We have compiled a list of useful links related to topics like renewable energy technologies and designs, data sources as well as strategies and policies worth to have a look at. As we discover more useful resources, we will update this list.

Low carbon heat technologies

• Analysis of future heat technology infrastructure options March 2018
• Heat pumps - an introductory guide - Carbon Trust 
• Heat pumps: the future of district energy: YouTube video
• Examples of ground source heat pump installations across the UK
• Domestic heat pumps: a best practice guide - published by Microgeneration Certification Scheme (Dec 2020)
• An overview of heat pumps at domestic scale - The Guardian Nov 2020
• Contribution of heat pumps to low carbon heating - a BBC article (2014)
• The Heat Pump Retrofit for London - Carbon Trust report (2020)
• Ground source heat pumps: Are they green?
• Large-scale ASHP with a district heat network - a case study for 350 social housing properties in Glasgow
• Scottish Government Heat Networks
• Scottish Government deep geothermal review including report on Potential of geothermal energy across Scotland
• BGS Heat potential beneath Glasgow 
• District heat networks in Scotland
• Hydrogen - the panacea?  Don't get carried away.  University of Exeter research on vested interests and the role of hydrogen in the energy sector

Design approaches  

• A Review of design approaches for renewable energy in urban parks 
• Incorporating renewable energy into art and sculpture for pubic spaces - Land Art Generator

Potential heat data sources

• Scotland Heat Map
  
• National Heat Map (no  longer maintained and available)
• London Heat Map

UK relevant research, strategies and information hubs

• Heat pumps within heat networks (UK) 
• Association for Decentralised Energy
• Heat in the City
• District Heating Scotland
• Guide to Energy Masterplanning. Scottish Enterprise
• Town & Country Planning Association
• Dundee District Heating Strategy
• Settlement scale energy masterplan for Burntisland, Fife - masterplan overview and technical methodology
• Heat Pump Retrofit report for London, Carbon Trust
• Electrification of Heat Demonstration Project, BEIS June 2020
• Research: sustainable heating for low energy buildings and cities
• Sharing knowledge: model of Bioenergy Villages 
• Sharing lessons learned: ground source heat pumps beneath parks and sports pitches 
• Powering Parks: powering parks through ground source heat pumps
• Toolkit: community renewable energy
• Community driven projects in Scotland
• Overview: community energy projects in Scotland
• Heat Vision 2030 - promoting low carbon heating solutions for UK cities

International research and information hubs

• A focus on smart green energy cities
• The development of smart green energy cities
• Euroheat & Power - a European network promoting sustainable heating and cooling solutions
• Celsius - European collaboration hub to support cities in their energy decarbonisation 
• EU Sub-Urban Project - planning issues in sub-surface zones in cities including Glasgow
• SHIFFT Project - decarbonising heat in residential and community buildings across multiple European cities
• GEO-URBAN Project - investigating complex urban sites within cities (Dublin & Valles) for deep geothermal potential
• THERMOS - open source tools for energy planning
• HeatNet - transition strategies for delivering low carbon 4th generation heat networks across NW Europe
• Cheap GSHPs - Innovation in Ground Source Heat Exchangers and Pumps

Relevant research papers

• Case study of Kinlochleven by Strathclyde University - migrating to a district heat network supplied by a WSHP
• Study of 40 heat networks across Europe supported by heat pumps 
• Review of smart thermal grids
• Can brownfield land be reused for ground source heating to alleviate fuel poverty?  University of Strathclyde (2017)
• Opportunity mapping for urban renewables generation - Stage 1: Photovoltaics University of Strathclyde (2015)
• Assessing borehole temperature of the Glasgow Geothermal Energy Research Field Site  University of Glasgow (2020)
• Exploring potential for deep geothermal heat in Shetland Islands
• Geothermal Energy Use, Country Update for Ireland (2019)
• Recent large scale ground-source heat pump installations in Ireland  (2003)
• Multi-criteria GIS analysis to model suitability for shallow geothermal solutions (2017)
• Performance analysis of a large scale ground source heat pump solution (2015)
• Mapping suitability for open-loop ground source heat pump systems: a screening tool for England and Wales (2014)
• An updated ground thermal properties database for GSHP applications  (May 2020)
• Impact of groundwater flow on the Stockton geothermal well field 
• Advances in Ground Source Heat Pumps
• Energy efficiency of domestic scale solar thermal solutions
• Research article: compost-based heat production
• Review article: compost-based heat production
• Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air - the best UK introduction to renewable energy technologies

Electro-magnetic survey undertaken in Merrion Square in Dublin to explore potential for deep geothermal heat to support a Dublin city-wide low carbon district heat network