Heating systems which distribute steam or hot water to a number of buildings across a district. Heat can be provided from variety of sources, including geothermal, CHP plants, waste heat from industry and purpose built heating plants.
Means of providing heating to a number of buildings from a centrally located source.
System that provides heat or electricity, and sometimes both, to a number of buildings.
Kaukolämmitys Fjärrvärme The supply of heat, either in the form of steam or hot water, from a central source to a group of buildings.
A type of direct use in which a utility system supplies multiple users with hot water or steam from a central plant or well field.
A heating system in which steam or hot water for space heating or hot water is piped from a central boiler plant or electric power/heating plant to a cluster of buildings.
District heating (less commonly called teleheating) is a system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements. The heat is often obtained from a cogeneration plant, although dedicated facilities called heat-only boiler stations are also used. A district heating plant can provide higher efficiencies and better pollution control than localized boilers.
