VERY SHALLOW GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
thermally enhanced backfilling material
to enhance the heat transfer of the ground surrounding the pipes creating thermally enhanced backfilling material (TEBM) suitable for horizontal systems
HORIZONTAL COLLECTOR SYSTEMS
to assess the performance and the environmental impacts of new promising technological solutions as special forms of horizontal collectors systems with and without TEBM;
monitoring and modeling
to monitor the results over time through direct measurements and numerical simulation
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About ITER
Since heating and cooling demands constitute almost 50% of the final energy demand in Europe, the development of geothermal energy systems and especially shallow geothermal solutions, reveals a huge potential in providing thermal energy for residential and tertiary buildings.
Overall aim of ITER Project is to ensure the sustainability of ground coupled heating-cooling systems and especially the horizontal ground heat exchangers systems.
In latin "ITER" means "travel" and this word represent the continuous personal and scientific progress related to research activity, focused, in this case, on very shallow geothermal energy topic.
ITER Project TEAM

Eloisa Di Sipio
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU)
Geologist, earth scientist, working on shallow geothermal energy, early career hydrogeologist.
Currently Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at FAU University, Germany.

David Bertermann
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU)
Soil scientist, expertise in shallow geothermal energy, soil erosion events, regulation of flood runoff, management of territorial data.
Supervisor of ITER Project.

Mario Psyk
Rehau AG & Co
Technical Expert / Conductor of the department of design software development.
Expert for geothermal pipe systems, especially their design, and for software development of geothermal systems.

Thomas Popp
Fischer Spezialbaustoffe
Expert in the production of grouting materials for borehole heat exchangers, actively involved in several geothermal industry association, offers its experience to define the quality standards of geothermal drillings.