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The Missing Piece of Low Carbon Planning: Renewable Heating and Cooling

The Missing Piece of Low Carbon Planning: Renewable Heating and Cooling. Low Carbon Fuels Standard Public Meeting Wilson Rickerson October 22 nd , 2009 Meister Consultants Group. Reframing Climate Planning. 3. 2.6. 2.5. Electricity end-use efficiency. Other end-use efficiency. 2. 1.8.

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The Missing Piece of Low Carbon Planning: Renewable Heating and Cooling

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  1. The Missing Piece of Low Carbon Planning: Renewable Heating and Cooling Low Carbon Fuels Standard Public Meeting Wilson Rickerson October 22nd, 2009 Meister Consultants Group

  2. Reframing Climate Planning 3 2.6 2.5 Electricity end-use efficiency Other end-use efficiency 2 1.8 Passenger vehicle efficiency 1.5 GtC Other transport efficiency Renewables 1 CCS and Supply efficiency 0.9 0.5 0 1970 1990 2010 2030 2050 Based on Inconvenient Truth slide show; after Pacala and Socolow, 2004; ARI CarBen3 Spreadsheet

  3. Building-integrated SWH has led to the implementation of a wide range of projects in collaboration with architects and real-estate developers. This work is well regarded in the construction sector in terms of design, construction, and quality control. – REN21

  4. Source: SEIA, 2009, Weiss et al., 2009, EurObserv’ER 2009

  5. What’s in it for me? • Warmth • 2-2.4 million tons of CO2 reductions from domestic solar hot water heating in the Northeast (space heating not included!) • Freeing up multi-use, processed fuels for other uses • How do I start? • Regionwide final energy analysis • Final energy targets • Integrated renewable heating and cooling roadmap • Basic incentives • Where do I go from there? • Renewable heat RPS (e.g. Arizona, New Hampshire, Australia) • Construction mandates (e.g. Spain, Germany, Hawaii) • Big time incentives (Germany: $500 million annually in grants) • District heating and renewable CHP

  6. Wilson Rickerson (617) 930-5502 wilson.rickerson@mc-group.com

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