Our research showcase

GeoWatt researches fourth-generation thermal grids for balancing the local demand of groups of users for heat or cold with the available supply.

A novel process concept is developed to integrate CO2 capture and methanation in the Belgian energy system, using the available infrastructure and the planned hydrogen backbone of Belgium. The fundamental challenges at the system, the materials and the reactor level for the …

The GEOTeCH project develops an innovative drilling concept that is based on dry auger methods, an innovative ground heat exchanger, based on co-axial configuration and spiral fluid flow pathways, allowing to achieve high levels of thermal performance with low pressure loss …

Thermal networks of the 4th generation form an important part of EnergyVille's thermal research. Thermal networks of the 4th generation are low temperature networks balancing heat/cold production with local demand. These thermal networks will have an important impact on …

A smart thermal buffer is a thermal buffer equipped with advanced measurements and control. This provides a detailed view on the energy stored and fine control of the thermal storage system. The most tangible application of the smart thermal buffer technology – and for which …

GEObooster is the first intelligent control on the market that actively monitors and corrects the energy exchange from a borehole thermal energy storage (BTES field).

With the commencement of the European HEATSTORE project six demonstration projects in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and Switzerland aim to get technologies for the seasonal underground storage of heat transferred to industry and on to market. The research …

The Ecoscore is an environmental indicator describing on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best) how clean a vehicle is. The Ecoscore concept was already developed in the early noughties by a consortium including VITO and the VUB.

The FC-DISTRICT project wants to optimise and implement an innovative energy production and distribution concept for sustainable and energy efficient refurbished or new "energy autonomous" districts, exploiting decentralised co-generation coupled with optimised building and …

Smart Geotherm aims at using geothermal, thermal mass and other techniques to create nearly zero-energy buildings.

Power generation is a sector requiring great amounts of water: cooling water for energy production accounts in fact, for 45% of total water abstraction in European Union second only to agriculture. MATChING or “Materials & Technologies for Performance Improvement of Cooling …