Towards a more efficient and green use of renewable energy in urban district heating systems (REDist)

  • Project idea information

    Priority

    Better connected and energy responsible Danube region - Improve energy security and energy efficiency

    Project Idea Promoter
    (name of the institution)

    PÉTÁV Pécs District Heating Llc.

    Needs and challenges
    (Needs, main problems or challenges to be addressed)

    District heating systems were dominantly set up in the post-war period in Europe, usually supply heating to large urban residential areas, usually dominated with multi-storey block houses. As these areas face serious challenges in terms of demography and

    Objectives
    (main and specific objectives to be achieved)

    General objective of the project is to foster the achievement of EU 2020 target in GHG emission decrease by improvement of the efficiency of urban district heating systems in the Danube macro region, thus promoting environmental sustainability of the area

    Main results and core outputs

    Achievable results:
    - 3 regional, 3 local governments actively involved as target area and place of future developments.
    - 20 local governments informed about significance of renewable energy in district heating.
    - A population of 200,000 affected by t

    Main foreseen activities

    WP1 Project management
    - 1.1. Project management and financial management
    - 1.2. Partner and steering committee meetings
    WP2 Communication and dissemination
    - 2.1. Elaboration of communication plan
    - 2.2. Kick off and final conference
    - 2.3. Project

    Innovative character of the project idea

    The presented technological solutions will be all innovative in some respect. The project focuses on technical solutions and concentrates on cross-fertilisation and preparation of future applications.

    Estimated Total Budget
    (in EUR)

    1.8-1.9 million EUR

    Estimated duration
    (in months)

    30 months

  • Partners involved at this stage

    ERDF Partners

    Pécs District Heating Llc., partners from Austria and Slovenia.

    IPA Partners

    No.

    Associated Strategic Partners

    No.

  • Partners requested

    ERDF Partners

    Local, regional authorities operating district heating systems or district heating service providers or research institutions (universities) from Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Romania, Croatia.

    IPA Partners

    Local, regional authorities operating district heating systems or district heating service providers from Serbia and/or Bosnia-Herzegovina.

    Associated Strategic Partners

    Local, regional authorities, chambers, interest groups from the programme area countries.

  • Contact Person

    Name

    Zoltan Pamer

    Address

    Logframe Ltd., 7626 Pécs, Csillag köz 4., fszt. 1., Hungary

    Country

    Hungary

    Telephone number

    E-mail address

    Is the applicant the project's potential Lead Partner?

    If not, is the potential Lead Partner already being chosen?

Programme co-funded by European Union funds (ERDF, IPA, ENI)