IEA program
International call for heating and cooling projects

A recently published guide and a video show how digitalisation can optimise district heating and cooling systems.

Researchers have analysed the heat consumption of 797 companies in Germany.

The new book "Innovations and challenges of the energy transition in smart city districts" presents six climate-friendly lighthouse projects.

The Energy Storage Technology Collaboration Program brings together technology developments at an international level.

From now on, a large heat pump at the large power plant in Mannheim (GKM) will supply around 3,500 households with heat.

The Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP) has published the new funding call Joint Call 2023.

Different neighbourhoods can be supplied with climate-friendly energy, as the SmartQuart energy transition real-world laboratory shows.

With an international survey as part of a study, researchers want to determine which hurdles obstruct the expansion of district heating.

Households in Hamburg's Wilhelmsburg district are to be supplied with climate-friendly heat from a new geothermal plant from spring 2025.

In the guide published by IEA DHC at the end of the project, experts give concrete recommendations on hybrid energy networks.

Large-scale heat pumps are being installed at no less than five power plant sites in the "GWP" real laboratory of the energy transition.

Researchers can now submit papers for the 18th International Symposium on District Heating and Cooling.

Incorrect settings on heating systems can be avoided with smart metering systems. Researchers have tested how on 25 buildings in Bottrop.

Around 115,000 people visited the Solar Decathlon Europe competition in Wuppertal in summer 2022.

Photovoltaic thermal systems can generate electricity and heat with solar energy.

A team in the "FW-Liner" project has investigated how district heating pipelines can be renovated in a resource-saving way.

In selected districts in Jena, experts will demonstrate how energy producers, storage systems, and consumers can be intelligently linked.

The Wilhelmsburg district of Hamburg shows how regenerative heat can be generated and distributed in urban areas.

German and Finnish researchers have investigated ways in which heating networks can benefit from intelligent building technology.

A residential complex comprising four 3- or 5-storey buildings with basements and an unconverted attic was in need of refurbishment.

Geothermal collectors and solar collectors can be combined as bivalent heat sources for heat pumps. This promises some advantages.

With this research project, corrosion processes are being investigated in heating and cooling systems.

A modular, integrated energy system model is being developed to help municipalities and urban planners implement climate protection measures.

In this project, the implementation of energy-efficient district concepts in systemically interlinked districts is being investigated.