The Final Upgrade DH Conference

The final Upgrade DH Conference "Towards efficient district heating and cooling in Europe" took place online on 15 September 2021.

Presentations and recording of the event are now available online.

Agenda and Presentations

10:00
Welcome & opening remarks (Paul Voss, Euroheat & Power)

10:10
Energy efficiency legislation for the higher uptake of sustainable renewable heating and cooling
Radoš Horáček, European Commission

10:30
Upgrading the performance of district heating networks – Technical and non-technical approaches
Dominik Rutz, WIP Renewables

11:00
What are the best tools and instruments in Eastern Europe?
Valdas Lukoševičius, LSTA – Lithuanian District Heating Association

11:15
How to implement the potential of DHC? Focus on Italy
Lorenzo Spadoni, AIRU – Italian District Heating Association

11:30 – Coffee break

11:45
Overview of Upgrade DH solutions
Matteo Pozzi, OPTIT

12:00
Roundtable discussion on how to foster replication (moderated by Rita Mergner, WIP Renewables)

• Success stories from demo cases: Tuzla – Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Anes Kazagic, EPBiH
• Cooperation with follower cases: Næstved – Denmark
  Thomas Andreas Østergaard, COWI
• Best practice projects across Europe: Example of large solar thermal
  Michael Kübler, Solites

12:30
How to improve the perception of district heating at a local level?
Aksana Krasatsenka, Euroheat & Power

12:45
Conclusions & outlook
Stavros Stamatoukos, CINEA

13:00 – Lunch

14:00
Welcome again & introduction to the virtual tours 1 & 2

• Virtual power plant tour 1: Berlin, Germany, Vattenfall – Reuter West
  Ruben Hoffmann, Vattenfall
• Virtual visit 2: Vilnius CHP Plant-2 – the main heat generation object of the City
  Paulius Martinkus and Gytautas Kaulakys Vilnius DH Company

14:30 – Time to explore virtual tours

15:00 – Farewell and online networking

16:00 – End

 
Event recording