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This fifth issue of the newsletter reflects the progress achieved by the project between October 1st, 2020 until March 31st, 2021.
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GEO4CIVHIC Project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 792355.
The project will run for 48 months, from April, 1st, 2018, until March 31st, 2022.
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Detailed project management plan
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This document, is focused on the Work Breakdown Structure of the overall project, with a detailed explanation of the activities plan of each Task.
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Report on outline Environmental Impact of GEO4CIVHIC technologies at case study sites
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The Environmental Impact Assessment assesses the positive and negative impacts of the project technologies on both the natural and human environments. The principal objectives of the task and the completion of the outline EIA are to: • identify and/or predict the significant impacts of a development; • identify what mitigation measures should be incorporated into the development to eliminate or reduce the perceived impacts; • communicate and implement any mitigation strategies identified both in technical and nontechnical terms; • assist the project partners in developing improved long term strategies for commercializing the project technologies..
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Third Report on implementation of TED activities
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The document has the purpose to inform about the progress in the implementation of the actions included in TED Plan in the third year of the project, namely in M25-M36. The target groups for this document are all the identified stakeholders in the TED Strategy. The main conclusions of the D8.8 – Third report on implementation of TED activities are largely presented at the end of the document.
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Drillability mapping at municipal scale
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“Drillability” is understood as the prediction of the most suitable drilling methods and related borehole heat exchanger types for a given underground, by taking into account the estimated installation time in function of the rig and drilling technique types and the local geological constrains. The report describes all the activities performed in order to define the drillability of the different geological contexts in the real demonstration sites selected for the project and, finally, present the first drillability maps produced. Beside and to introduce this, an integration with a brief summary about the steps taken so far concerning drilling methods, time and cost information and preliminary maps at European scale is also presented. The drillability maps are produced both at European scale and at local municipal scale, with different purposes.
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Enriched GEO4CIVHIC data base for geothermal retrofit
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The document presents the structure and content of the databases that have been developed, including: a DSS database, with information regarding the functioning of the system; a simulation database, with simulation data to be used in the calculations; a data model database, with information regarding the environment and the technologies that needs to be taken into account in the calculations; and additional information repositories, with data to be presented to the user.
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Control strategies for integration of geothermal energy with other RES
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The document reviews the state of the art of GSHP control strategies and explores the coupling of GSHP with other RES (i.e., solar thermal collectors with storage tanks, wind energy, photovoltaic (PV) systems, hybrid PV-thermal solutions and air to water heat pumps) and defines optimal solutions for the different building types and climates.
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Evaluation of performance in virtual demonstration facilities in a European scenario
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The document presents the results obtained from the simulations that will demonstrate the larger scenario of applicability and efficiency of the innovative solutions developed in GEO4CIVHIC based. The installation of the GSHP system (i.e. GSHE field + the HP) have been modelled for each virtual case, proposing different solutions, including estimating costs for the installation of the GSHPs. All these virtual cases will facilitate the comparison in terms of economic feasibility by comparing real data about the economic costs and performance of the installation and infer the costs that may be derived by a new installation with the developed new type of heat exchangers, drilling machines and HP solutions.
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GEO4CIVHIC Dissemination Events
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Events happened between
October 1st, 2020 – March 31st, 2021
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La Notte Europea dei Ricercatori (European Night of Researchers) – November 27th, 2020, organized by CNR-ITC
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On-line workshop – Shallow geothermal energy: from the ground to buildings, from the field to modelling – Presented by University Milan – November 30th, 2020
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The projects CHEAP-GSHPs and GEO4CIVHIC included as “best practice examples” by Romanian Ministry for European Funding
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Building Back Better: A Future for Geothermal Energy in Northern Ireland (on-line) Conference (Dec. 11th, 2020)
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12th European Geothermal Days – 15-16 February, 2021 – Paris (France)
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Virtual Conference “Artificial Intelligence in Architecture, Engineering and Construction” (March 25th, 2021)
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COORDINATOR
1. INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (CNR – ISAC)
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (CNR)
Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35127 Padova, Italy www.isac.cnr.it
Contact person: Adriana Bernardi, a.bernardi@isac.cnr.it
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12. SOCIETATEA ROMANA GEOEXCHANGE
(SRG – RGS)
Bdul Pache Protopopescu 66 Sector 2, Bucharest 021414, Romania
www.geoexchange.ro
Contact person:
Robert Gavriliuc,
robertgavriliuc@yahoo.com
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13. CENTRE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
AND SAVING (CRES)
Marathonos 19th Km, Pikermi 19009, Greece
www.cres.gr
Contact person:
Dimitrios Mendrinos,
dmendrin@cres.gr
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20. SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA PROFESSIONALE
DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA (SUPSI)
Stabile Le Gerre, Manno 6928, Switzerland
www.supsi.ch
Contact person:
Sebastian Pera,
sebastian.pera@supsi.ch
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