TopView – Methodology for the efficient use of remote sensing data for climate change adaptation and spatial energy planning
The TopView project addresses the challenges of urban energy and heat planning as well as adaptation to climate change. Cities and municipalities face complex tasks that conventional methods often fail to handle adequately. TopView leverages the integration of geoinformation technologies and remote sensing data to provide more precise datasets for planning processes, enabling more efficient […]
IEA DHC Annex TS9 – Digitalization of district heating and cooling systems: Increasing efficiency and optimizing performance through data integration
The IEA DHC Annex TS9 project is dedicated to researching and improving the efficiency of district heating and cooling networks through the use of digital technologies. The project pursues several key objectives: A particular focus is on the further development of “data spaces”, which play a central role in the digital infrastructure of district heating […]
Skills4DHC – Skills, Qualification and Recruitment of Professionals for the district heating and cooling (DHC) sector
Why Skills4DHC? The Skills4DHC project addresses two key challenges in the district heating and cooling (DHC) sector: the urgent need for skilled professionals and the recruitment of new talent. As Europe strives to meet its ambitious sustainable energy transition goals, the demand for a skilled workforce in the heating sector is growing. Skills4DHC bridges this […]
LösungsWege – Mobility 2023: Regional Mobility Labs & Digitalization for Mobility and Logistics Services
In Styria, over 68% of trips were made using motorized individual transport (MIT) during the period of 2013/2014. This is particularly challenging in rural areas like Eastern Styria, where navigating the first and last mile without MIT proves to be very difficult. There is a lack of inter-municipal cooperation as well as interconnected on-demand services […]
System power plant Murau – #System Power Plant Murau: 100 % Renewable and Demand-Orientated Energy Supply
Since 2003, the region of Murau in Austria has been pursuing the goal of achieving complete energy supply from renewable sources, including mobility, by 2035. Murau has expanded its hydropower, biomass, wind power, and photovoltaic capacity, producing 400 GWh of electricity and 200 GWh of heat annually. With a regional electricity demand of only 120 […]
DeRiskDH – Risk mitigation in decarbonization of urban heating networks through grid temperature reductions and flexibility use
The DeRiskDH project focuses on mitigating risks in the decarbonization of urban heating networks by reducing grid temperatures and utilizing energy flexibility. Austria aims for climate neutrality by 2040, but only 48 % of current district heating comes from renewable sources. Urban areas like Vienna, Graz, Linz, and Salzburg primarily rely on natural gas-based combined […]
IEA HPT Annex 61 – Heat Pumps in Positive Energy Districts
The building sector plays a key role in reducing CO2 emissions and achieving climate protection goals. Districts offer the potential for further efficiency improvements through coordinated solutions for different building uses and load patterns, which can create synergies on both the electrical and thermal sides. The overarching goal of Annex 61 is to evaluate the […]
CircularFood – High-quality products through cascading recycling cycles of residual materials from the food industry
In Austria, 1.3 million tonnes of unavoidable organic by-products from food processing are produced annually. These food residues are currently mainly used as animal feed and for biogas production. These non-avoidable organic by-products are regionally available and cheap resources with high-quality (protein) components. The material and energetic use of food residues and research into new […]
ENABLE DHC – Enabling strategies and investment plans for efficient, multi-energy and digitalized DHC
The ENABLE DHC project aims to promote the transition of district heating and cooling (DHC) networks towards efficient systems, as defined by the Energy Efficiency Directive. This will be achieved by developing nine case studies in seven countries (AT, HR, IE, IT, LV, SI, and UA), each with diverse framework conditions. These plans will be […]
GARDEN DUT – Grid-Aware Decarbonization of Electricity-driven Neighbourhoods
GARDEN responds to the challenges posed by increasing PV penetration, heat pump adoption, and electric vehicle usage in local electricity grids. Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) currently lack district-level energy management systems, hindering collective flexibility utilization for increased grid-awareness. GARDEN aims to address these gaps through a replicable governance process, which supports municipalities to create decarbonised […]