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HEIndividual fellowship2022–2024

PSGHCERB · Promoting shallow geothermal heating/cooling for existing residential buildings in the EU

Horizon Europe — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2022-10-01 → 2024-09-30
EU contribution
€203,464
Participants
1
Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

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Results in brief

Promoting shallow geothermal heating/cooling for existing residential buildings in the EU

Nearly 75% of the existing residential buildings in the European Union are energy-inefficient. However, currently only about 1% of the existing residential buildings undergo in-depth energy renovations each year. Although some studies have considered and recommended using shallow geothermal systems to provide heating/cooling for buildings to reduce users' energy consumption so as to promote in-depth energy-saving renovations of existing residential buildings, in practice, there are still problems such as small scale and low renovation rates. The main reasons include a series of issues like the lack of cooperation from householders, high investment costs, lack of understanding of geothermal technologies, low government subsidies, ineffective incentive measures, lack of motivation among technology and service providers, low profit margins, as well as market and institutional barriers. This project aims to develop an effective incentive mechanism and measures, understand householders' willingness to participate and the main factors influencing their decisions, thereby promoting householders to use shallow geothermal systems for heating their rooms in their residential buildings to improve the heating energy consumption of their residences. This project will help accelerate the European Union's achievement of the carbon dioxide emission targets put forward in the "2030 Climate and Energy Framework".

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

Almost 75% of the EU's existing residential building is energy inefficient. However, currently, only about 1% of the existing residential building is renovated each year. Although some studies have considered using shallow geothermal to provide heating/cooling to promote the deep energy-saving renovation of existing residential buildings, there is still a small-scale and low renovation rate in practice. The main reasons include residents' lack of cooperation, high investment costs, unawareness of technology, low subsidies, ineffective incentives, lack of motivation from technology & services suppliers, low-profit margins, market & institutional barriers, etc. This project aims to develop an efficient incentive mechanism of promoting shallow geothermal heating/cooling for existing residential buildings (SGHCERB) to improve its low energy-saving renovation rate in the EU. First, this project will investigate the potential cooperation willingness, and driving forces of different stakeholders (i.e., governments, technology & services suppliers, and householders) for promoting SGHCERB from a European perspective. Then, this project will develop a novel multi-agent behavioral game model that can satisfy all involved stakeholders to achieve win-win cooperation. This model will form this basis for the efficient incentive mechanisms that can simultaneously promote SGHCERB and achieve the benefits balance for different stakeholders. In addition, this project will provide specific policy optimization suggestions for local governments to improve the overall implementation efficiency of SGHCERB in accordance with local conditions. This project will help to speed up the EU in achieving CO2 emission target proposed in the Climate & Energy Framework for 2030.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT DELFT · DelftCoordinatorNetherlands

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union