Supporting municipalities and cities to draw future-proof heating and cooling plans
Webevent/virtual conference
Supporting municipalities and cities to draw future-proof heating and cooling plans
01 April 2025
Online
This event will explore what these sub-regional thermal plans could look like and provide recommendations for cities and municipalities.
Details of the conference
1 April 2025, 14:00 – 15:30 CET
Online
Organiser:
ETIP PV
Cities and municipalities are at the forefront of the energy transition. Decarbonising the heating and cooling sector presents one of the biggest challenges and opportunities for local communities in the coming years.
The recently revised Energy Efficiency Directive (see article 25.6) establishes the obligation for municipalities to draw up heating and cooling plans for municipalities with more than 45.000 inhabitants.
Welcome and moderation
Delfina Munoz
Strategic project manager and senior researcher in photovoltaics at CEA
Introducing the role of cities and municipalities in the decarbonisation of the heating and cooling sector
Madis Laaniste
Policy Officer at the European Commission
Part 1: Experience from cities that developed heating and cooling plans
Peter Lichtenwöhrer
Energy Economics & Spatial Energy Planning Unit of the City of Vienna
Valérie Séjourné
Managing Director of Solar Heat Europe
Part 2: Perspectives for the design of sub-regional heating and cooling plans
Pierre-Jean Alet
CSEM and Leader of the ETIP PV Grid Integration working group
Ralf Roman Schmidt
Senior Research Engineer at the Austrian Institute of Technology
Panel discussion conclusions
Delfina Munoz
Strategic project manager and senior researcher in photovoltaics at CEA