EnergyVille is a leading European energy innovation hub located in the Thor Park industrial ecosystem in Genk, Belgium.
The site purpose is to develop research and innovation on the themes of the transition to sustainable and circular energy solutions. Tests are carried out under real-life conditions within their own buildings and show houses.
This hub is home to the Open Thor Living Lab, a large-scale energy laboratory that is being expanded with an innovative 5GDHC grid and research buildings to test the latest construction techniques and heating technologies.
CollecTHOR is a 5th generation heating and cooling grid willing to explore the maximum potential of smart heating grids to heat and cool in a sustainable way. To do so, they use underground heating grids to store the residual heat and cold of buildings. With these thermal grids, no additional heating source is needed, and they maximize the level of renewable energy in the local energy cycles.
The THOREAQ project is to develop a permanent research infrastructure to test and validate innovations in renovation techniques, improvement of indoor air quality and integration of energy systems under real conditions.
This infrastructure is divided into four units, consisting of a technical hall, a site laboratory and two identical buildings to test these technologies side by side.
