ConnectHeat is organising its final event ‘ Community-led hashtag Heating & Cooling: The Road to the EU’s Thermal Democratisation’ together with RESCoop and Covenant of Mayors at the 19th IEA DHC Symposium in Genk, Belgium.
The goal of this special session is to inform the audience about Community-led Heating and Cooling Networks, including the number of Community-led Heating and Cooling Networks projects (REScoop.eu data), their citizen-led nature, their drivers and barriers, while offering policy recommendations for their replication.
This special session will combine presentations with active audience participation, discussing the barriers that were faced in heating and cooling decarbonisation.
The Target audience for this session are local and regional authorities, potential developers (cooperatives, small utilities, energy communities, etc.) and energy experts
- Covenant of Mayors: Introduction to local authorities’ needs for heating and cooling decarbonisation and municipal heating and cooling planning.
- REScoop.eu: Introduction to energy communities and their Community-led Heating and Cooling initiatives
- ConnectHeat: Presentation of project and results
WHEN AND WHERE
9 September 2025 at 11h00-12h30
Thor Central
Genk, Belgium
REGISTER HERE TO THE SYMPOSIUM!
