Periodic Reporting for period 1 - ActIonHeat (From heating and cooling strategies to action: how public authorities can strategically plan the decarbonisation of the heating and cooling sector and initiate impactful projects)
Berichtszeitraum: 2021-06-01 bis 2022-11-30
Heating and cooling (H&C) accounts for about half of Europe’s total energy needs with 75% still dependent on fossil fuels. Thus, rapid and significant change is needed to reach the EU 2050 goals. Due to the local nature of H&C systems, action has to be taken at local level involving a variety of stakeholders. This has been recognised in recent years and activities have been started like developing best practice policies and open source analysis tools. However, (efficient) H&C planning and project development are still not commonplace in most European municipalities.
Act!onHeat will enable and accelerate local Heating & Cooling transitions by:
• identifying success factors of effective energy plans, turning them into practical workflows;
• developing individual and group support activities to guide municipalities, local planners and stakeholder in applying these workflows;
• facilitating finance and the design of effective heat & cooling projects and policy frameworks
Act!onHeat will enable and accelerate local Heating & Cooling transitions by:
• identifying success factors of effective energy plans, turning them into practical workflows;
• developing individual and group support activities to guide municipalities, local planners and stakeholder in applying these workflows;
• facilitating finance and the design of effective heat & cooling projects and policy frameworks
The project kicked off with the development of success factors for H&C planning, including a survey with more than 300 participants. Based on this, a comprehensive workflow for H&C planning was developed. In parallel, a Support Facility including product portfolios for the services offered in Act!onHeat was set up. For this, 2 calls were carried out in which municipalities and energy agencies applied. After clarifying the needs with the applicants, the delivery of the services was started. So far, about 20 municipalities or energy agencies have benefited from Act!onHeat support.
A meaningful description is possible only after evaluation of the support facility, which will take place in the next reporting period.