Project description
Decarbonising building thermal needs
Improving building energy efficiency is important in efforts to mitigate emissions and achieve greater sustainability. However, the unique characteristics of various buildings necessitate adaptable and replicable solutions that can be integrated into diverse building designs, energy systems, and water networks. The EU-funded SEEDS project has gathered a multidisciplinary and complementary team comprising key stakeholders in the energy efficiency value chain within buildings. Their goal is to develop a novel adaptable heat pump that utilises renewable energy sources. To accomplish this, the project will concentrate on designing a cost-efficient, safe, adaptable, and scalable solution to facilitate increased adoption and profitability.
Objective
SEEDS unites a multidisciplinary and complementary team of SMEs, LEs, RTOs, and stakeholders that constitute the whole (local) value chain of energy efficiency in buildings and thermal demand electrification, from planning, design, and construction to operation and commissioning. SEEDS is built upon the consortium's vast experience in developing, testing, and valorizing decarbonization solutions, supervising real-life demonstrations of building renovation and smartification, and deploying energy flexibility. SEEDS demonstrate replicable heat pump solutions integrated with renewable energy to decarbonize buildings' thermal demand. Addressing that every building is unique and requires tailored solutions to be cost-efficient and energy efficient, we develop scalable and generic design and operational optimization methodologies, deploy multiple proven heat pump technologies at scale, and optimally integrate them into the building and broader energy system. SEEDS demonstrates these (up to TRL6-8) in 6 pilot sites (incl. 1 replication site), providing real-world settings spread across the different climate zones and European construction markets. SEEDS is centered around three key themes: cost efficiency through optimization, system integration through holistic design and control, and replicability through configuration modularity and scalable building types. These are addressed in 7 focus areas: 1) Iterative design of the component and integrated system, 2) Secure and interoperable data platforms and IoT, 3) Integrated system optimization for energy efficiency and flexibility, 4) Deploying energy flexibility to enhance grid stability, 5) Replication strategies, exploitation, and business models, 6) Decision making support framework for replication, and 7) Dissemination, communication, and stakeholder outreach. Thanks to the 27 partners' wide-reached field of impact and networks, SEEDS is set out to boost the electrification of thermal demand in buildings.
Fields of science
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetinternet of things
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic zones
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringthermodynamic engineering
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
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2800 Kongens Lyngby
Denmark
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Participants (25)
2800 MECHELEN
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3000 Leuven
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8000 Brugge
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691 00 KOMOTINI
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18540 Piraeus
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546 26 THESSALONIKI
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06330 Roquefort Les Pins
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2000 Szentendre
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1114 Budapest
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1143 Budapest
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8400 Oostende
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7000 Fredericia
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57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
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1163 BUDAPEST
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1151 BUDAPEST
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16129 Genova
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1000 Ljubljana
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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2085 PILISVOROSVAR
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1000 Ljubljana
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COPENHAGEN
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63200 NEA MOUDANIA
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49600 Dnipropetrovsk
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3000 Celje
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2840 Holte
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