This article is based on a webinar within the project Flexi-Sync and describes the approach taken in the project to optimise district energy flexibility.
How to optimise district energy flexibility
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Toolbox articles
How to scale heating and cooling demonstrator projects
Scaling is essential, but also challenging. Learn more about recommendations for successfully scaling your heating and cooling demonstrator projects.
Find the money for the next step: A funding for scaling checklist
This checklist provides guidance on what steps to take to improve your chances of aquiring funding for the scaling and replication of your demonstration project.
Making use of excess heat: Assessment methodology for urban excess heat recovery solutions
This text from the ReUseHeat project defines a performance assessment procedure, and applies it to four solutions for urban excess heat recovery.
District Heating and Cooling – A Key Element of Energy System Integration
This text describes Energy System Integration and the role of district heating and cooling in the new European Commission Strategy on Energy System Integration.
Database for interactive webtools and GIS maps
This database collects useful web applications and interactive maps from around the world to be used for the study of sustainable Energy Systems.
Utility-side optimisation: The art of delivering the right temperature at the right time
This article presents three methods for optimising the operation of a District Heating/District Cooling network, focusing on the utility side of the network.
Thermal Energy Storage
This article presents an overview of Thermal Energy Storage (TES), which can help balance energy demand and supply over time – and reduce CO2 emissions and costs.
Catching the sunlight: Solar heat for cities
The IEA publication Solar Heat for cities: The sustainable solution provides information about solar heating for cities and showcases nine solar district heating systems built in Europen cities.
How to plan and optimise production of district heat
This article describes different ways to optimise the production and supply of district heat and cooling, from smaller to larger optimisations.
Don’t waste the waste water: Clean energy from sewage
Sewage water can be used to recover waste heat for heating or cooling buildings, and the use of waste water has high energy potential.
Excess heat from datacentres: Let your Insta-selfies heat your home
This article describes strategies to improve energy efficiency in data centres – such as using waste heat for district heating systems.