District Heating and Cooling Connection Handbook Bard Skagestad, Peter Mildenstein

Introduction
The International Energy Agency (IEA) was established in 1974 in order to strengthen the cooperation
between member countries. As an element of the International Energy Programme, the
participating countries undertake co-operative actions in energy research, development and
demonstration.
District Heating offers excellent opportunities for achieving the twin goals of saving energy and
reducing environmental pollution. It is an extremely flexible technology which can make use of
any fuel including the utilisation of waste energy, renewables and, most significantly, the
application of combined heat and power (CHP). It is by means of these integrated solutions that
very substantial progress towards environmental targets, such as those emerging from the Kyoto
commitment, can be made.
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