District heating (DH) is a feature that provides heat to buildings via pumping hot water from centralised heat generator facilities, and allows consumers to use the transported hot water for domestic hot water or space heating. It is currently implemented in scales from several to tens of thousands of buildings (city infrastructures) and is best suited for large, centralised, heat generators. Its energy and cost saving benefits outweigh the distribution losses (e.g. thermal) including designing, construction and maintenance costs.
The diagram below briefly outlines the core stages of a district heating network involved when developing a designed network.
