Improving Thermal Efficiency of horizontal ground heat exchangers

Since heating and cooling demands constitute almost 50% of the final energy demand in Europe, the development of geothermal energy systems and especially very shallow geothermal solutions, reveals a huge potential in providing thermal energy for residential and tertiary buildings, thanks also to its local availability, manageability and flexibility. ITER Project (Improving Thermal Efficiency of horizontal ground heat exchangers) is a project (http://iter-geo.eu/) funded by European Commission under the Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellowship Programme (Horizon 2014-2020) focused on improving heat transfer efficiency of existing shallow geothermal systems. The overall aim of ITER is to ensure the sustainability of ground coupled heating-cooling systems and especially the horizontal ground heat exchangers systems. Key challenges are and installed horizontal systems be provided by close cooperation between host institutions and non-academic partners.

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