Author: Heike Unterpertinger

In order to highlight the effort of the heat consumers switching their heat system to renewable energies, a 100% RHC label was designed to display on their houses with a purpose to encourage and motive other consumers to replace their system to climate friendly alternatives. Therefore, in early October KAGoP region initiate a call and published it on the municipal websites, so that the citizens who have 100% RHC system can apply and be awarded with green sticker and energy efficient lights. The response was really satisfying, as almost 80 citizens were interested and wiling to represent an example for environmentally aware end-users. Given the current pandemic situation, KAGoP region organized separate events in each of the municipalities where the citizens could receive their green labels. The first event was organized in municipality of Karposh on 7^th of December 2021, where the mayor expressed his contentment about this successful campaign. Additionally, two other events on the 21^st of December in municipality of Gjorce Petrov and 23^rd of December in municipality of Aerodrom were organized where the municipal representatives shared the labels among the end-users who have installed renewable heating system. The campaign was finalized as the consumers displayed their labels and provide us with many photos of different renewable heating systems, becoming an example for good replacement practices. 

REPLACE is driving efficient heating and cooling in Europe: with its new Calculator, end users and professionals can calculate sustainable heating projects. A matrix shows which renewable heating systems fit which building types. And two dedicated manuals help end users and professionals to switch towards sustainable heating technologies. All tools are adapted to the ten project regions from Western over Central to South-Eastern Europe.

Topics in the newsletter are:

• REPLACE tools – ready for action!
• REPLACE campaigns in the target regions
• REPLACE Energy Summits
• Condensed knowledge – new REPLACE reports

The training seminar for intermediaries and investors was organized online using the ZOOM platform on 17.12.2021 starting at 11:00 CET with a duration of an hour and a half. As a follow up on the first training where many renewable heating and cooling systems options and the importance of their promotion were shared with the participants, the second training was more focused on the tools that the intermediaries and investors could use to encourage end-users to replace their inefficient heating systems. Therefore, the REPLACE Your Heating System Calculator was presented, as it is beneficial for the investors and intermediaries to depict the energy and financial savings and societal impacts from the H&C replacements. Around 15 attendees made the discussion fruitful and contributed with valuable comments. Moreover they will further promote it on the website and build the capacities of the end users.

When replacing inefficient heating systems, the REPLACE Heating Matrices provide an initial overview: They show which type of heating system based on renewable energy sources or a connection to district heat is most suitable for your single or double family houses or for your larger volume building.