Throwback to the 100% RHC Annual Event in Graz

This year’s 100% RHC Annual Event took place on April 10th in Graz and was organized as part of the ISEC 2024 conference. Joining forces with the ISEC conference proved fruitful. In addition to engaging RHC ETIP members, this year’s event helped RHC ETIP reach new stakeholders interested in renewable heating and cooling topics.

During the 90-minute parallel event titled “How to Fully Decarbonize the Heating and Cooling Sector in Europe?”, RHC ETIP's work was presented by Andrej Misech (EUREC), along with relevant funding calls for RHC technologies. The potential role of RHC in providing flexibility to the grid and sector coupling with the electricity sector (including the recent White paper) by Marco Calderoni (R2M Solution), as well as renewable heating and cooling solutions for individual buildings by Caroline Haglund Stignor (RISE), cities and districts by Ralf-Roman Schmidt (AIT), and industries by Wolfgang Gruber-Glatzl (AEE INTEC), were also highlighted.

The presentations were followed by a panel discussion moderated by Dominik Rutz, with the attendance and valuable contributions of RHC ETIP Secretariat Policy Officer Piero de Bonis (European Commission - DG Research and Innovation) and RHC ETIP board members Walter Haslinger (BEST), Caroline Haglund Stignor (RISE), Gerhard Stryi-Hipp (Fraunhofer ISE). In addition, Bernhard Gerardts (SOLID) also offered valuable insights.

We are pleased that this year’s event was successful and attracted over 100 participants interested in renewable heating and cooling topics. You can find the presentations here.

We would like to extend heartfelt thanks to the presenters, panellists, our ETIP members, who supported us throughout the event, as well as the ISEC conference organizers. We hope to see you all again next year and continue to spread the word on how we are working towards 100% renewable heating and cooling in Europe.