SEEDS

SEEDS project aims to demonstrate replicable heat pump solutions integrated with renewable energy to decarbonize buildings’ thermal demand, through cost efficiency, system integration, and replicability, boosting the electrification of buildings. Recognizing that each building is unique, SEEDS develops scalable and generic design and operational optimization methodologies, deploys multiple proven heat pump technologies at scale, and integrates them optimally into the building and broader energy system. These solutions are demonstrated in six pilot sites across different climate zones and European construction markets. SEEDS focus on seven focus areas that are addressed in three key themes:

Cost-efficient decarbonization: This theme includes methods and solutions for energy efficiency and reduce the thermal energy demand of buildings. For that, it plans to supply this energy using efficient technologies such as heat pumps, which are known for their high efficiency and low operational costs. Alignments with EU directives and policies for decarbonization, sustainability, affordability and resource efficiency will ensure that the project’s goals are in line with the broader efforts to combat climate change and promote sustainable development.

System integration: The SEEDS project will use hybrid and/or collective systems to reduce costs, increase efficiency, provide smartification solutions and use more renewable energy sources. By this process, it will offer energy flexibility to the grids and provide/improve the grid stability. Optimization-based methodologies that minimizes total cost of ownership and/or life cycle environmental impact will also be used.

Replicability: SEEDS will develop, implement, operate, and evaluate solutions in six pilot projects. These projects will serve as test cases for the solutions, providing valuable data and insights that can inform future implementations. The importance of regional, cultural, and linguistic homophily in knowledge transfer has been included in the selection of demonstration sites to ensure scalability and replication. This means that the solutions are designed to be adaptable to different contexts and conditions, increasing their potential for widespread adoption.

CERTH is participating in the project with two institutes: Information Technologies Institute (ITI) and Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute (CPERI). CERTH ITI is leading the activities on Enabling automation and smartness through secure and interoperable middleware data platforms and IoT devices. Additionally, CERTH ITI is responsible for the implementation and validation of the software tools (among others): smart and energy-efficient control of thermal and electric loads, proactively optimized demand response, predictive maintenance of building energy systems, smart dimensioning and configuration of heat pump systems, in the Greek Pilot (Kimmeria, Xanthi, Greece).

Consortium

DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET (DTU), Denmark
BUILTWINS BV (BWS), Belgium
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (KUL), Belgium
MINTUS (MINTUS), Beligum
DIMOKRITIO PANEPISTIMIO THRAKIS (DUTH), Greece
G. LIGEROS & SIA OE (Ptherm), Greece
Renel I.K.E (Renel), Greece
R2M SOLUTION (R2M), France
EMI EPITESUGYI MINOSEGELLENORZO INNOVACIOS NONPROFIT KFT (EMI), Hungary
HOR-BER BERUHAZASI TANACSADO ES TERVEZO MERNOKIRODA KFT (HOR), Hungary
SIEMENS TERMELO SZOLGALTATO ES KERESKEDELMI ZARTKORUEN MUKODO RESZVENYTARSASAG (SMENS), Hungary
DAIKIN EUROPE N.V. (DAIKIN), Belgium
CENTER DANMARK DRIFT APS (CDK), Denmark
ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS (CERTH), Greece
BUDAPEST FOVAROS XVI. KERULETI ONKORMANYZAT (BP16), Hungary
DAEDALUS DIGITAL KFT. (FairC), Hungary
RINA CONSULTING SPA (RINA), Italy
INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN (JSI), Slovenia
SWECO BELGIUM (SWECO), Belgium
SAINT-GOBAIN HUNGARY KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG (SaintGB), Hungary
PETROL SLOVENSKA ENERGETSKA DRUZBA DD LJUBLJANA (PETROL), Slovenia
AI-NERGY APS (AInergy), Denmark
KAINOTOMIA IDIOTIKI KEFALAIOUCHIKI ETAIREIA (INNO), Greece
STATE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION PRYDNIPROVSKA STATE ACADEMY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE (PSACEA), Ukraine
ELEKTRO CELJE D.D. (ELCE), Slovenia
ENFOR AS (ENFOR), Denmark