On November 22, the EU-funded project “LowTEMP – Low temperature district heating for the Baltic Sea region” was launched with a kick-off event in Gdansk, Poland. LowTEMP aims to make the district heating supply in the Baltic Sea region more sustainable and efficient through the introduction of low-temperature networks. Following the successful application and approval of the project in the Interreg Baltic Sea Program, aconium GmbH is now also responsible for project, communication and financial management.
Together with the Polish lead partner IMP PAN (Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Polish Academy of Sciences), aconium GmbH organized a two-day kick-off event on 22 and 23 November. At the start of the event, which was attended by 32 representatives of the project partners from eight EU countries as well as numerous trade visitors, LowTEMP and the district heating supply situation in the Baltic Sea region were once again presented to an interested Polish specialist audience. The focus was on the district heating supply in Poland, Germany and the Baltic states. The topic of “4th Generation District Heating” was then highlighted by an expert from Aalborg University in Denmark. After this exciting start, the project partners met internally and were informed about the requirements of the program by Jan Schmidt, project officer at the Joint Secretariat of the EU Interreg Baltic Sea Program in Rostock. At the end of the first day of the event, the participants went on an excursion to the Wejherowo district heating plant, which still uses conventional methods to generate heat for the surrounding city districts. On the second day of the kick-off event, the project participants from aconium GmbH, Britta Schmigotzki (Project Manager), Darijus Valiucko (Communications Manager) and Christoph Wald (Finance Manager), informed the project partners about the planned implementation of LowTEMP and discussed the next steps in workshops. All participants also had the opportunity to introduce themselves with a short presentation. After this informative kick-off event, the 19 project partners from nine nations are now motivated to begin their work to further advance sustainable and efficient district heating networks. Further information on the LowTEMP project can be found in the detailed project description.
Photo above: Britta Schmigotzki (Project Manager, aconium GmbH) during the introductory lecture at the LowTEMP kick-off event on 23.11.2017 in Gdansk, Poland.
Photos below: Darijus Valiucko (Communication Manager, aconium GmbH) giving a presentation on communication management at the LowTEMP kick-off event on 23.11.2017 in Gdansk, Poland; Jan Schmidt (Joint Secretariat Interreg Baltic Sea Region), Prof. Adam Cenian (Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Polish Academy of Sciences) and Britta Schmigotzki (Project Manager aconium GmbH) in conversation; LowTEMP project partners on an excursion to the district heating plant in Wejherowo, Poland, on 22.11.2017.
Photo credit: aconium GmbH