Abstract
Aim of this paper is to provide a comparison between the potential energy savings and the portion of research funding for the heating and cooling sector in Europe. Data has been collected through literature research and analysed in order to assess the expected energy savings in the heating and cooling sector and, at the same time, to quantify the European Union´s funding for energy related researches and developments. On one hand, expected energy savings in the heating and cooling sector account for more than 50% of the total potential energy savings in Europe. On the other hand, the Seventh Framework Programme finance for heating and cooling issues is circa the 7% of its total energy budget and from that almost 3% account for renewable heating and cooling energy sources