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The cement industry in the EU has started to go through a transition towards more sustainable and greener solutions, as a direct response to the 2050 carbon-neutral targets of the EU. Due to the current geopolitical, health and climate issues, this strategy needs to be fostered even more. How to decarbonise the industry?

Clyde Gateway, member of the D2Grids project which aims to roll out 5th generation for heating and cooling grids through Europe is supporting the GEMS project. The project will use the UKGEOS Glasgow observatory, next to the Clyde Gateway 5GDHC grid. The observatory has been chosen to be a laboratory and inspirational example to develop geothermal energy through Scotland.

The Act!onHeat Project has opened its second European-wide Call for Application to all local energy planners interested in receiving strategic support to establish or improve upon their Heating&Cooling infrastructure.  

How do you Prepare Your Home for Winter? There are several ways homeowners should prepare for winter weather. Here are eight steps homeowners can take to ready their homes for the cold months ahead.

The United Kingdom is introducing an Energy Security Bill, setting up potential development areas for heat networks within the territory. The aim is to supply these areas with heat and cold in a cost-effective and carbon-free way: innovative heat networks and especially 5th generation district heat and cold (5GDHC) will be able to take advantage of this opportunity! The D2Grids pilot site in Plymouth is setting an example for future developments with the ‘District Energy Opportunity Areas’, which will enable the implementation of networks throughout the UK.

"Buildings can be beautiful and very high quality. But if it is not an inclusive building, it won’t be a New European Bauhaus house". Marcos Ros Sempere has been interviewed by EURACTIV to discuss about the philosophy behind the New European Bauhaus. This means that buildings should not just be sustainable and energy efficient, but also inclusive, meaning that everyone can afford them and that they provide well-being.

The Pančevo General Hospital has reduced gas and electricity consumption by 39% thanks to the renovation of six substations for heating and sanitary hot water and the installation of 200 solar panels. Pančevo should become an example to other cities for the use of renewable energy sources.

BUS-GoCircular project aims to address and overcome the challenges of the stimulation of demand for green energy skilled workforce and increased the number of skilled professionals and craftsmen to develop a circular built environment. The newsletter is presenting the latest project´s developments.

In September 2022, the inauguration of two infrastructure projects from the research collaboration between CollecTHOR and THOREAQ took place within the Open Thor Living Lab. This unique project is experimenting 5GDHC within an innovative environment!

In addition to the question of what role geothermal heat pumps can and should play in the energy system of the future, the potential and what contribution they are capable of making were determined. This potential is independent of whether it is used in individual solutions (a house / a geothermal probe / a heat pump) or as a source for 5th generation heating and cooling networks.