Thematic session - Equipment for sustainable heating and cooling: how to accelerate deployment?

The event aims to advance global knowledge on available equipment for clean and efficient heating and cooling in buildings. It kicks off with a keynote jointly prepared by the International Renewable Energy Agency and the International Energy Agency highlighting the mismatch between available solutions and deployment.
The goal of the session is for the audience to gain a better understanding on how innovation in smart operation of available technologies for heating and cooling — from residential to district heating applications — can help to decarbonize the building stock while addressing electricity systems issues. System integration will make the efficient electrification of heating and cooling a win-win as it tackles grid congestion, peak loads and high infrastructure costs, reducing both energy bills and environmental impacts.
Building on an overview of available solutions, industry leaders will highlight opportunities and challenges of solution deployment and identify the necessary policy framework for faster deployment.
A focus will be put on the positive result of integrating the heating/cooling and power sectors to establish comprehensive solutions for end-users, that are economically attractive to market actors.