The conversion of solar irradiation in heat is one of the most efficient technologies of using solar energy. Solar thermal systems for producing hot water or for supporting the room heating are state of the art in the sector of one and two familiy houses. Beside this a number of applications can be found where the use of solar energy is predestined. Without any doubt one of them is the hot water production at a camping site. The reasons for that are obvious: The coincidence of the solar energy supply and hot water demand as well as the environment friendly character make a camping site one of the most suitable applications for solar thermal technics.
Despite the increasing economial potential solar thermal systems at camping sites are more the exception. For this the German Society for Solar Energy (DGS) and the German Assosation for camping site owners (BVCD) togehter with partners in Europe have launched the project SOLCAMP.
This manual is part of the project campaigning material. It shall provide detailed information on the state of the art, the dimensioning of systems, the costs and benefits of solar thermal systems for heating water at camping sites. The SOLCAMP information tools are adressed to camping site owners as well as to installers.

The conversion of solar irradiation in heat is one of the most efficient technologies of using solar energy. Solar thermal systems for producing hot water or for supporting the room heating are state of the art in the sector of one and two familiy houses. Beside this a number of applications can be found where the use of solar energy is predestined. Without any doubt one of them is the hot water production at a camping site. The reasons for that are obvious: The coincidence of the solar energy supply and hot water demand as well as the environment friendly character make a camping site one of the most suitable applications for solar thermal technics.
Despite the increasing economial potential solar thermal systems at camping sites are more the exception. For this the German Society for Solar Energy (DGS) and the German Assosation for camping site owners (BVCD) togehter with partners in Europe have launched the project SOLCAMP.
This manual is part of the project campaigning material. It shall provide detailed information on the state of the art, the dimensioning of systems, the costs and benefits of solar thermal systems for heating water at camping sites. The SOLCAMP information tools are adressed to camping site owners as well as to installers.

Multi-energy sources, for heating and cooling purposes, are considered to have a large potential in contributing to the penetration of renewable energy sources for domestic, building and industrial applications. But it requires that conventional heating and cooling systems have to be adapted or changed for incorporating renewable energy sources. Nowadays, the heating, ventilating and air-conditioning industries are the actors which have access to the market, and they provide services using mainly fossil fuels or electricity as energy sources. The objective is to have them using renewable energy, combining conventional and renewable sources and proposing environmental cost-effective products.

Multi-energy sources, for heating and cooling purposes, are considered to have a large potential in contributing to the penetration of renewable energy sources for domestic, building and industrial applications. But it requires that conventional heating and cooling systems have to be adapted or changed for incorporating renewable energy sources. Nowadays, the heating, ventilating and air-conditioning industries are the actors which have access to the market, and they provide services using mainly fossil fuels or electricity as energy sources. The objective is to have them using renewable energy, combining conventional and renewable sources and proposing environmental cost-effective products.

The following document presents the Astech network; objectives, schedule, partners, work packages and so on.
It also includes a short analysis on geothermal exchange market trends in the CAE.

El siguiente documento, presenta la red Astech; objetivos, calendario, socios, paquetes de trabajo etc.
Además incluye un pequeño análisis de la evolución del mercado del intercambio geotérmico en la CAE.

This report presents the energy context for the Basque country and gives an overview of the policies for supporting the market development of renewable heating and cooling technologies.

This report presents the energy context for the Basque country and gives an overview of the policies for supporting the market development of renewable heating and cooling technologies.

BioHousing heating network Finland

Kasvihuonekaasujen lisääntyvien päästöjen vuoksi Euroopan yhteisö toteuttaa politiikkaa, jonka tavoitteena on alentaa päästöjä erityisesti vähentämällä fossiilisten polttoaineiden käyttöä yksittäisten talojen ja taloryhmien lämmityksessä ja lämpimän talousveden tuotannossa.
Lisäksi monissa EU:n jäsenmaissa tarjotaan erilaisia kannustimia energiankulutuksen vähentämiseksi ja uusiutuvien energianlähteiden käytön lisäämiseksi lämmityksessä ja jäähdytyksessä.

Thе brochure consists of best practice examples throughout Europe for heating and cooling applications utilizing renewable energy sources.
The brochure has been developed within ASTECH project, co-funded by FP6 of EU.

Брошурата представя най-добри практики от цяла Европа за технологии за отопление и охлаждане, оползотворяващи възобновяеми енергийни източници (ВЕИ). Брошурата е разработена в рамките на проект ASTECH, съфинансиран по Шеста рамкова програма на ЕС.

The EU project HighCombi (www.highcombi.eu) aims at development and demonstration of solar thermal heating and cooling systems with high solar fraction.
This study has been carried out in order to describe the boundary conditions for these systems in the European heating and cooling market. The sectors of potential
implementation are all medium and large buildings having heating and cooling loads along the year. In this project residential buildings, office buildings and buildings of touristy use will be addressed as building types.

The EU project HighCombi (www.highcombi.eu) aims at development and demonstration of solar thermal heating and cooling systems with high solar fraction.
This study has been carried out in order to describe the boundary conditions for these systems in the European heating and cooling market. The sectors of potential
implementation are all medium and large buildings having heating and cooling loads along the year. In this project residential buildings, office buildings and buildings of touristy use will be addressed as building types.

This documents presents the workshop that took place during the 9th REHVA World Congress Clima2007 at Helsinki in Finland ( http://www.clima2007.org/ ).
The objectives of this workshop were to present the various renewable energy technologies for heating and cooling, and how they can be used and integrated into a process or a building. After an introduction on the energy context and market potential in Europe, two specific technologies were presented: (1) the heat pump development in Austria and (2) solar assisted cooling. Discussion took place on how to transform the market for accepting renewable energy technologies for heating and cooling in industrial process and buildings.
•Is demonstration and proof of concept sufficient?
•What are the most significant market barriers?
•Adverse regulations
•Perception and acceptance of risks
•Lack of incentives
•Lack of information and awareness
•Inability to design with such systems
•Insufficient training of installers
•Are regulations and directives necessary?

This documents presents the workshop that took place during the 9th REHVA World Congress Clima2007 at Helsinki in Finland ( http://www.clima2007.org/ ).
The objectives of this workshop were to present the various renewable energy technologies for heating and cooling, and how they can be used and integrated into a process or a building. After an introduction on the energy context and market potential in Europe, two specific technologies were presented: (1) the heat pump development in Austria and (2) solar assisted cooling. Discussion took place on how to transform the market for accepting renewable energy technologies for heating and cooling in industrial process and buildings.
•Is demonstration and proof of concept sufficient?
•What are the most significant market barriers?
•Adverse regulations
•Perception and acceptance of risks
•Lack of incentives
•Lack of information and awareness
•Inability to design with such systems
•Insufficient training of installers
•Are regulations and directives necessary?

The brochure offers a complete survey about all the different techniques related to solar air conditioning, useful information and advises. It also contains depth description of working installations in the different countries of the project's partners.

Der Wunsch nach gekühlten Räumen, insbesondere in Bürogebäuden, nimmt europaweit stark zu. Immer mehr Energie wird für die sommerliche Klimatisierung von Gebäuden aufgewendet - zurückzuführen auch auf den durch den globalen Klimawandel verursachten Temperaturanstieg in den letzten Jahrzehnten. Gründe für den steigenden Kühlbedarf sind neben der zunehmenden Außentemperatur auch die Abwärme der steigenden Anzahl von Bürogeräten, wie PCs, Server, Drucker etc., die gestiegenen Komfortansprüche und die immer größer werdenden verglasten Flächen. In einem ersten Schritt sollte bei der Planung vor allem an Energieeffizienz und "passive" Wärmeschutzmaßnahmen gedacht werden, wie z.B. zusätzliche
Wärmedämmung, Sonnenschutz oder Verschattungen. Ist eine Raumklimatisierung dennoch notwendig, ist zu überlegen, ob nicht die solare Kühlung einer konventionellen, mit Strom betriebenen Klimaanlage, vorgezogen werden kann. Unter "solarer Kühlung" versteht man die Nutzung der Sonnenenergie zur Kühlung. Sie wird mithilfe von Sonnenkollektoren und innovativen
Technologien umgesetzt. Die Sonne spendet uns noch dazu ihre Energie zu Zeiten, wo auch der Kühlbedarf besteht - und das kostenlos. Ziel dieser Broschüre ist es, den aktuellen Stand der Entwicklung anhand von durchgeführten Vorzeigeprojekten in Europa aufzuzeigen, um das Wissen über die solare Kühlung zu verbreiten und vor allem Vertrauen in diese Technologie zu schaffen.
Die Broschüre informiert über die neuesten technologischen Entwicklungen und die am Markt verfügbaren Technologien, die wirtschaftlichen Anwendungen dieser Solarenergienutzung in der Praxis und bietet Entscheidungshilfen für die Planung und Abwicklung eines eigenen Projektes.

Results of the Climasol-project:
The brochure offers a complete survey about all the different techniques related to solar air conditioning, useful information and advises. It also contains depth description of working installations in the different countries of the project's partners.

La demanda de aire acondicionado en el sector terciario aumenta cada vez más debido a un deseo de mayor confort pero también como consecuencia de las altas temperaturas que se están produciendo durante la última década. Paralelamente, las técnicas pasivas o semipasivas utilizadas durante siglos para lograr óptimas condiciones de confort en espacios cerrados parecen haber caído en el olvido en numerosos edificios de reciente construcción.
El uso cada vez más extensivo de equipos eléctricos de refrigeración por compresión es responsable de una mayor demanda de energía eléctrica en verano, que llega a alcanzar el límite de la capacidad del sistema eléctrico en algunas zonas. Las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero han aumentado, ya sea por la mayor demanda de energía o por las fugas de fluidos de refrigeración, intensificando el círculo vicioso del cambio climático.
Como se expone en la primera parte de esta publicación, existe un amplio abanico de soluciones pasivas, ya sea para nuevos edificios en fase conceptual o para los ya existentes, que mejoran las condiciones de los espacios cerrados sin necesidad de ningún sistema de aire acondicionado, reduciendo espectacularmente las necesidades de refrigeración durante el periodo estival.
Además tenemos a nuestra disposición la radiación solar. Y las tecnologías de refrigeración solar que se exponen en este documento han demostrado tanto su eficacia como su fiabilidad, algunas de ellas durante más de diez años. Estas tecnologías emplean fluidos refrigerantes no dañinos (normalmente agua) y mucha menos energía primaria que los sistemas clásicos. Así pues, ¿por qué no utilizar la energía solar para mantener los espacios cerrados durante el verano en unas condiciones óptimas de confort?