Ground Reach

Project name 

Reaching The Kyoto Targets By Means Of A Wide Introduction Of Ground Coupled Heat Pumps (Gchp) In The Built Environment

Project duration

from 1.01.2006 to 31.12.2008

Project coordinator

Centre For Renewable Energy Sources -Greece

Partners

   1. Centre For Renewable Energy Sources -Greece
   2. European Geothermal Energy Council – EGEC, International
   3. European Heat Pump Assotiation – EHPA, International
   4. Osterreichisches Forschungs- und Prufzentrum ARSENAL GmbH – Austria
   5. Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres – BRGM, France
   6. ECOFYS B.V. , International
   7. The Energy Efficiency Agency – EEA, Bulgaria
   8. Escola Superior de Technologia de Setubal – ESTSetubal, Portugal
   9. Fachinformatonszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH – FIZ , Germany
  10. GEOTEAM Technisches Buro fur Hydrogeologie, Geothermie und Umwelt GmbH –GEOTEAM, Austria
  11. Associazione Rete ci Punti Energia – PUNTI ENERGIA, Italy
  12. SVEP Information & Service AB – SVEP, Sweden
  13. University of Oradea – UOR, Romania
  14. Besel S.A. – BESEL, Spain
  15. Ellehauge & Kildemoes, E&K, Denmark
  16. Flemish Institute for Technological Research – VITO, Belgium
  17. Agence de l’Environnement et de la Maitrise de l’Energie – ADEME, France
  18. National Energy Conservation Agency – NAPE, Poland
  19. ENPRO Engineers Bureau Ltd – ENPRO, Estonia
  20. GFE Energy Management – GFE, International

Objectives

Results

The GROUND-REACH project is expected to effectively assist EU policy towards both short and long term market penetration of ground coupled heat pumps, through analysing the market for ground coupled heat pumps and providing best practices, guidelines for local/regional authorities and key professional groups, conferences, meetings, website, brochure and other promotional tools. It will facilitate:

It is being expected that the accelerated pace of market penetration by ground coupled heat pumps in the EU, being a direct result of the GROUND-REACH project, will cause annual substitution of conventional fuels in the range of 1 400 000 TOE and an emissions reduction by 4 500 000 TCO2, which will facilitate reaching the Kyoto targets.

Project website

www.groundreach.eu

Coordinator from NAPE’s side

Andrzej Wiszniewski awiszniewski@nape.pl

Relation from Ground-Reach Seminar

On 19 June 2008 at the Ground-Reach Seminar different aspects of Project implementation were discussed. The main theme was: “ground coupled heat pumps application in buildings.” From the side of NAPE, the project is coordinated by Andrzej Wiszniewski, PhD, who introduced the aspects of project realization, its current state of implementation and main objectives.

The aim of the Ground-Reach project is evaluation of feasibility of ground coupled heat pumps with horizontal and vertical ground heat exchangers application. The Ground-Reach project targets at evaluating the importance of ground source heat pumps in reaching the Kyoto targets and in EPBD implementation.

In this Project, a lot of attention is paid to broad-scale promotional and educational activities and to consciousness rising about profitability of these solutions in the buildings sector. Hence, NAPE is issuing posters, brochures, organizes seminars, like the one discussed here. The scope and effectiveness of these activities are so extensive that the sales of GPC pumps in 8 European countries increased from 80 000 in 2004 to 102 000 in 2006.

GROUND-REACH seminar during FORUM TERMOMODERNIZACJA 2007

The seminar took place during FORUM TERMOMODERNIZACJA 2007 which was organized by ZAE and NAPE in Warsaw, on May 8. There were over 150 participants of the forum, representing energy auditors, building managers and companies promoting and manufacturing energy saving technologies and renewable energy sources in Poland.

The forum was dedicated to modern technologies providing energy savings in building sector and was divided into two panels. During the first panel there were several innovative technologies presented like new trends in windows and wall insulation technologies, new trends in roof and basement construction and development of building ventilation systems. During this panel the thermo-modernisation of buildings by national and European funds was introduced. The second Panel presented three European projects promoting energy saving solutions: Best Result, Ground-Reach and Green-IT. The session dedicated to the GROUND REACH project introduced the goals of the project as well as technology of ground heat pumps to the participants of the forum.

The main meeting conclusion was that ground source heat pumps are an efficient energy saving solution, highly independent from fossil fuel prices, safe and easy in maintenance. However high investment costs makes them significantly beneficial only in areas where gas or district heating is unavailable and a major increase of GSHP technology popularity requires including GSHP technology in the national policy. There is a need for legislation supporting heating installations based on ground source heat pumps.

Seminary schedule