Heating
Heat is the largest energy end‑use. Providing heating for homes, industry and other applications accounts for around half of total energy consumption.
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Key findings
Heating technology sales in the Sustainable Development Scenario, 2010-2030
OpenFossil fuel-based heating equipment still make up over half of sales
Analysis
Fuel report
Renewable Energy Policies in a Time of Transition: Heating and Cooling
Article
Cheaper heating and cooling using innovative heat pumps
Part of Today in the Lab - Tomorrow in Energy?
Article
Turning up the dial on heating and cooling innovation
Part of Today in the Lab - Tomorrow in Energy?
Article
Heat pumps in district heating and cooling systems
Part of Today in the Lab - Tomorrow in Energy?
Article
Heat pump development from lab to industry
Part of Today in the Lab - Tomorrow in Energy?
Article
Intelligent food processing systems
Part of Today in the Lab - Tomorrow in Energy?
Article
Quality assurance for borehole heat exchangers
Part of Today in the Lab - Tomorrow in Energy?
Events
Digitalization for optimizing integrated district heating systems
Solar heating and cooling market and industry trends
Presentation: Bioenergy forecasts for heat, power and transport
Low-carbon cooling
Latest news
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Reports
Our work
The DHC TCP conducts research and development as well as policy analysis and international co-operation to increase the market penetration of district heating and cooling systems with low environmental impact.
The HPT TCP functions as an international framework of co-operation and knowledge exchange for the different stakeholders in the field of heat pumping technologies used for heating, cooling, air-conditioning and refrigeration in buildings, industries, thermal grids and other applications. The mission of the HPT TCP is to accelerate the transformation to an efficient, renewable, clean and secure energy sector in its member countries and beyond through collaboration research, demonstration and data collection and through enabling innovations and deployment in the area of heat pumping technologies.
Through multi-disciplinary international collaborative research and knowledge exchange, as well as market and policy recommendations, the SHC TCP works to increase the deployment rate of solar heating and cooling systems by breaking down the technical and non-technical barriers to increase deployment.
The mission of the Energy Storage TCP is to facilitate research, development, implementation and integration of energy storage technologies to optimise the energy efficiency of all kinds of energy systems and enable the increasing use of renewable energy. Storage technologies are a central component in energy-efficient and sustainable energy systems. Energy storage is a cross-cutting issue that relies on expert knowledge of many disciplines. The Energy Storage TCP fosters widespread experience, synergies and cross-disciplinary co-ordination of working plans and research goals.