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Leveraging your Plant Human Machine Interface (HMI) for Better Performance in District Energy
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How to help buildings consume even less energy

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Virtual power plant: £31m project in West Sussex poised to begin once lockdown eases

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University of Arizona Architecture Students Place First in Department of Energy Competition

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IDEA2020 is postponed due to COVID19 pandemic.
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District Energy Magazine: Spring/Summer Issue Now Available

The Spring/Summer 2020 issue of District Energy magazine, now available online. In light of the coronavirus pandemic, we have made the decision to publish this issue in digital format only. With so many people working from home, we realized that many magazines might be delivered to empty offices or pile up in unattended mailboxes during "stay at home" guidance. In any event, we hope this new issue reaches you in a safe place and enables you to enjoy the high quality, relevant content provided by your industry colleagues. Enjoy from wherever you are - and stay safe.

Annex Research Reports from IEA District Heating and Cooling with Combined Heat and Power now available

IEA DHC Annex XII reports have now been uploaded to their website, viewable to all. The following topics have been covered.

Effects of Loads on Asset Management of the 4th Generation District Heating Networks

MEMPHIS - Methodology to evaluate and map the potential of waste heat from industry, service sector and sewage water by using internationally available open data
Integrated Cost-effective Large-scale Thermal Energy Storage for Smart District Heating and Cooling
Stepwise transition strategy and impact assessment for future district heating systems
Sustainable District Cooling Guidelines

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Community Energy: Planning, Development & Delivery

This publication aims to support mayors, planners, community leaders, real estate developers and economic development

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District Energy System Maps: North America

IDEA collects and compiles data for systems across North America, including heating capacity and cooling capacity

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C40 Good Practice Guide

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Discussions

Protecting Plant Staff From COVID-19

By: Robert Bland , Cornell University

I have a couple of issues I'm looking for input on re: protecting my plant staff. Just preparing for ...
Supply Chain Partnership MOU's and Agreement

By: Curt Wade , University of Central Florida

Greetings from Orlando, FL; With a declining work force in supply chain, financial uncertainty and ...
NIBS COVID-19: Preparing for Reentering Buildings (Virtual ...

By: Brian Klein , Architect of the Capitol

As an FYI we wanted to share the link below for an upcoming event discussing how to prepare to safely ...