• Webinar & E-Learning 4 March 2022 Module 4 - Strategy development: Incorporating district energy into a local energy and low-carbon heat/cool strategies This module presents the background of strategy development in DES planning. The module is composed of five main parts: Part I. Context for strategy development Part II. Definition of strategy development Part III. Key steps in strategy development Part IV. Best practices from Sweden, China and the Netherlands Part V. Synthesis & conclusions After completing Module 4, participants will be able to: Describe, understand and discuss the role of strategy development in local energy and low…
• Project 1 October 2020 CONNECT4GREENTECH – a collaborative research and innovation project of the Nordic Green Growth Research and Innovation Program CONNECT4GREENTECH focuses on supporting conditions for upscaling green technologies and on moving further the innovation frontier of extracting high‐value chemicals from lignin forward. Lignin is an abundant side stream in pulp production, nowadays mostly burnt for energy. Yet, it has a broad application potential from biofuels to chemicals, medicine and food additives. A lot of R&D concerning different options has been conducted, but the roads ahead, possible value chains, actor networks…
• Project 23 January 2020 Smart Cities Accelerator (SCA) Smart Cities Accelerator (SCA) is financed by the EU programme Interreg-ØKS, that supports cross-regional collaboration in Europe. Climate challenges such as global warming, air pollution and pressure on natural resources has resulted in a number of political objectives at local /regional, national, European and global level. One of the major climate objectives is to substitute fossil fuels with sustainable and renewable energy. This requires interdisciplinary development of methods and…
• Project 23 January 2020 Flexibility for Smart Urban Energy Systems (FlexSUS) The FlexSUS project develops a decision-making tool to support smart urban energy systems based on digital solutions which enable municipalities and city planners to optimize their energy systems while implementing climate change mitigation efforts. The project builds on optimization of existing and planned energy systems and develops bridges across them in the form of data management system and visualization tool to be used by system planners that adapt to the specific needs and energy…
• Tools 27 October 2017 [Thermal atlas] Major enhancements made to the Heat Roadmap Europe energy planning tool Heat Roadmap Europe (HRE) added major new features to its energy planning tool, the perfect basis for European governments, businesses, consultants, academics, and planners to make informed decisions about investments in energy efficiency measures and use of untapped alternative energy sources for heating and cooling. The tool will also support the implementation of European climate commitments, ensure wiser investment of public money, reduce costs for consumers, and cut carbon emissions and…
• Tools 3 March 2016 Super-efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD) What is SEAD?At its core, SEAD is about governments working together to save energy, turning knowledge into action to advance global market transformation for energy efficient products.SEAD's 17 participating governments (Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the European Commission, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States) collaborate to accelerate and strengthen the design and…