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Experiences with low-temperature district heating and cooling in the Netherlands

In this article, we describe the ambitions, considerations, and choices of five Dutch project teams working within the nation (...)

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Survey of 53 fifth generation district heating and cooling grids (5GDHC) in Germany

This article presents a survey conducted among utility companies and engineering offices in Germany to collect data on 5 (...)

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Sustainable HVAC systems in commercial construction: balancing comfort and energy efficiency

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems are essential for any business. While they help maintain comfortable tempe (...)

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Townfield Head Farm

Existing building The house was built in 1790, with no footings except for cellar. The walls are made of stone with rubble (...)

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The Phenix

The Phenix, Lemay's Montreal office, was designed as an experimental laboratory for innovations in sustainable development (...)

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District heating carries geothermal energy into homes, thereby reducing fossil fuel consumption

Geothermal energy can be very useful for delivering heat to buildings, safeguarding the environment while generating economic (...)

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Decarbonising heating and cooling: a climate imperative

The EU has met its target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020, compared with 1990 levels. However, meeting (...)

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Solar developers may benefit from a new stormwater calculator

Stormwater management practices, permitting, and regulations at solar sites often do not account for the unique characteristi (...)

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Dynamic energy management using batteries and photovoltaics

One challenge facing the widespread adoption of renewable energies is the fluctuating output of photovoltaic systems — for (...)

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The second course on 5GDHC is already online!

The EU supports the uptake of smart and low-temperature district heating and cooling (DHC) networks to speed up the process (...)

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House of the Environment

En français The Maison de l'Environnement brings together the offices of the DGE, which were previously scattered over severa (...)

Infrastructure

The 5th generation heating and cooling grid of Glasgow

Clyde Gateway is Scotland’s biggest and most ambitious urban regeneration programme. It is a partnership between Glasgow (...)

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ShowPass

ShowPass is an EnerPhit-Step-by-Step precertified building from beginning of 20th century. It is also certified as a CO2 (...)

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Malicounda High School

This project is located in Nianing, in Senegal, and consists in creating eight new classrooms and an amphitheater for the (...)

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How to ensure security of heat supply and at the same time decarbonise district heating? The Polish case-study

Regulations dedicated to the transformation of district heating sector are one of the key areas of the “Fit for 55” package (...)