IEA DHC Project Overview

This is an overview of IEA DHC projects sorted by topic.

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Field	Year of publication	Title & Link	Lead country
Benefits, Analysis and Evaluation of DHC	2007	NUON - Cost benefits and long term behaviour of new all plastic piping system	The Netherlands
	2005	A Comparison of distributed CHP/DH with large-scale CHP/DH	UK
	1999	Fatigue Analysis of District Heating Systems	Denmark
	1999	District Heating and Cooling in Future Buildings	Norway
	1996	Temperature Variations in Preinsulated DH Pipes Low Cycle Fatigue	Denmark
	1996	Quantitive heat loss determined by means of infrared themography - The TX model	Finland
	1993	Quantitative Heat Loss Analysis of Heat and Coolant Distribution Pipes by Means of Thermography	Sweden
	1992	The environmental benefits of District Heating and Cooling	Canada
	1992	DETECT - Consequence model for assessing the environmental benefits of district heating and cooling in a well defined area	N.A.
CHP	2008	HUT - Improved Cogeneration and Heat Utilization in DH Networks	Finland
	1999	District Cooling, Balancing the Production and Demand in CHP	Finland
	1996	Integrating district cooling with combined heat and power	USA
District cooling	2019	Sustainable District Cooling Guidelines	France
	2008	IDEA - Assessing the Actual Energy Efficiency of Building Scale Cooling Systems	USA
	2002	Absorption Refrigeration with Thermal (ice) Storage	UK
	1993	The design and operation of Ice-slurry based District Cooling Systems	Canada
Guidebooks, Tools and Guidelines for DHC	2023	The district heating business model 2050	Sweden
	2017	Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption by optimizing urban form for district energy	Canada
	2014	Development of an Universal Calculation Model and Calculation Tool for Primary Energy Factors and CO2 Equivalents in District Heating and Cooling including CHP	Norway
	2005	Two-step decision and optimisation model for centralised or decentralised thermal storage in DH&C systems	Sweden
	2002	District Heating and Cooling Building Handbook	Canada
	1999	Plastic Pipe Systems for DH, Handbook for Safe and Economic Application	Sweden
	1996	Guideline to planning and building of district heating networks	Germany
	1993	Promotion Manual for District Energy Systems	USA
Industry and DHC	2025	Industry-DHC Symbiosis	Austria
Low temperature DH	2023	CASCADE: A comprehensive toolbox for integrating low-temperature sub-networks in existing district heating networks	Austria
	2023	Leave 2nd generation behind: cost effective solutions for small-to-large scale DH networks	Italy
	2023	Optimized transition towards low-temperature and low-carbon DH systems (OPTiTRANS)	Finland
	2021	Annex TS2: Implementation of Low Temperature District Heating Systems	Sweden
	2017	Low Temperature District Heating for Future Energy Systems	Germany
	2017	Transformation roadmap from high to low temperature district heating system	Sweden
	2002	Optimisation of Cool Thermal Storage and Distribution	Finland
	2002	Optimisation of a DH System by Maximising Building System Temperatures Differences	Canada
	1999	Optimisation of Operating Temperatures and an Appraisal of the Benefits of Low Temperature District Heating	UK
	1996	Managing a hydraulic system in district heating	The Netherlands
	1996	Efficient substations and installations	Norway
Metastudies on DHC	1998	Research Projects Summary	Sweden
	1997	Summary of Research Activities 1993-1996	The Netherlands
	1996	A review of European and North American water treatment practices	Canada
	(informal report 1996)	Long-term cooperation with East-European countries	Finland
	1993	Summary of Research Activities 1990-1993	The Netherlands
	1992	R&D Project Review	Denmark
Modern Buildings and DH	2023	Cost Benefit study on the building secondary network for improving DH performance	France
	2011	District Heating for Energy Efficient Building Areas	Finland
	2011	Interaction Between District Energy and Future Buildings that have Storage and Intermittent Surplus Energy	Canada
	2008	District Heating Distribution in Areas with Low Heat Demand Density	Sweden
	1992	CHESS, Consumer Heating System Simulation	Norway
Network Operation of DHC Nets	2025	Annex TS4: Digitalisation of District Heating and Cooling	Germany
	2024	Annex TS3: Hybrid Energy Networks	Austria
	2023	Artificial Intelligence for Forecasting of Heat Production and Heat demand and Fault Detection in District Heating Networks	Germany
	2017	Smart use as the missing link in district energy development	Sweden
	2005	Strategies to manage heat losses - Technique and Economy	Germany
	2005	Improvement of operational temperature differences in district heating systems	Sweden
	2005	Biofouling and Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion in District Heating Networks	Denmark
	2005	Dynamic Heat Storage Optimisation and Demand Side Management	Germany
	2002	Optimisation District Heating Systems Using Remote Heat Meter Communication and Control	Denmark
	2002	District Heating Network Operation	Germany
	2002	Simple Models for Operational Optimisation	Denmark
Network-Technology of DHC Nets	2025	Life-time prediction of DHC pipes	Germany
	2020	Effects of Loads on Asset Management of the 4th Generation District Heating Networks	Germany
	2014	Improved maintenance strategies for district heating pipelines	Sweden
	2008	Chalmers - New materials and constructions for improving the quality and lifetime of district heating pipes including joints – thermal, mechanical and environmental performance	Sweden
	2005	How cellular gases influence insulation properties of district heating pipes and the competitiveness of district energy	Denmark
	2002	Pipe Laying in Combination with Horizontal Drilling Methods	Germany
	1999	Cold Installation of Rigid District Heating Pipes	Germany
	1999	New ways of installing District Heating Pipes	Germany
	1999	Reuse of Excavated Materials	Germany
	1996	Bend Pipes	Germany
	1996	Execution of connections to pipelines in operation	Germany
	1996	Advanced Energy Transmission Fluids Final Report of Research, ANNEX IV	Germany
	1993	Advanced Energy Transmission Fluids Final Report of Research, ANNEX III	USA
	1992	CFC-Free Plastic Jacket pipes	Germany
	1992	District Heating Piping with plastic-medium pipes, status of the development and laying costs	Germany
	1992	Bends for Plastic Jacket Pipe Systems, able to withstand high transvers loadings	Germany
Policy and DHC	2020	Stepwise transition strategy and impact assessment for future district heating systems	Finland
	2017	Governance models and strategic decision making processes for deploying thermal grids	USA
	2011	Policies and barriers for District Heating and Cooling outside EU countries	Finland
	2002	Promotion and Recognition of DHC/CHP benefits in Greenhouse Gas Policy and Trading Programs	Sweden
Potential assessment	2023	MEMPHIS 2.0: Advanced algorithm for spatial identification, evaluation of temporary availability and economic assessment of waste heat sources and their local representation	Germany
	2020	MEMPHIS - Methodology to evaluate and map the potential of waste heat from industry, service sector and sewage water by using internationally available open data	Germany
	2014	Towards Fourth Generation District Heating: Experiences with and Potential of Low Temperature District Heating	Denmark
	2011	The Potential for Increased Primary Energy Efficiency and Reduced CO2 Emissions by DHC	Sweden
Renewable Energy and DH	2024	Annex TS5: Integration of Renewable Energy Sources into existing District Heating and Cooling Systems	Germany
	2020	Integrated Cost-effective Large-scale Thermal Energy Storage for Smart District Heating and Cooling	Canada
	2014	Economic and Design Optimization in Integrating Renewable Energy and Waste Heat with District Energy Systems	USA
	2011	Distributed Solar Systems Interfaced To A District Heating System That Has Seasonal Storage	Canada

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