ICLEI Europe is hosting the second out of three online sessions of the Act!onHeat Training Programme. The second session will focus on different approaches of effective data gathering from national and local sources in order to create a robust heat inventory for strategic H&C planning and decision-making processes. Furthermore, the session will showcase the use of the open access online tool called Hotmaps for identifying heating and cooling demands and availability of renewable energy sources and excess heat potentials anywhere across the EU.

At a glance, the session includes:

• 10:00 - 10:05: Welcome and introduction to the topic
• 10:05 - 10:10: Insights from the last session
• 10:10 - 10:30: Analysis of heat/cold demands and renewable potentials with the free online tool Hotmaps, by Lukas Kranzl (TU Wien)
• 10:30 - 10:45: Acquisition of local and regional data for inventories and potentials - methods and best practice examples, by Aadit Malla (TU Wien)
• 10:45 - 11:00: Interactive discussion and closing

The session will take place online on 17 March 2022, 10:00am - 11:00am CET. Learn more about the session and the full Act!onHeat Training programme here.

Please note that certification can be offered on demand. This requires watching the first session, participating in sessions 2 and 3, and completing a (short) case study afterwards.

Sign up for one or all of the sessions here.