IEA
District Heating and Cooling
including CHP
Research Projects: Completed projects 1999 - 2002 / Annex VI
General
 The IEA's "Programme of Research, Development and Demonstration on District Heating" was established at the end of 1983. The technical areas covered by Annex VI, the sixth three-year phase are listed below.

The results of all of the Annex VI studies can be downloaded here.

Summaries and presentations of the projects were presented at the End of Annex VI Seminar in Trondheim. The proceedings of this seminar can be downloaded here.
The projects
  

Optimised district heating systems using remote heat meter communication and control
  

District Heating and Cooling Building Connection Handbooks
  

Simple Models For Operational Optimisation
  

Horizontal Drilling & DH network Operation
  

Optimization of a DH System by Maximizing Building System Temperature Differences
  

Promotion and Recognition of DHC/CHP Benefits in Greenhouse Gas Policy and Trading Programs

  

Optimization Of Cool Thermal Storage And Distribution
  

Absorption Refrigeration with Thermal (Ice) Storage