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Half of Europe’s energy consumption is used for heating or cooling. However, in 2019, 58 % of the 105.7 million space heaters installed in EU-27 (that were > 61 million units) have been inefficient non-condensing oil and gas boilers. In order to achieve climate neutrality, the decarbonisation of the space heating and cooling in residential sector is therefore essential.  
Post date: 15 Mar 2023
Type: Event

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has found that the majority of UK households are not comfortable about how heat pumps work, and a part of them are not aware of the national financial incentives made available by the government.  
Post date: 14 Mar 2023
Type: News

Heating and cooling in households is responsible for 52% of final energy demand in Europe. Hence, EU energy policies (e.g.
Post date: 14 Mar 2023
Type: Publication

The TRI-HP project has just ended but the dissemination of the results is continuing! They have published three factsheets which aim to provide an overview of the innovative aspects of In the technology developed in the project. In particular, the factsheets inform about:  
Post date: 9 Mar 2023
Type: News

The TRI-HP project came to an end in February 2023. The Consortium realized a project final video to introduce the trigeneration systems developed during the project that allow to provide heating, cooling and electricity to multi-family residential buildings with an on-site renewable share of 80 % aiming to reduce instal
Post date: 8 Mar 2023
Type: Link

Heating and cooling account for half of the final EU energy use, therefore decarbonising them is crucial to meet the future targets. There are currently more options to decarbonise heating and cooling, apart from biomass, and that is through the implementation of heat pumps.  
Post date: 2 Mar 2023
Type: Publication

While smart buildings can enhance renovations, they also have a significant impact on energy performance and help to reduce energy consumption.
Post date: 2 Mar 2023
Type: News

The Medjimurje county in Croatia has to solve issues with increased energy consumption and consequently high levels of GHG emissions. Medjimurje Energy Agency Ltd. (MENEA) has implemented several projects to improve energy efficiency of public buildings located in the Knowledge Centre Čakovec.  
Post date: 1 Mar 2023
Type: Case

Wright & Wright Architects have won permission to build a development of new buildings and a reworked Victorian villa on the college’s Norham Gardens site to accomodate 128 students.  
Post date: 1 Mar 2023
Type: News

There are two low-carbon alternatives for your home: heat pumps and hydrogen boilers. Concerning heat pumps, there are two types to choose from: Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP) absorbing heat from air and Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP) absorbing heat from the ground.
Post date: 28 Feb 2023
Type: News