Renewable Heating & Cooling technology roadmaps: tracking development
Date: 12 Apr 2016Category: Solar Heat News
The RHC-ETIP (European Technology and Innovation Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling) published a technology roadmap for Renewable Heating and Cooling, besides several other specific technology roadmaps, including one in Solar Heating and Cooling. The later was prepared by the ESTTP.
The European Commission contracted, after a tendering process, several organisations involved in the work of the RHC-ETIP, to assess and report on the degree of implementation of the referred roadmaps. Furthermore, these entities are requested to study and report on some specific aspects of the heating and cooling sector (both renewable and fossil fuel-based), in particular with regard to the evolution of the heating and cooling industry. Finally, in order to identify the reasons for successes and failures, an analysis of the behavior of consumers and of the main business models in the heating and cooling sector was requested by EC.
This work will go on in several stages, over a period of 40 months. The first stages are already ongoing, involving discussions on the several topics with different experts from the different sectors and technologies.
ESTIF members can also contribute to this work. In particular, those involved in Research & Innovation projects are requested to check the provide information on those projects. See more information here or proceed directly to the survey here.
For further details please contact the ESTIF secretariat at info(at)estif.org .