Planning Ahead: The Future of Sustainable Heating & Cooling

Watch the recording and access material of the webinair Planning Ahead: The Future of Sustainable Heating & Cooling.

This webinar, organised on the 28 of October by FEDARENE in the framework of PLAN4COLD, with the support of the ManagEnergy initiative, provided an overview of the forthcoming planning requirements and examine how cities, regions and energy agencies can work together to address them. It presented the approach and experience of PLAN4COLD, highlight opportunities for replication, and provided interested organisations with an opportunity to engage with the project and support the transfer of its results beyond Southern Europe.

The PLAN4COLD project supports cities in Portugal, Italy and Greece in preparing for these new requirements, with replication activities in Spain and Croatia aimed at facilitating the transfer of knowledge, methodologies and solutions to other European contexts.

Local and regional energy agencies have a particularly important role to play in this process. With their technical expertise, knowledge of local and regional energy systems, and ability to facilitate cooperation between public authorities, energy stakeholders and other relevant actors, they can provide essential support to municipalities throughout the planning process. Energy agencies can also help translate policy objectives into locally appropriate measures, strengthen coordination across administrative levels, and contribute to the implementation and monitoring of heating and cooling plans beyond their initial development.

Have a look at the entire agenda of the webinar with all the speakers.

• Welcoming and Introduction – Nadège Seguel, FEDARENE 
• Sustainable Heating and Cooling within the EU policy context 
  Ricardo González Mantero, Head of the External Relations Department, Regional Energy Agency of Castilla y León (EREN)
• PLAN4COLD methodology and tools 
  Plan4COLD – Supporting South Europe Municipalities in the Definition of Sustainable Local Heating and Cooling Plans – Rita Pestana, Technical Expert, Portuguese Energy Agency (ADENE) 
  Tools for developing Local Heating and Cooling Plans – Davide Quaggiotto, EU project manager, R2M Solutions
• Sustainable Local Heating and Cooling Plans: Methodologies and Best Practices in Data Collection
  Rúben Figueira, Senior Expert, Madeira Regional Agency for Energy and Environment (AREAM) 
• Examples of H&C projects 
  Geothermal and Biomass District Heating: Harnessing the Resource – María Lorenzo Conto, Director of Energy and Business Development, HUNOSA 
  Cloudy with a Chance to Heat All: Dublin’s Blueprint for using Data Centre Waste Heat in Heat Networks – John O’Shea, Heat & Electricity Lead, Dublin’s Energy Agency (Codema) 
  PV & Geothermal installation in a public school – Todor Belezhkov, Energy Expert, Plovdiv Energy Agency (EAP) 
  Rijeka’s district heating: Green Transition – Mr. Vatroslav Jukić, Director of Heat Energy Sector, Energo Ltd 
• Closing and survey to join P4C replication activities – Nadège Seguel, FEDARENE