Renewable Heating and Cooling
About RHC
Renewable heating and cooling (RHC) is the generation of energy from renewable technologies and resources to serve end-use applications such as:
- Heating water for pools or other uses
- Space heating
- Space cooling
- Process heat
Renewable thermal technologies offer a safe, clean, efficient, and increasingly cost-competitive option for reducing conventional energy use. These technologies are proven, mature, and low-risk, offering significant financial, environmental, and energy benefits to project stakeholders. Renewable heating and cooling offers the following benefits:
- Provides predictable and often fixed-price energy over the life of the project
- Offers a hedge against financially volatile conventional energy sources such as oil, gas, or electricity
- Reduces emissions and air pollutants without sacrificing comfort or performance
- Utilizes sustainable renewable resources rather than finite fossil fuels
- Increases our energy security by developing domestic energy sources
- Stimulates local jobs and domestic economic growth