Project Results
Delivered presentation
Delivered presentation
Dissemination of the RESHeat project, including the concept, advantages, applicability, scalability, demonstration plants, and research, are conducted via various channels. Presentation is one of the important approaches to enhancing the visibility of the project and its outcome. It is conducted in various venues such as conferences, symposiums, workshops, and to the public. We tried to reach out to stakeholders (academia, industry, policy maker, layman) with different backgrounds, maximizing the benefit of the project outcome.
Dissemination To Academicians And Industry Practitioners
Year 2022
1. 3rd Conference on Biomass and Alternative Fuels in District Heating, 17 March 2022, Radziejowice, Poland

Dr Piotr Cisek (CUT) gave a speech entitled: “RESHeat as an energy trigeneration system using RES for the production of electricity, heat, and cooling for residential, industrial, and passive buildings.” The conference is an industry event attended by representatives of the heating sector, local government units, and RES companies.
2. 5th South East European Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SEE SDEWES), 22-26 May, Vlore, Albania


5th SEE SDEWES hybrid conference has brought together around 206 scientists, researchers, and experts in the field of sustainable development from 36 countries . RESHeat project is presented and the scientific information to develop the project further is gathered. New network has also been established. It is inline with the Work Package 6. A total of 3 lectures / presentations are delivered.


- Dokl, M., Čuček, L. *, Varbanov, P., Kravanja, Z., Klemeš, JJ, Vujanovic, A., Fan, YV, 2022, Optimization of Organic Rankine Cycle Integrated with Different Solar Utilization Technologies [25.5. 2022]
- Klemeš JJ, Ocłoń P., Varbanov PS, Fan YV, Zhang S., 2022, Reducing Environmental Footprints of Building Heating, Cooling and Ventilation by more Efficient and Renewable Energy Sources [25.5.2022]
- Varbanov PS *, Chin HH, Ocłoń P., Fan YV, Klemeš JJ, Gaurav G., Evaluation of the Operating Savings of Fossil Energy and Emissions Based on PV-Thermal Panels and RESHeat Storage [25.5.2022]
3. 45th International Conference of SSCHE & PERMEA 2022, 23 – 26 May 2022, Tatranské Matliare, Slovakia


SSCHE 2022 and PERMEA 2022 is organized by the Slovak Society of Chemical Engineering with assistance of the Institute of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering of the Slovak University of Technology. The conference is attended by academicians, engineers and company representatives . One of the RESHeat member is invited to deliver a plenary lecturer with title of Minimising Environmental Footprint of Waste Generation and Recovery Beyond Process Level. Several collaborations could be expected in the coming future. The research idea captured through discussion will be further developed.
4. 9th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, 15-18 June 2022, Corfu, Greece

A lecture entitled Plastic Waste Forecasting and Potential Application in Renewable Energy System and Building for Environmental Footprint Mitigation by Fan, Y.V., Lee, C.T., Klemeš, J.J., Ocłoń, P. is delivered. Lectures and discussions with experts are associated with one of the project goals of RESHeat, which is “economic efficiency assessment, life cycle analysis and environmental impact assessment of RESHeat systems”. The sustainability of RESHeat systems could be further enhanced by tackling end-of-life management instead of limiting at the production and utilisation stages. The potential recovery or recycling pathway of solar panels, the LCA accounting method, and the potential integration such as solar thermal power for supporting the recycling process (e.g. pyrolysis) are explored in the conference.
5. 7th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies, 5 July – 8 July 2022, Split and Bol, Croatia (Hybrid)


7th international Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies is a conference participated by both academia and industry members where several topics and workshops closely related to RESheat project are delivered. For example “Smart hybrid cooling techniques for siliceuos photovoltaic panels: project outcome” and “symposia on mitigation and adaption strategies towards decarbonization of build environment”. It serves as a good platform to publicise the project and widen the network.
The delivered presentation include:
1. Klemeš, J.J. , Varbonov, P., Fan, Y.V., Ocłoń, P, 2022, Increasing the Efficiency of Renewable Energy Sources to Reduce Environmental Footprints of Heating, Cooling and Ventilation of Buildings
2. Varbanov P.S., Chin H.H., Klemeš J.J., Ocłoń P., Zhang S., 2022, Potential of Solar Powered Underground Waste Heat Utilisation in Total Site Heat Integration
3. Fan Y.V., Klemeš J.J., 2022, Environmental Footprint of Electric Vehicles: A Spatiotemporal Charging Analysis
6. 1-st International Scientific Conference on Cleaner Energy and Chemical Engineering for Sustainable Circular Economy: CLES-CE 2022. 28th August- 31th August, 2022; A hybrid event: Sofia, Bulgaria and Online
1. P.Ocłoń, P. Varbanov* M.Yildirim, J. Klemeš, W. Zima,Urban Integration of Renewable Solar Energy Sources and Heat Storage: RESHeat, 30 August 2022
2. Fan Y.V., Klemeš J.J., Environmental Footprint of Electric Vehicles and the Underemphasise Spatiotemporal Effect of Charging, 31 August 2022 [Plenary Lecture]
6. 25th Conference on Process Integration for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction – PRES’22, Bol, Croatia [Hybrid], 5 September – 8 September 2022 (RESHeat Panel Discussion)




Year 2021
1. 24th Conference on Process Integration for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (PRES’21), 31 October – 3 November 2021, Brno, Czech Republic

PRES’21 is a recognised platform for bringing together scientists, engineers and decision-makers, to discuss and innovate on solutions and technologies for improved efficiency and sustainability of industrial and regional systems. A lecture entitled Modeling of renewable energy system for residential building heating and electricity production by Ocloń, P., Cisek, P., Taler, J., Klemeš, J.J., Varbanov, P.S., Vallati, A., Czamara, M., Kozak-Jagiela, E. is delivered
2. The 5th Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory Scientific Conference, 4 – 5 November 2021, Brno, Czech Republic

Prof Pawel is invited to deliver a plenary lecture <Modeling of Underground Thermal Energy Storage unit coupled with sun-tracked PVT and solar collectors> at SPIL’21.
3. Others
a) Paweł Ocłoń, Jan Taler, Piotr Cisek, Dawid Taler, Renewable Energy system for heating, cooling and electrical energy production for residental buildings, Energy, Fuels and Enviroment Conference (EFE 2020), 1-4 December 2020– plennary lecture Online
b) Paweł Ocłoń: Modeling of heat transfer in PVT based renewable energy system with underground energy storage at the 13th International Conference on Computational Heat, Mass and Momentum Transfer (Paris, 18 May 2021 at 14:00-14:50). Paweł Ocłoń Online presented a Keynote Lecture related to the RESHeat project.
c) Pawel Oclon: RESHeat for Cracow City, MPSU2021, Modern Power Systems and Units, 21 May 2021, Cracow, Poland, Online
d) Paweł Ocłoń: Modeling of Renewable Energy System based on heat pump, PVT and underground energy storage at The 5th Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory Scientific Conference, Brno, 4-5 November 2021 (On site)
e) Paweł Ocłoń: Modeling of Building Heating System with Underground Energy Storage Unit at the 23rd Congress of Thermal Science and Technology with International Participation (ULIBTK 2021) – keynote lecture, Gaziantep, 08-10, 2021 Online
f) Paweł Ocłoń: RESHeat – innocations in renewable Energy application and Energy storage , 5th International Conference „Air Quality and Energy Efficiency– 2021” (in Polish), 9th December 21, Cracow, Malopolska Centre for Energy Savings in Buildings
g) Elżbieta Radziszewska-Zielina – Algorithm of selection of objects and solutions based on RES taking into account the challanges of mass thermomodernization of minicipal housing stock on the example of Cracow city, Modern Technologies in Civil Engineering, Łódź, Poland, 31 March – 1 April, 2022
h) Paweł Ocłoń, Piotr Cisek, RESHeat – Renewable Energy System for Residential Building Heating and Electricity Production, International Conference on Materials and Energy, Baku, 22-25 May 2022, Keynote Lecture, Online
i) Paweł Ocłoń, RESHeat – a Renewable Energy Based System for Heating, Cooling and Electrical Energy Production, the 1st International Conference on Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Northwestern University, Xian, China, Invited Lecture, Online
Dissemination To Policy Maker, Public and Targeted Residents
Year 2022
1. Workshop on new generation of thermo-modernization of building resources with consideration of climate change, 27 May 2022


GIL Gallery hosted the Workshop “New generation of thermo-modernization of building resources with consideration of climate change”, organized by the Malopolska Center for Building-Energy Efficiency together with the Center of Research Development of CUT, and supported by the Municipal District Heating of Krakow City.
The workshop was divided into several parts/sessions, the purpose of which was to delve into the topic of how the thermo-modernization of building resources currently looks like from the side of regulations/technical conditions and also from the side of innovative solutions that scientists are working on.
The session on domestic and foreign projects was opened by Prof. Pawel Ocłoń Director of the Center of Research Development of CUT and profesor at Energy Department of CUT with a lecture entitled ” Innovations in the thermal modernization of buildings with regard to accessibility – RESHEAT project.”
At the end, the Mayor of Tarnów Roman Ciepiela presented actions to increase energy efficiency in the city of Tarnów.
The speakers’ speeches aroused great interest and were the beginning for many interesting discussions. Among the invited participants were representatives of local governments, scientists and entrepreneurs from the construction industry.
2. Presentation to Krakow City Representatives

Meetings with Directors of:
- Municipal Economy Department
- Municipal Investment Department
- Directors of Climate, Energy and Water Economy Departments
- Municipal Buildings Department
3. Great Ecology Lesson – Krakow Tauron Arena

Dissemination to the public. A presentation of RESHeat project is delivered. Chaired by the Vice President of Cracow City – Prof. Andrzej Kulig, Prof. Agnieszka Generowicz and Director Andrzej Łazęcki

RESHeat system is showcase by CZAMARA and ELFRAN Company Representatives to inhabitants of Cracow City
4. Green Neighbourhood Meeting

Teams meeting with representatives of more than 20 residential buildings associations and Director of Municipal Economy of Cracow – Mr. Andrzej Łazęcki. Green neighbourhood concept is one of the new project supported by Krakow city. The project aims to develop a clean Energy Transition for Residential Buildings Cooperatives (RBC) in Cracow. The RESHeat system is recommended as one of two solutions for those RBC. In total the Teams meeting with more than 20 housing Cooperatives Directors has been made to present the final project report.
5. Night Horizon show of the Bulgarian National Radio, 14-15 August 2022

An outreach activity to the wider action in Bulgaria has been made. Assoc Prof Dr Varbanov has presented the RESHeat project at the “Night Horizon” show of the Bulgarian National Radio. The show was aired in the first hour and a half of 8/15/2022. The overall show was on the broader topic of clean energy. The RESHeat presentation was made within this context as providing a good-practice example of the economic and environmentally-friendly utilization of renewable energy sources.
The audio recording (in Bulgarian) is available from the following link.
Year 2021
1. Meeting with Ministry of Climate and Environment of Poland, 13 May 2021

The meeting has several agenda including discussion on the replication possibilities of the solution proposed by RESHeat project. The attendees include:
Climate and Enviroment Ministry of Poland:
- Prof. zw. dr hab. inż. Aleksander M. Nawrat (Climate and Eviroment Minister Plenipotentiary for Research and Development Activities and Science Policy)
- Tomasz Sielamowicz (Expert, the Office of Ministry of Climate and Eviroment Minister)
- Jakub Kaliński (Office of Ministry of Climate and Eviroment Minister)
From RESHeat project Consortium:
- Dr hab. inż. Paweł Ocłoń, prof. PK (RESHeat project coordinator, Cracow University of Technology )
- Prof. dr hab. inż. Jan Taler (Head of Energy Department, Cracw University of Technology )
- Marek Czamara (owner of S.C. Czamara Marek Czamara, Piotr Czamara)