LIFE4HeatRecovery is not the only project financed by the European Union that analyses the topics of low-temperature district heating and cooling networks, renewable energy and waste heat recovery.
Thanks to the Horizon2020 and LIFE Programmes many ideas and solutions are studied and applied in the field.
We would like to present you the Horizon2020 Project SO WHAT, coordinated by RINA.
Objective
SO WHAT main objective is to develop and demonstrate an integrated software which will support industries and energy utilities in selecting, simulating and comparing alternative Waste Heat and Waste Cold (WH/C) exploitation technologies that could cost-effectively balance the local forecasted H&C demand also via renewable energy sources (RES) integration.
The SO WHAT integrated tool will be designed to support industries, and energy utilities in:
To do so, SO WHAT will capitalize already existing tool and knowledge from previous research experiences.
Methodology
The SO WHAT integrated tool will be designed to support industries, and energy utilities in auditing and mapping their energy processes.
Impact
SO WHAT will ensure a maximum prediction error in energy recovery estimate and CBA results between 5% and 10%.
SO WHAT will reduce the cost and time related to Energy Audits, and thus WH/C recovery projects, up to 0.4 €/m2 and 3-5 day/audit (number of visits reduction)
SO WHAT will progressively increase the number of new project on industrial WH/C recovery, resulting in 27,705 accumulated projects by 2030.
SO WHAT will reach at least 36 industrial sites, including 24 SPIRE industries, 4 industrial parks, 12 public authorities, including 16 energy agencies, 12 DHC operators (energy companies), 24 associations and 4 RTO by 2021.
SO WHAT is expected to trigger the creation of around 2,815 new jobs between 2023 and 2030.
LIFE4HeatRecovery will develope and demonstrate the effectiveness of a new generation of smart district heating and cooling network, where low-temperature waste heat sources are as distributed as consumers are.
© 2022 The LIFE4HeatRecovery project (Contract Number: LIFE17 CCM/IT/000085) has received funding from the LIFE programme of the European Union