Consumers in district heating and cooling
Background report on how to evaluate the sustainability of district heating and cooling
Article 24 of RED II addresses district heating and cooling (DHC) by strengthening the role of consumers (paragraphs 1, 2, 3) and by encouraging an increase of renewable energy sources (RES) in DHC (paragraphs 4, 5, 6). According to paragraph 1 of this Article, Member States shall ensure that information on the energy performance and the share of RES in their DHC systems is provided to final consumers.
The aim of this report is to discuss different calculation methodologies and indicators which quantify energy performance and RES share of the DHC network. We discuss the adequacy of using these different indicators to present how sustainable the heat or cold supply of a particular DHC system is.
We propose to use the following indicators: RES share and waste share, the CO2-emission factor, efficiency as well as compliance with the definition of EDHC (efficient district heating and cooling). We provide a proposal for a harmonised methodological approach for EU-27 for these indicators. To communicate this harmonised approach, we develop a guidance document addressing the DHC operator on how to calculate the indicators. And finally, we show how these indicators can be communicated to the final customer of the district heat supply.
TOLEIKYTE Agne;
JIMENEZ NAVARRO Juan Pablo;
CARLSSON Johan;
2023-05-25
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC132057
978-92-68-06115-2 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31617 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-617-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC132057,
10.2760/074286 (online),
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