1 December 2026
Brussels, Belgium
#HPForum 2026
Award Ceremony
1 December 2026
SQUARE Brussels
LighthouseHP winner

The thermoroad – full-scale demonstration of geothermal 5th generation district heating and cooling combined with sustainable urban drainage

Projects details:
Location: Hornsyld, Denmark
Year of Submission: 2025
Type of HP: DHC
Funding from: Private, Public
Sector of application: Tertiary Public Building
Lighthouse winner

The Thermo-road is the world’s first road-integrated thermonet within a Sustainable Urban Drainage System, combining geothermal exchangers and stormwater retention. It supplies renewable heating and cooling to 12 homes via heat pumps, recovers wastewater heat in winter, and includes borehole exchangers for demonstration.

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