COST-EFFECTIVE ENHANCED
GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS
FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT
BUILDING RETROFITTING
GEOFIT Project
The innovation project Geofit is developing a holistic and novel approach to geothermal retrofitting, which is cost-competitive, easy to install, and capable of providing efficient low-temperature heating & high-temperature cooling by using the most innovative tools and methods.
Buildings currently account for 40% of Europe’s energy consumption and a third of its CO2 emissions.
To drive the energy renovation of buildings we need solutions – and fast.
GEOFIT IS A 4-YEAR INNOVATION ACTION PROJECT
FUNDED BY THE EU'S HORIZON 2020 PROGRAMME
4
YEARS
24
PARTNERS
10
EU COUNTRIES
5
PILOT SITES
9
MILLION BUDGET
THE GEOFIT SOLUTION
Geofit as a whole offers many significant advantages that take geothermal systems to the next level, such as large
energy savings, integration into a single system for both cooling and heating, free environmental energy, high energy
efficiency, long-lasting system and very low maintenance.
Innovative Tools & Drilling Methods
GEOFIT
TECHNOLOGIES
Since retrofitting is a complex process, Geofit includes new technological components and methods.
BIM Methodology & IDDS Framework
Innovative Tools & Drilling Methods
Ground-penetrating radar.
Simulations of the drilling process.
GEOFIT
TECHNOLOGIES
Since retrofitting is a complex process, Geofit includes new technological components and methods.
BIM Methodology & IDDS Framework
New geothermal retrofitting project management tool-chains.
ICT and BIM tools for geothermal based retrofitting.
Optimised Technology & Design Methods
Site Inspection & Risk Assessment Techniques
PILOT SITES
GEOFIT is being successfully implemented in 5 pilot sites in Ireland, Italy, France and Spain.
The demonstration sites are open case studies representing various climates and situations found
throughout Europe, with different building types and different soil conditions.
Aran Islands
IRELAND
Residential Building
Perugia
ITALY
Historical Building
Bordeaux
FRANCE
Student Lab
Sant Cugat
SPAIN
Primary School
Galway
IRELAND
Sports Center
LATEST NEWS & PUBLICATIONS
We frequently publish news and articles to keep you informed of our latest findings and progress.
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Radar Technologies in GEOFIT
Our latest article by IDS GeoRadar on how this tech helps manage drilling & digging risks during Geothermal Retrofitting. Geothermal based building retrofitting involve complex…
GEOBIM for Geothermal Retrofitting
New article by IDP on Geographical and Building Information creating Integrated Environments. GEOFIT project represents a challenge and an opportunity for a geothermal…
LTH and HTC & energy efficiency
Learn more on how it helps increase the efficiency of ground source heat pumps with this article by Henrikki Pieskä (KTH) and Qian Wang (Uponor). A heat emission system is an integral…
GEOFIT articles now available on the Zenodo platform
GEOFIT has joined the Zenodo community, an open access repository platform where you will be able to find project data and scientific publications. Don’t hesitate to take a look…
