White Paper on Clean Heating & Cooling Technologies and Thermal Energy Storage for Buildings
Costa Pereira, Carolina
Authors
Carolina Costa Pereira
Contributors
The Implementation Working Group on Energy Efficiency in Buildings
Research Group
Abstract
The built environment is responsible for 35% of the greenhouse gas emissions and 85% of the buildings in Europe are older than 25 years. It is therefore a big task to reach a 100% renewable heated and cooled built environment. This White Paper describes how clean heating and cooling technologies and thermal energy storage can enable the uptake and utilisation of renewable energy and be integrated seamlessly in all buildings. The technologies concerned are heat pumps, solar thermal energy technologies, thermal storage, micro-cogeneration, and district heating & cooling.
Citation
Costa Pereira, C. (2024). White Paper on Clean Heating & Cooling Technologies and Thermal Energy Storage for Buildings. Implementation Working Group on Energy Efficiency in Buildings (IWG5)
