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Interview – Connect with our inspiring pilot in Gran Canaria

February 26, 2025 News No Comments

In the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, tourist activities account for more than 50% of the total energy consumption and 40% of CO2 emissions. Decarbonising this sector is essential to accelerate the green transition. To tackle this challenge, our ConnectHeat partner Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias (ICT) develops a pilot energy community composed of tourism establishments, ...

The Breitenholz case: inspiring example of community cooperation in heating – interview

January 28, 2025 News, Senza categoria No Comments

The bioenergy village of Breitenholz, near Tübingen, operates with 100% renewable energy, using a combination of wood chips from regional sources (65%) and solar thermal energy (35%). The system includes 2,000 square meters of solar collectors and a one-million-liter thermal storage tank, which stores water heated to up to 80°C. The village’s heating network spans ...

Catch up on our third webinar: Innovative Financing and Business Models for Thermal Communities

November 21, 2024 News, Training toolbox No Comments

On November 13, ConnectHeat hosted the final webinar in its capacity-building series: Innovative Financing and Business Models for Thermal Communities. Organized by Euroheat & Power with support from FEDARENE and Ambiente Italia, this event marked the culmination of a three-part series aimed at fostering knowledge exchange and replicating successful approaches in thermal energy projects across ...

Catch up on our second webinar: The Social Aspect in Heating Communities: Getting People Onboard

November 4, 2024 News, Training toolbox No Comments

On October 31, ConnectHeat hosted its second webinar in the series, The Social Aspect in Heating Communities: Getting People Onboard. Organized by Euroheat & Power with support from FEDARENE and Ambiente Italia, this event was part of EU-wide efforts to build capacity and replicate successful models in thermal energy communities. Moderated by Martin Stroleny, Innovation ...

Catch up on our webinar: Thermal communities and citizen-led initiatives for sustainability in buildings

October 25, 2024 News, Senza categoria, Training toolbox No Comments

On Tuesday, September 24, BUILD UP, in collaboration with the ConnectHeat project, hosted a webinar on “Thermal Communities and Citizen-Led Initiatives for Sustainable Buildings” co-organized with FEDARENE, Ambiente Italia, and Euroheat & Power. The session highlighted ConnectHeat’s role in raising awareness on thermal communities, exploring various models, and presenting the current EU policy framework on ...

ConnectHeat’s “Thermal Communities: unveiling the potential” webinar series

September 18, 2024 News No Comments

ConnectHeat is dedicated to enhancing capacities and promoting the dissemination of knowledge. In line with these goals, ConnectHeat is excited to announce a 3-episode webinar series titled “Thermal Communities: Unveiling the Potential,” set to take place from September to October 2024. This series is designed to bolster capacity-building among our partners, focusing on community energy ...

Call for replicators – join our initiative and receive free support to develop heating communities

April 16, 2024 News, Senza categoria No Comments

Heating and cooling account for roughly 50% of EU energy consumption with more than 75% come from fossil fuels. Renewable and clean heating and cooling is a key enabler for a sustainable energy transition towards decarbonisation and energy autonomy in the current energy crisis. Increasing energy efficiency and sustainability of this sector is necessary to ...

ConnectHeat training the trainers

January 16, 2024 News No Comments

One of the key objectives of the ConnectHeat projects is to increase expertise and know-how on feasibility and sustainability of community energy initiatives of both key local stakeholders and the consortium partners (trainers) themselves. To build capacity of the consortium partners, ConnectHeat has organised a holistic series of five online “Train the Trainers” workshops covering ...

Croatia will launch the first Energy Community Gateway under EU Project Shares

October 3, 2023 News No Comments

In a monumental stride towards sustainable energy solutions, Croatia is set to pioneer the first-ever Gateway about Energy Community, as part of the EU project Shares. This national online platform is poised to revolutionise the dissemination of information surrounding energy communities, renewable energy sources, and other forms of civic energy. The ConnectHeat initiative will play ...

Warmer together: Renewable heating & cooling for energy communities

September 8, 2023 News No Comments

Authors: Chiara Lazzari, Riccardo Battisti, both Senior Project Managers at Ambiente Italia, Milan/Italy and coordinators of the ConnectHeat project Heating & cooling in the energy transition In Europe, heating and cooling are responsible for more than 50% of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and, although the decarbonisation of heating and cooling is underway, progress ...

Interview – Connect with our inspiring pilot in Gran Canaria

The Breitenholz case: inspiring example of community cooperation in heating – interview

Catch up on our third webinar: Innovative Financing and Business Models for Thermal Communities

Catch up on our second webinar: The Social Aspect in Heating Communities: Getting People Onboard

Catch up on our webinar: Thermal communities and citizen-led initiatives for sustainability in buildings

ConnectHeat’s “Thermal Communities: unveiling the potential” webinar series

Call for replicators – join our initiative and receive free support to develop heating communities

ConnectHeat training the trainers

Croatia will launch the first Energy Community Gateway under EU Project Shares

Warmer together: Renewable heating & cooling for energy communities

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Interview – Connect with our inspiring pilot in Gran Canaria

The Breitenholz case: inspiring example of community cooperation in heating – interview

Catch up on our third webinar: Innovative Financing and Business Models for Thermal Communities

Catch up on our second webinar: The Social Aspect in Heating Communities: Getting People Onboard

Catch up on our webinar: Thermal communities and citizen-led initiatives for sustainability in buildings

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