Training materials

• Least-cost tool
  >>Download the tool - Excel file
  >>Documentation of the Least Cost Tool - PDF
  >>Introduction to the Least Cost Tool - PDF

• Capacity-building materials - Guidelines
  >>PDF in English

• Training materials in English (en)
  

I. Technical aspects
Biomass, CHP, Cooling technologies, Energy efficiency measures, Excess heat, Geothermal energy, Heat pumps, Hydropower, Photovoltaic, Solar thermal, Wind.
Which technologies may be best used under which circumstances?

II. Financial aspects
Financial aspects and calculation, Overview of support schemes feed-in tarriffs , Overview of opportunities regarding NBM

III. Policy framework
Barriers and success factors, Overview of relevant legislation, Policy measures, Policy recommendations, Overview of permitting measures

• Training materials in Czech (cs)

Reduction of thermal demand in building, Biomass, Industrial excess heat in district heating systems, Heat pumps, Barriers and drivers to using renewable energy in heating and cooling

• Training materials in Danish (da)

Introduction to the Least Cost Tool

• Training materials in German (de)

Reduction of thermal demand in buildings, Solar thermal energy, Heat pumps, Example of the decarbonisation roadmap of the city of Herten

• Training materials in Portuguese (pt)

Photovoltaic systems, Solar thermal systems, Supporting schemes for renewable and efficient solutions for heating and cooling

• Training materials in Romanian (ro)

Reduction of thermal demand in buildings, Heat pumps, Photovoltaic systems

• Capacity-building webinars

• Identification of local training needs
  >>PDF in English

• Scientific materials:
  Assessing high shares of renewable energies in district heating systems - A case study for the city of Herten, Ali Aydemir, Eftim Popovski, Daniel Bellstädt, Tobias Fleiter, Richard Büchele.
  Scenarios for sustainable heat supply and heat savings in municipalities - The case of Helsingør, Denmark,Sara Ben Amer-Allam, Marie Münster, Stefan Petrovic.