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City planning articles
Heat pumps in district heating systems
The combination of district heating and heat pumps are foreseen to have a key role in the future district heating systems. This article looks at the integration of large-scale heat pumps in district heating, which can help balancing the power grid when the production of electricity from intermittent renewable energy sources fluctuates.
KeepWarm: Supporting modernisation of district heating systems in Central and Eastern Europe
The KeepWarm project, funded under H2020 Energy Efficiency, worked to accelerate investments to retrofit existing inefficient heat...
Friendly Sam – Tools for modelling and optimising energy systems
This text describes Friendly Sam, a toolbox developed to formulate optimisation-based models of energy systems.
Connecting municipalities
Interconnecting cities district heating grids can achieve more efficient production units, better economics and more resilience.
Webinar: Heat mapping as a planning tool
From list of energy use solutions to strategy for energy transition. Than – create the plan for specific needs in the neighborhood.
Webinar: Why heat mapping? – an English perspective
The creation and implementation of London’s energy strategy is presented, as well as the London Heat Map that forms the city’s energy master plans.