DISTRICT COOLING
The main idea behind district cooling is to use local sources for cooling that otherwise would be wasted or not used, in order to offer the local market a competitive and highly efficient alternative to the traditional solutions.
District cooling is a modern alternative for creating comfort and industrial cooling for large users of energy such as shopping centres, hospitals, airports, educational institutions and industrial areas. District cooling has a number of benefits in comparison with small-scale and conventional production solutions for cooling.
District cooling
- is 5 to 10 times more energy efficient than conventional cooling machines
- has substantially lower operating costs, higher operating reliability and availability
- fits in perfectly as a complement to the existing business of the energy companies
This is district cooling
District cooling is a modern alternative for the production and distribution of large-scale cooling. District cooling is produced centrally and is often based on natural cooling from the cold bottom water of lakes, ground waters, rivers, the sea or conversion of waste heat/bio energy to cooling through absorption technology. The cold water is distributed to the customers via a closed, ground-laid distribution system. Recirculated heat may be processed in a heat exchanger for distribution to customers with a heating requirement. District cooling is delivered to an sub station in the end-customer’s premises. This sub station includes a heat exchanger that creates an interface between the energy company’s primary distribution network and the customer’s internal distribution system that cools the building. An underground facility requires significantly less space than the corresponding area for conventional cooling machines built on site.
District cooling – A new low-risk business for europe’s energy companies
Over a long period the focus of the energy companies has been placed on electrical power and heating. The market for cooling has frequently been left to suppliers of traditional cooling machines. The prospects for energy companies to take over this market through selling district cooling are more favourable than ever before. District cooling is an intelligent solution based on reliable and tested engineering. In short, district cooling is a business opportunity that is well suited to the range of services and infrastructure of existing energy companies.
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