Support Module for H&C transition strategy development
The Act!onHeat assistance for heating and cooling planning is structured in different modules according to the Act!onHeat workflow. The modules presented on this page is for the Support Facility on 'H&C transition strategy development'. A separate set of support modules is available for 'Project Feasibility'.
These support modules on H&C transition strategy development focuses on:
In each of the modules, support activities are offered and feed into specific action points to be done in the development of a heat / cold transition strategy. Applicants can declare their interest in various action points within different modules and rate their status / level of experience. For each module that is selected, applicants will provide a short description of their main interest / need in the action point. The applicants will also state if they are interested in heating or cooling or in both.
There is no limit for how many action points applicants can declare an interest in. The exact number of action points and the related mix of support activities that will be provided to successful applicants is not fixed and will be discussed between applicants and the Act!onHeat team in the project definition phase. Within the Act!onHeat support facility, various support activities are foreseen for heat / cold transition strategy development.
The following list states examples of such support activities:
- Introduction to the topic with background information
- Organisation of guided exchange rounds, including best practice presentations and discussion of applicability for the supported applicants
- Check of individual situation and guidance on how to best move forward
- Compilation of missing data and individualization for further analysis
- Assistance in setting up analysis frameworks and definition of next steps
- Assistance in validation and interpretation of existing results and definition of way forward
- Drafting of guiding documents for concrete steps forward that take into account individual situations
- Drafting of text elements for tendering (part of) the activities
Below, the offered support activities are described for the different modules. The videos and descriptions present possible examples of support activities, which can be adjusted to the needs of the successful applicants.
Heating and cooling transition strategy
| Start strategic heating and cooling (H&C) planning |
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| Introduce H&C planning |
| Define concrete first steps on the To-Do List – what to do internally, what to tender |
| Develop a renovation strategy for the (local/regional) building stock |
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| Introduce developing building stock renovation strategies |
| Plan the steps in the renovation strategy development process |
| Draft text elements for tendering (part of) the development of a renovation strategy |
| Develop a heating and cooling strategy for the city / region |
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| Introduce developing heating and cooling strategies |
| Plan the steps in the H&C strategy development process |
| Draft text elements for tendering (part of) the development of a H&C strategy |
Inventory and potentials
| Develop a building stock and heating and cooling demand inventory |
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| Introduce characteristics of building stock and processes in service and industry sectors relevant for heating and cooling planning |
| Compile available open source data relevant for setting up an inventory and discuss applicability in supported region |
| Show best practise examples of building stock and H&C inventories and discuss applicability in supported region |
| Define steps / roadmap to set up a building stock and H&C inventory |
| Draft text elements for tendering (part of) the development of an inventory |
| Compile potentials of renewable energy to supply H&C demand |
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| Introduce renewable resources for energetic use and specifically for H&C supply |
| Compile available open source data and discuss applicability in supported region |
| Show best practise examples of potential analysis for different renewable sources and discuss applicability in supported region |
| Allocate renewable potentials for the supply of heat / cold and other demands |
| Define steps / roadmap of more detailed analysis of potentials for selected renewable sources |
| Draft text elements for tendering (part of) the potential analysis for selected renewable sources |
| Compile potentials for saving heat demand / avoiding cold demand in buildings |
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| Introduce to building stock characteristics, archetypes, renovation measures and related costs |
| Roughly establish heat saving scenarios for the building stock based on available default data |
| Roughly quantify potentials for avoiding cooling demand in the building stock |
| Introduce methods for more detailed analysis of heat saving potentials and renovation strategy development and discuss applicability in supported region |
| Define steps / roadmap of more detailed analysis of heat saving potentials and renovation strategy development |
| Draft text elements for tendering (part of) the renovation strategy development |
| Compile potentials for waste heat / set up a waste heat cadastre |
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| Introduce analysing waste heat potentials |
| Identify relevant waste heat sources |
| Roughly estimate waste heat potential and characteristics in relevant sources |
| Introduce setting up a waste heat cadastre |
| Define steps / roadmap of more detailed waste heat potential analysis and cadastre development |
| Draft text elements for tendering (part of) the waste heat potential analysis / cadastre development |
Zoning
| Develop an analytical basis for defining zones for district heating and zones for individual supply |
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| Introduce existing zoning approaches in the context of heating and cooling |
| Identify potential district heating zones based on user defined thresholds for heat demand and discussion of applicable threshold values for supported region |
| Identify potential district heating zones based on economic evaluation of heat distribution costs and discussion of applicability in supported region |
| Define steps / roadmap to derive analyses of potential district heating zones |
| Draft text elements for tendering (part of) the development of district heating zoning analysis |
Scenarios
| Develop and assess scenarios for heating and cooling at local level |
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| Introduce scenario development for heating and cooling |
| Show up-to-date scenarios of entire energy systems and resulting framing conditions at EU and national levels and discuss relevance for local scenario development |
| Compile available open source data on energy carrier prices, technology costs, and properties |
| Define potential scenarios to be developed and discuss game-changing parameters |
| Define steps / roadmap of scenario calculation and assessment |
| Draft text elements for tendering (part of) the scenario calculation |
| Develop scenarios of future heat and cold demand |
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| Introduce characteristics and inertia of system changes in the building stock |
| Compile available open source data on saving potentials and related costs |
| Define key assumptions for development of heat and cold demand |
| Develop rough estimates of scenarios for heat demand development and discuss applicability for supported area |
| Start setting up a calculation framework for heat / cold demand scenarios |
| Define steps / roadmap of deriving scenarios of future heat and cold demand for supported area |
| Draft text elements for tendering (part of) the heat / cold demand scenario development |
| Develop scenarios for individual supply |
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| Introduce characteristics of individual heat / cold supply systems for buildings |
| Compile available open source data on individual supply technologies and related costs and energy carrier prices |
| Define key assumptions |
| Develop rough estimates of scenarios for individual heat / col supply and discuss applicability for supported area |
| Start setting up a calculation framework for individual supply scenarios |
| Define steps / roadmap of deriving scenarios of individual heat and cold supply for supported area |
| Draft text elements for tendering (part of) the individual supply scenario development |
| Develop scenarios for district heating / cooling |
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| Introduce characteristics of district heat / cold systems – supply and distribution systems |
| Compile available open source data on district heating / cooling systems and related costs and energy carrier prices |
| Define key assumptions |
| Develop rough estimates of scenarios for district heating / cooling and discuss applicability for supported area |
| Start setting up a calculation framework for district heating / cooling supply and distribution scenarios |
| Define steps / roadmap of deriving scenarios of district heating and cooling for supported area |
| Draft text elements for tendering (part of) the district heating / cooling scenario development |
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