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Heating and Cooling: Open Source Tool for Mapping and Planning of Energy Systems

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Objective

HotMaps will develop, demonstrate and disseminate a toolbox to support public authorities, energy agencies and planners in strategic heating and cooling planning on local, regional and national levels, and in-line with EU policies. The toolbox will facilitate the following tasks on a spatially disaggregated level: (1) Mapping heating and cooling energy situation including renewable and waste heat potentials in GIS layers; (2) Model the energy system, considering hourly matching of supply and demand, demand response etc.; (3) Supporting the comprehensive assessment of efficient heating and cooling according to the Energy Efficiency Directive; (4) Comparative assessment of supply and demand options and of given scenarios until 2050 regarding e. g. CO2-emissions, costs, share of renewables.
An open data set for EU-28 will be created to perform those tasks in virtually any EU region up to a 250x250m level, which will reduce barriers for authorities to heating and cooling planning. HotMaps will allow for updating locally available data and links to existing models. The software will be developed in close cooperation with the target group, within the consortium and beyond. Moreover, the toolbox will be validated and demonstrated in 7 pilot areas to provide a tested and user friendly software entirely based on user needs.
In the proposal we present a strategy how to ensure the wide usability, adjustability and application of the toolbox within and beyond the project duration: (1) The consortium is fully committed to the open source idea: All EU-28 data and the source code will be open and we will link with open source energy modelling communities; (2) Training activities will be carried out, including a strategy how to continue after the project; (3) Academic partners will train students on HotMaps in their teaching activities. Our consortium includes leading experts on energy planning in Europe, modelling and tool development, dissemination and various public authorities.

Programme(s)

H2020-EU.3.3.1. - Reducing energy consumption and carbon foorpint by smart and sustainable use

Topic(s)

EE-05-2016 - Models and tools for heating and cooling mapping and planning

Call for proposal

H2020-EE-2016-RIA-IA

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Funding Scheme

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Coordinator

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN

Address

Karlsplatz 13
1040 Wien

Austria

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU Contribution

€ 442 700

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AALBORG UNIVERSITET

Denmark

EU Contribution

€ 186 888,75

CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ENERGETIQUES ET MUNICIPALES

Switzerland

ENERGY CITIES/ENERGIE-CITES ASSOCIATION

France

EU Contribution

€ 155 195

ZENTRUM FUR ENERGIEWIRTSCHAFT UND UMWELT (E-THINK)

Austria

EU Contribution

€ 420 863,75

ACCADEMIA EUROPEA DI BOLZANO

Italy

EU Contribution

€ 254 992,50

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 329 548,75

HAUTE ECOLE SPECIALISEE DE SUISSE OCCIDENTALE

Switzerland

PLANENERGI FOND

Denmark

EU Contribution

€ 240 542,50

AALBORG KOMMUNE

Denmark

EU Contribution

€ 64 223,75

PRIMARIA MUNICIPIULUI BISTRITA

Romania

EU Contribution

€ 16 846,25

STADT FRANKFURT AM MAIN DER MAGISTRAT

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 55 967,50

VILLE DE GENEVE

Switzerland

MILTON KEYNES COUNCIL

United Kingdom

EU Contribution

€ 52 437,50

FOMENTO DE SAN SEBASTIAN SA

Spain

EU Contribution

€ 59 613,75

KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL

Ireland

EU Contribution

€ 52 983,75

Project information

HotMaps

Grant agreement ID: 723677

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 October 2016
End date

30 September 2020

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.1.

Overall budget:

€ 2 996 870
EU contribution

€ 2 332 803,75

Coordinated by:

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN

Austria

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - HotMaps (Heating and Cooling: Open Source Tool for Mapping and Planning of Energy Systems)

Reporting period: 2016-10-01 to 2018-03-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

The Hotmaps project will develop a toolbox that supports local, regional and national heating and cooling mapping and planning processes.
The toolbox is:
• User-Driven:
Developed, demonstrated and validated in close collaboration with 7 European pilot areas. (Pillar 3)
• Open Source
The tool and all related modules will run without requiring any other commercial tool or software. Use of and access to Source Code is subject to Open Source License. (Pillar 2)
• EU-28 compatible
The tool can be used in all 28 EU Member States thanks to a default open data set. (Pillar 1)

The overarching goal of Hotmaps is the development of an open source heating / cooling mapping and planning toolbox and to provide default data for EU-28 at national and local level. These data and toolbox allow public authorities to identify, analyse, model and map resources and solutions to supply energy needs within their territory of responsibility in a resource and cost efficient way. Those results will help authorities to develop heating and cooling strategies on local, regional and national scale which are in line with RES and CO2-Emission targets on national and EU level.
The software will be developed in a close cooperation with the target group, within the consortium and beyond. Seven pilot areas across Europe (Germany, Ireland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom) are involved in the project for the identification of user needs as well as the validation and demonstration of the toolbox to provide a tested and user friendly software entirely based on user needs.
National and local authority energy planners are supported with a guidance handbook, which is developed within the project and includes best-practice guidance for strategic heat planning, based on knowledge and experience from lead countries and regions in Europe. Moreover, a guidance how to carry out the comprehensive assessment of efficient heating and cooling according to the energy efficiency directive (EED), taking into account the recent experiences from the first round completed end of 2015 by Members States is developed.

The Hotmaps projects runs from October 2016 to September 2020. The project is funded by the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Union. The consortium consists of research institutes as well as pilot areas (see below). The project is coordinated by Technische Universität Wien – TUW.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

Overview about the three pillars of the Hotmaps project

Map of the partners and pilot areas in the project

Project information

HotMaps

Grant agreement ID: 723677

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 October 2016
End date

30 September 2020

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.1.

Overall budget:

€ 2 996 870
EU contribution

€ 2 332 803,75

Coordinated by:

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN

Project information

HotMaps

Grant agreement ID: 723677

Project website

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 October 2016
End date

30 September 2020

Funded under:

H2020-EU.3.3.1.

Overall budget:

€ 2 996 870
EU contribution

€ 2 332 803,75

Coordinated by:

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN

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