'EcoHeat4EU' Project Completed

摘要

An executive summary is now available online for "EcoHeat4EU," a recently completed survey and analysis of legislative support for district energy in 14 European countries. The project was supported by the European Commission's Intelligent Energy Europe program and coordinated by Euroheat & Power. "EcoHeat4EU" aimed to present policy makers with tools to improve the legislative environment for district heating and cooling. It showed that increased use of district energy and combined heat and power in the 14 countries studied could deliver an impressive 6 percent reduction in total carbon dioxide emissions in the European Union by 2030. Assuming the 14 countries are a representative cross section, this equates to one-seventh of the EU's ambitious CO_2 reduction target being achieved by district energy technologies alone.