Heat pumps play an important role in decarbonizing the heating supply of buildings and they
allow to increase the self-consumption of PV electricity, especially when supported by …

A numerical analysis is carried out to investigate the influence of different solar collector
control strategies on the performance of a solar heating system coupled with seasonal …

More than 60% of the energy is consumed in European households for space heating.
Combined with the currently low renovation rate, the realization of the 2000 W society will be …

In European households, 79% of the energy is consumed for space heating and cooling.
The remote detection of possible retrofitting targets can help to increase the renovation rate …

The integration of variable renewable energy in the electrical grid necessitates the
exploitation of load flexibility. The high contribution of space heating to the residential sector …

Thermal storages facilitate an increase of the share of renewable energies in residential
heating. Excess heat (eg from solar thermal panels) can be stored intermittently to cover the …

In combination with seasonal thermal energy storage (STES), solar energy offers a vast
potential for decarbonizing the residential heat supply. In this work, a parametric …

Solar rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems are playing a key role in decarbonizing the energy
sector due to their modularity, cost reductions, high levels of social acceptance, and policy …