SEEDS - Cost-effective and replicable RES-integrated electrified heating and cooling systems for improved energy efficiency and demand response

Energy in European households is mainly used for heating, cooling, and the production of hot water. Heating is the dominant use of energy, responsible for about 70%, and gas is the most common fuel used in buildings. To rapidly reduce the dependency on (Russian) gas and other fossil fuels and fast forward the green transition, the building sector should replace thermal systems with renewable energy-based solutions complying with energy efficiency first principle, large degrees of electrification and smart energy systems. There is a need to find cost-effective, highly replicable, and integrated systemic solutions that will significantly speed up the electrification of thermal systems through energy renovation and system smartification in the building sector. SEEDS unites a multidisciplinary and complementary team of SMEs, LEs, RTOs, and stakeholders that constitute the whole (local) value chain of energy efficiency in buildings and thermal demand electrification, from planning, design, and construction to operation and commissioning. SEEDS is built upon the consortium's vast experience in developing, testing, and valorizing decarbonization solutions, supervising real-life demonstrations of building renovation and smartification, and deploying energy flexibility. Thus, the challenge for the SEEDS consortium is to innovate solutions to be replicable, exploitable, and scalable.