Clean Heat Europe’s Post

❄️ EUROPE NEEDS CLEAN, AFFORDABLE COOLING ❄️   Europe faces yet another record-breaking summer heatwave. In fact, two weeks ago, Reuters reported that about 10 000 deaths could be attributed, just to the end-of-June heat spike. Later this week, we will also showcase how heat waves like this one, according to civil society research, also serves as a driver for dangerous smog.   In that vein, this week marks another temperature surge. This results in an immediate health emergency as Europeans scramble to cool their homes. It also showcases the importance of scaling affordable cooling, and building a heating and cooling system which adequately addresses the new reality: Europe now faces one energy demand spike to heat its buildings during the winter, and one energy demand spike to cool the very same homes every summer.   Fortunately, these solutions are already available for use. It’s a matter of deploying them across the continent. This week, we will explore how a number of options can help European households get through periods of hazardous heat:   🔄 Heat pumps can be installed to offer cooling as well as heating 🏙️Several EU cities are already tapping into the vast potential of district cooling networks to service large amounts of households ☀️Solar thermal collectors are also able to offer cooling, with only the help of one additional component   European legislators have committed to develop a Cooling and Heating Action Plan which is well-positioned to reply to this critical challenge. This requires tapping into all available cleantech solutions, on top of passive cooling whenever possible.