | Kieseritzky | Rubitherm Technologies GmbH | TF Member | | Jianhua | Fan | Danish Technical University | TF Member | | Adriano | Sciacovelli | University of Birmingham | TF Member | | Camila | Barreneche | University of Barcelona | TF Member | | Halime Ömür | Paksoy | Çukurova University | TF Member | | Vincenza | Brancato | ITAE | TF Member | | Myrta | Arvjola | Fraunhofer IBP | TF Member | | Peter | Weinberger | TU Wien | TF Member | | Jakob | Smith | TU Wien | TF Member | | Mina | Shahi | University Twente | TF Member | | Carolina | Costa | Edinburgh Napier University | TF Member | | Luc | Traonvouez | Insula France | TF Member | | Caroline | Haglund Stignor | RISE Research Institutes of Sweden | TF Member | | András | Takács | Euroheat and Power | TF Member | | Frédéric | Kuznik | INSA Lyon | TF Member | | Maria | Capogreco | Independent Expert | TF Member | | Mauro | Moretto | Ansaldo Energia | TF Member | | Enrico | Bianchi | Ansaldo Energia | TF Member | | Fernando | Franceso | Ansaldo Energia | TF Member | | Andries | van Wijhe | TNO | TF Member | | Marleen | Spiekman | TNO | TF Member | | Alenka | Ristić | NIC, Slovenia | TF Member | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Eliodoro | Chiavazzo | Politecnico di Torino | TF Member | | Document history | Date | Version of the document | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 12/04/2024 | Draft version for review of Chair, Co-chairs and Rapporteur | | 2 | 01/07/2024 | Intermediate draft version | | 3 | 29/09/2024 | Last draft for Task Force 3 members | | 4 | 07/10/2024 | Final draft for approval by IWG5 | | 5 | 21/10/2024 | Document released | Contents Document history ................................................................................................................................. 2 List of acronyms ................................................................................................................................... 5 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................. 6 1. Introduction.................................................................................................................................... 8 2. Technologies for clean heating and cooling and for thermal energy storage ................... 10 3. Implementation ........................................................................................................................... 15 Heat pumps ......................................................................................................................................... 17 District Heating and Cooling ............................................................................................................. 18 Micro CHP and CCHP ....................................................................................................................... 19 Thermal Energy Storage ....................

FAQs

Why does the document focus on clean heating and cooling for buildings?

It targets decarbonization because the built environment is responsible for 35% of greenhouse gas emissions and most buildings in Europe are older than 25 years, making system upgrades critical.

What role is thermal energy storage expected to play?

Thermal energy storage is positioned as an enabling solution that helps clean heating and cooling technologies be adopted and utilized effectively to move toward fully renewable heating and cooling.

What implementation-related technologies are discussed?

The document covers heat pumps, district heating and cooling, micro CHP and CCHP, thermal energy storage, solar thermal and PVT, and approaches for combining and integrating technologies.

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