2011 - Annual report and financial results

1. 2011-Annual report and financial results 27/09/2011

2. Annual report 2011 • Strategic Research Agenda • Finalisation of the work of the SRA group • « DHC+ Research Guide 2012 », targeting the DHC sector only has been approved by the SC in September • A separate document was written by the secretariat, targeting EU stakeholders • Printing of SRA and Research Guide 2012 in february 2012

3. Annual report 2011 • Smart cities • Official launched of the Smart Cities Initiative by the Commission late June • Launched, in parallel, of a call for proposal under FP7 regarding Smart Cities topics • The Secretariat set-up a consortium of DHC+ members which submitted a proposal – Ecoheat4Cities • DHC+ involved as partner in a project - SYSBUILD

4. Annual report 2011 • Towards a CWA on Eco-efficient substations • Draft of a Business Plan • Contact with CEN representatives • Development of a « marketing » paper • Set-up of a template of letter of commitmentto besigned by interested parties • 6 letters of commitmentsreceivedso far

5. Annual report 2011 • Next 3 years period and Communication Plan

7. 2011 – Financial results • Only a rough estimation – Accounting not close yet

8. 2012-Budget and workplan 27/09/2011

9. Budget 2012

10. 2012 Workplan

11. 2012 – Time repartition (estimation)