DISTRICT HEATING AS PART OF THE ENERGY SYSTEM : AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE ON ‘PASSIVE HOUSES’ AND HEAT REPLACING ELECTRICITY USE

• Energy use for space heating, hot tap water and otherheat use at comparatively low temperature levelsrepresent a substantial part of the total energy use inSweden and countries with similar climate. It is thus ofimportance to meet this demand in a way generating assmall environmental impact as possible. However, it ispossible to create a system with higher environmentalimpacts with energy efficient buildings compared toless energy efficient buildings through choice of lessgood energy carriers. It is not enough that theindividual parts of a system are good and efficient togive a low environmental impact; the parts must beconnected into the system in a good way.From environmental perspective energy efficientbuildings and district heating don‘t oppose each other– good parts connected in a good system will give anoptimal. The results from the study of the three items ofhousehold equipment show possibilities for districtheating to be an alternative with good environmentalperformance, but not under all heat generationregimes.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Samhällsbyggnadsteknik -- Husbyggnad (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Civil Engineering -- Building Technologies (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Naturresursteknik -- Annan naturresursteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Environmental Engineering -- Other Environmental Engineering (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Samhällsbyggnadsteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Civil Engineering (hsv//eng)

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district heating

energy efficient buildings

heat replacing electricity

Building engineering

Byggnadsteknik

Environmental engineering

Miljöteknik

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