The Centre of Resource on Sustainable Development, in cooperation with the City of Boulogne-sur-mer and Ecoliane, DHC company owned by Dalkia, organised a visit of the district heating network of the town on 29th November 2018. This was the occasion for municipalities’ representatives, professionals and citizens to discover this innovative infrastructure which produces 54% of its heat from renewable sources and waste heat (biomass, heat pumps, waste heat and biogas). The network delivers heat mainly to the residential sector (64%) and to the commercial and tertiary sector (36%).
This study tour targeted a national audience, which is why French was used instead of English. Read More
On Saturday 20 October 2018 Kortrijk wrote a new chapter in its heat story! A 9,000-tonne tunnel was pushed under the railway. See the timelapse of this mammoth task. Read More
The tender is now live for Ireland's first large-scale district heating network - the South Dublin District Heating System. The response deadline is on 22nd October 2018 4 pm (Irish time). Read More
You have probably heard about the advantages of District Heating and Cooling systems: they increase energy efficiency, reduce CO2 emissions and contribute to the development of a greener economy. But what can be done to foster the supply of renewable and low carbon heat to our buildings? Our experts just released a set of recommendations for policy makers to promote District Heating and Cooling in North-West Europe! Read More
This was the first out of the nine webinars that will present the HeatNet Project’s pilot projects and findings. All webinars will target national audiences, which is why national languages will be used instead of English. This webinar was dedicated to Boulogne-sur-Mer’s pilot project and is thus in French. Read More
