The Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC) is the global coalition of companies, institutions, and governments committed to decarbonizing thermal energy use by scaling up renewable heating and cooling technologies at their facilities. The RTC focuses its work across the intersecting issues of technology, market development, and policy.
RTC Members (buy-side) and Solutions Providers (supply-side) are invited to participate in multiple RTC workstreams to:
The RTC was founded in 2017 and is facilitated by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, David Gardiner and Associates, and the World Wildlife Fund.
RTC Members and Solutions Providers include many companies in the US and the world across a diverse range of industries, including leaders in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical, consumer packaged goods, paper, healthcare, higher education, building materials, and automotive sectors.
RTC Members include global industrial and institutional energy users representing more than $6 trillion in market capitalization.
The RTC also includes a wide range of solutions providers and experts, including renewable thermal technology developers, project financiers, consultants, utilities, and more.
The RTC is the only global coalition focused exclusively on the decarbonization of thermal energy with renewable solutions. The RTC is a pre-commercial, pre-competitive initiative. The RTC conducts all of its work in compliance with our antitrust guidelines.
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The Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC) is the global coalition for companies, institutions, and governments committed to scaling up renewable heating and cooling at their facilities, dramatically cutting carbon emissions.