{"id":23070,"date":"2025-10-10T14:39:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ehpa.org\/?p=23070"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:44:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:44:21","slug":"ehpa-position-on-the-heating-and-cooling-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ehpa.org\/news-and-resources\/position-papers\/ehpa-position-on-the-heating-and-cooling-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"EHPA position on the Heating and Cooling Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23070\" class=\"elementor elementor-23070\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d609f02 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d609f02\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87bd385 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87bd385\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The heating and cooling sector still accounts for over 50% of all energy consumption in the EU.<\/p><p>Although renewable energy sources have gradually increased their contribution over the years, they only accounted for 26.2% of final energy consumption in the heating and cooling sector in 2023, meaning that around 70% still comes from fossil fuels.<\/p><p>To reduce the use of fossil fuels in the heating and cooling sector, several alternatives exist. However, these options come with specific limitations related to cost, scalability, geography, or environmental impact.<\/p><p>The role of heat pumps stands out in this context as, unlike other alternatives, they represent a mature technology capable of providing both heating and cooling, allowing for greater use of renewable energy sources and waste heat, doing so with significantly higher efficiency than conventional fossil-fuel-based systems.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6205f07 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6205f07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/ehpa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EHPA-position-on-the-Heating-and-Cooling-strategy.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">EHPA position on the Heating and Cooling Strategy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The heating and cooling sector still accounts for over 50% of all energy consumption in the EU. Although renewable energy sources have gradually increased their contribution over the years, they only accounted for 26.2% of final energy consumption in the heating and cooling sector in 2023, meaning that around 70% still comes from fossil fuels. 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