Renewable energy technologies for heating and cooling are safe, clean, efficient and increasingly cost-competitive. In its vision 2050 prospective document, the European Technology and Innovation Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling - RHC ETIP - envisions that 100% renewable energy-based heating and cooling (100% RHC) in Europe is possible by 2050.

This workshop brought together a selection of H2020 EU-funded projects involving experts from the biomass, geothermal, solar thermal and heat pump sectors to discuss a common strategy for increasing the use of renewable energy technologies for heating and cooling for buildings and industry.

Participating projects : SWS-Heating - HYBUILD - CREATE - TRI-HP - HYCOOL - SHIP2FAIR - SUNHORIZON - Heat4Cool - GEOFIT - SCORES - Innova microSolar - Hybrid BioVGE - RES4BUILD - SolBioRev - FRIENDSHIP

Chair of the workshop: Andrea Frazzica (CNR ITAE) 
Participating European Commission representative: ​Olga RIO-SUAREZ​, Policy Officer, DG Research & Innovation

PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED:

Welcome statement: European Commission, Eleftherios Bourdakis, Policy Officer, DG Research & Innovation
Workshop overview: Andrea Frazzica, CNR ITAE

RHC for industrial applications

HYCOOL: Prof. Dr. Uli Jakob, HFT Stuttgart (PDF)
SHIP2FAIR: Gugliemo Cioni, TVP Solar (PDF)
Friendship: Valéry Vuillerme, CEA (PDF)
Q&A

Storage solutions for RHC support in buildings

HYBUILD: Gabriel Zsembinszki, University of Lleida (PDF)
SWS Heating: Claudia Fabiani, UNIPG (PDF)
Scores: Zuzana Tatakova, FENIX TNT (PDF)
Create: Samuel Knabl, AEE Intec (PDF)
Q&A

Innovative solutions for RHC deployment in buildings

InnovaMicroSolar: Khamid Mahkamov, Northumbria University (PDF)
SolBio-Rev: Prof. Sotirios Karellas, National Technical University of Athens (PDF)
TriHP: Dani Carbonell, SPF Institute for Solar Technology (PDF)
RES4BUILD: Eise Spijker, JIN (PDF)
Q&A

Demonstration actions for RHC in buildings

GEOFIT, Marco Calderoni, R2M Solution (GEOFIT)
SunHorizon: Alessandra Cuneo, RINA Consulting (PDF)
HybridBioVGE: Szabolcs Varga, Universidade de Porto (PDF)
Heat4Cool: Rossano Scoccia, Politecnico di Milano (PDF)
Q&A
Discussion, wrap-up and next steps: Andrea Frazzica, CNR ITAE & Régis Decorme, R2M Solution
Conclusion: European Commission, Eleftherios Bourdakis, Policy Officer, DG Research & Innovation