As an integrated part of future sustainable energy systems, district heating has been widely
established as a convenient solution to provide energy-efficient space heating and sanitary …

Industrial and high temperature pumps are a well-established, sustainable, and low-
emission technology for processing temperatures below 100° C, especially when driven by …

Fourth-generation district heating (4GDH) has been used as a label or expression since
2008 to describe a transition path for decarbonization of the district heating sector and was …

This editorial discusses the contributions of the papers belonging to the virtual special issue
(VSI) of Energy Reports dedicated to the series of four SDEWES Conferences on …

Decarbonisation of the thermal grid whilst ensuring affordability and security of supply,
requires a holistic approach which relies on sector coupling and energy storage. District …

Today, coal is responsible for 40% of annual CO 2 emissions. At the same time, global
warming causes climate changes accompanied with catastrophic meteorological …

The integration of heat pumps into DHC (District Heating and Cooling) networks provides
significant environmental and performance improvements, an innovative and profitable …

Abstract District Heating and Cooling is considered an efficient solution to address the
thermal energy demand of the building sector and reduce its environmental impact. In this …

Energy geostructures are novel dual use engineering sub-structures that can be used for
heat transfer and storage as well as original structural function. Their use is becoming …

The integration of energy, water and environment systems represents important
opportunities for addressing the urgent imperative of climate neutrality. The 29 original …