D2Grids is an Interreg North West Europe (NWE) project lasting over 5 years (2018-2023) which aims at increasing the share of renewable energies used for heating & cooling to 20% in NWE 10 years after the project ends, through accelerating the rolling out of a proven but underutilised concept: 5th Generation District Heating and Cooling (5GDHC).

5GDHC is a highly optimised, demand-driven, self-regulating, energy management system for urban areas. Socio-economic results of 5th generation district heating and cooling (5GDHC) will be assessed in the D2Grids project through the evaluation of its market transformation potential. To this purpose, D2Grids puts in place a comprehensive evaluation strategy based on a series of indicators developed by our partners in 2021.  

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