District Heating & Cooling

District energy systems produce steam, hot water or chilled water at a central plant. The steam, hot water or chilled water is then piped throughout a building or site to individual tenants for space heating, domestic hot water and air conditioning. As a result, individual buildings served by a district energy network don’t require their own boilers, chillers or air conditioners. The district energy system does that work for them, providing valuable benefits.

Network Benefits

• Create an equitable “user pays” distribution of costs (over traditional SQM cost recovery);
• Improved energy efficiency;
• Enhanced environmental protection;
• Fuel flexibility;
• Ease of operation and maintenance;
• Reliability, comfort and convenience for tenants;
• Decreased life-cycle costs;
• Decreased building capital costs; and
• Improved architectural design flexibility.