The International Symposium on District Heating and Cooling is a research conference supervised by IEA DHC. Below you can find links to the publications from past symposia. They contain a wealth of research on district heating and cooling from all over the world.

The next terminated event in this series is: The 19th International Symposium on District Heating and Cooling in Genk, Belgium on September 7th - 10th, 2025.

Proceedings and publications of past symposia

• 2023 - 18th international symposium on District Heating and Cooling in Bejing, China (original link)
  • Local copy: IEA DHC link to the proceedings
• 2021 - 17th international symposium on District Heating and Cooling in Nottingham, UK
• 2018 - 16th International Symposium on District Heating and Cooling in Hamburg, Germany
  • Science Direct: Separate articles from the symposium
• 2016 - 15th International Symposium on District Heating and Cooling in Seoul, Korea
• 2014 - 14th International Symposium on District Heating and Cooling in Stockholm, Sweden
• 2012 - 13th International Symposium on District Heating and Cooling in Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2010 and earlier - Symposium proceedings