About Us
Renewable Thermal Collaborative
The Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC) is the leading coalition for organizations that are committed to scaling up renewable heating and cooling at their facilities and dramatically cutting carbon emissions. RTC Members recognize the growing demand and necessity for renewable heating and cooling and the urgent need to meet this demand in a manner that delivers sustainable, cost-competitive options at scale.
RTC Members include manufacturers and state and local governments. The RTC Solutions Providers are renewable thermal suppliers, producers, and professional service firms that provide important institutional support for the RTC’s work to advance renewable thermal solutions for large customers
RTC Summit 2024
Join us September 30 & October 1 in Washington D.C. for the premier event connecting leaders across the renewable thermal energy landscape.
Renewable Thermal Vision Report
Finding a Path Forward for Decarbonizing Thermal Energy in the U.S. Industrial Sector
Our Vision
The Thermal Opportunity
Energy used for heating and cooling comprises approximately 50 percent of total global final energy demand and 39 percent of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. In the United States, heating and cooling account for more than 25 percent of total energy use across residential, commercial, and industrial sectors at a cost of $270 billion annually.
Despite its large energy and carbon footprint and its significant potential to reduce carbon emissions, the use of renewable energy for heating and cooling applications, including biomass, biogas, geothermal, landfill gas, renewable electrification, renewable hydrogen, and solar thermal, has received relatively little attention compared with renewable electricity.
of global final energy is comprised of thermal energy use
of GHG emissions can be attributed to heating and cooling
of total energy use in the U.S. comes from thermal energy
spent annually on heating and cooling costs in the US
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