Science Figured Out: Can we heat our homes without emitting CO2?

News06-05-2022

Science Figured Out lures young scientists out of their familiar lab or office and places them in front of a camera with a clear assignment: tell the general public about your research in a clear 3-minute pitch! Some researchers connected to EnergyVille also took part.

Yannick Wack's research: Can we heat our homes without emitting CO2?

Did you ever hear of ‘district heating networks’? These are networks of underground pipelines carrying hot water from geothermal plants to houses & buildings. They offer an interesting and sustainable approach to heating. But the larger the network of houses to be heated becomes, the more complex it becomes to manually design an efficient heat network. That’s where Yannick Wack’s (VITO – KU Leuven – Energyville) research comes in…

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