A voluntary District Heating and Cooling performance labelling scheme Supported by Contract No. IEE/09/798/S June 2010 – December 2012

Ecoheat4cities in a nutshell The team: Euroheat & Power (Coordinator) Delft University of Technology Danish Technological Institute AGFW (Germany) Swedish District Heating Association BRE (U.K.) Lithuanian Energy Institute Consultant: IVL – Swedish Environment Institute with cooperation of Czech DH Association, Dalkia, A2A, Capital Cooling, Fortum, other DHC Supported by: Key Figures: Duration: 30 months Started mid 2010, end ultimo 2012 Goal:Label minimun 50 district energy schemes in at least 8 countries (UK, NL, DK, SW, DE, IT, LT, FR) Ecoheat4cities promotes promotes understanding, information and acceptance of district heating and cooling (DHC) systems through the establishment of a voluntary label for DH and DC. informs informs local decision-makers, citizens and interested investors and supports them in making renewable energy and energy efficiency based choices. demonstrates demonstrates that District Heating and District Cooling is a viable and intelligent technology in Europe’s heat market

Context – Heating as the largest single energy end-use in Europe! – The majority of energy use come from cities! – A very large share of energy is wasted!  to improve efficiency of energy use and integrate renewables on a large scale, it is absolutely necessary to support efficient and flexible heating and cooling systems on a local level throughout Europe

Ecoheat Label: three criteria assessing District Heating and Cooling systems support support the aims of the EU targets show show DHC performance and contribution to EU targets Resource efficiencyRenewabilityCO2 efficiency ReduceIncreaseReduce

Resource Efficiency The lower Criteria is based on the Primary Energy Factor (PEF). The lower the primary energy factor, the lower the primary energy input in relation to the volume of heat supplied and thus the more flower petals colored. CO2 Efficiency Based on the CO2 emission per delivered MWh of thermal energy. The lower the value, the more the system is climate-friendly and thus more flower petals. Renewable share share of renewable and surplus heat This factor values the share of renewable and surplus heat in relation to the European/national renewable target. The label: translating parameters into a visual

The label shows shows performance of each criteria visualizes visualizes how DHC contributes to 20:20:20 targets creates creates an incentive for improvement

Archievements 30+ DHC systems labelled across 7 countries Online tools created for DHC companies to promote their energy performance and reveal the potential in providing efficient environmentally correct solutions compared to other options Online tools for municipalities and urban planners to compare heating and cooling options Positive assessement from municipalities with labelled systems on expediency and visibility of label

Euroheat & PowerSabine Froning DenmarkChristian Holm Christiansen, DTI Germany Ingo Weidlich, AGFW Boris Lubinski, AGFW LithuaniaVaclovas Kveselis, LEI Netherlands Willem van der Spoel, TU-Delft Laure Itard, TU Delft Sweden Anna Land, SDHA Charlotta Abrahamsson, SDHA Erik Larsson, SDHA UK Robin Wiltshire, BRE Jonathan Williams, BRE