With higher decarbonisation and efficiency targets, heating and cooling are key aspects of the transition. We often discuss the role of heating networks and how they can be decarbonised, but cooling systems also have their part to play for the industry but also, with the rising temperatures, more and more for the residential areas.

This capacity-building session will explore the framework to develop decarbonised cooling systems. It will showcase examples from cities that already started developing cooling networks, and will give a legislative overview of the EU framework regarding cooling. See the agenda below:

• 10:00-10:30 Adeline Rochet, E3G, The European legislation on cooling
• 10:30:11:00 Laurine Decros & Luc Petitpain, CEREMA, The tool developed under LIFE HEAT&COOL
• 11:00-11:30 Patrick Krystallas, SWM, Munich’s district cooling
• 11:30-12:00 Burkhard Hölzl, Wien Energie, Vienna’s district cooling from a utility/energy provider perspective