Pons District Heating Network – Emasol Project | Pons, France
The project consists in the installation of a solar thermal power station of 1800 m² with storage of 500 m3 intended to supply in hot water the heating network of…
Pipe Renewal Using CARBO SEAL Technology | Vilnius, Lithuania
We aspire to build a reliable and efficient heat transmission network, which is particularly pertinent in the context of the energy resource crisis. In Vilnius, we continuously modernize and reconstruct…
Tallaght District Heating Scheme | Dublin, Ireland
The Tallaght District Heating Scheme (TDHS) is the first large-scale district heating network of its kind in Ireland. The scheme went live early in 2023 and operates under Heat Works,…
Hospital Severo Ochoa Waste Heat Recovery | Madrid, Spain
An existing heating system, providing heat to 7 large buildings of one of the largest hospitals in Madrid has been modernized by using low temperature waste heat from cooling towers…
Sheridan College and Henry Ford College District Energy Living Classrooms | Dearborn, Michigan, USA
The leaders of Sheridan College, Ontario, Canada and Henry Ford College, Michigan, USA, recognize that the global energy transition creates major opportunities for their institutions. Over the last decade, their…
CenTrio Chicago District Cooling System | USA
CenTrio operates the largest carbon-free ice storage chilled-water system in the United States, providing sustainable district cooling service to nearly 53 million square feet of building space in 115 buildings…
Ohio State University – DHC | Columbus, Ohio, USA
The Ohio State University is a large, public university whose main campus in Columbus, Ohio, United States includes academic, laboratory, research, dormitory, and office buildings, as well as athletic facilities…
Hogslatten Solar Thermal Park | Harnosand, Sweden
Högslätten Solar Park in Härnösand, Sweden, is a revolutionary solar district heating facility run by Absolicon. Its unique Absolicon T160 collectors generate heat up to 160°C, providing temperatures to the…
Pit Thermal Energy Storage in Høje Taastrup | Denmark
VEKS (municipality owned heat transmission company) and HTF (consumer owned heat distribution company) has implemented a Pit Thermal Energy Storage (PTES) in Høje Taastrup, Denmark to provide flexibility to the…
Prishtina HeatSave project | Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo
Prishtina Heatsave is an innovative effort of Kosovo’s biggest district heating company to fundamentally transform the operations of the public DH enterprise by introducing metering equipment in every household, billing…
Aurélie Beauvais
OECD –
Clean Energy Finance Analyst
EA-SAS Heating | Šakiai city, Lithuania
District Heating network operators face energy transition issues. CO2 emission limitation force District Heating companies to increase of operation effectiveness, heat generation from renewable energy sources and waste energy integration.…
Alexandra District Energy Utility | Richmond, Canada
2021 Winner | Emerging DHC Market The City of Richmond has committed to reduce the community’s greenhouse gas emissions by 33% by 2020, and 80% by 2050, relative to 2007…
Aberdeen Heat & Power Ltd | Aberdeen, Scotland
Aberdeen Heat & Power Ltd (AHP) is a ‘not for profit’ company that was set up by Aberdeen City Council in 2002 to develop and operate district heating and CHP…
Sustainable heat and power production | Assens, Denmark
Assens Fjernvarme has supplemented their existing wood chip combined heat and power plant and an existing wind turbine with a solar cell system and an air to water heat pump…
Cogeneration system | Szlachęcin, Poland
Veolia has set up Poland’s first high-efficiency cogeneration installation in Szlachęcin, recovering heat from wastewater and generating electricity. It’s the result of cooperation between Veolia and the local water and…
District Cooling Central Plants, Qatar Foundation | Doha, Qatar
2021 Winner | Expansion All our work at Qatar Foundation revolves around offering people opportunities. While our other initiatives provide opportunities for excellence in education and research, it’s through our…
Bunhill Energy Centre Phase 2 | London, UK
The Bunhill phase 2 project involved the construction of a new Energy Centre to take waste heat from London Underground’s ventilation shaft and provide additional heat to the existing Bunhill…
Hengqin Combined Cooling, Heating, Power System | Hengqin,China
Hengqin Island is located in the south of Zhuhai City, adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao. It covers an area of 106.46 square kilometers and is the largest island in…
Floating Office Rotterdam | Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Certificate of Merit | Out of the Box Floating Office Rotterdam is the largest floating office in the world. It is a building for a new age. Off grid and…
Stockholm district heating system | Stockholm, Sweden
For Stockholm Exergi, it became evident that the district heating network was more than a heating system, starting the company’s endeavor to leverage this potential to develop new ‘Out of…
Low temperature district heating in Brunnshög | Lund, Sweden
2021 Winner | New Scheme The world’s largest low-temperature district heating (LTDH) grid was inaugurated in Lund, Sweden, in the fall of 2019. The grid is based on fossil free…
Zakito District Cooling | Curacao, Dutch Caribbean
Certificate of Merit | Out of the Box In light of the global sustainable development goals and the need for islands resilience and economic development, it is essential that the…
District heating system of Bolzano – Bozen | South Tyrol, Italy
2021 Winner | Modernization The DH System of Bolzano in South Tyrol (northern Italy) was began in 1986 in order to satisfy a social housing district’s need for heat. From…
Energy making machine from wastes | Tehran, Iran
Making energy by energy making machine and using wastes to make energy is in high rate of Energy Efficiency. Suppose you can cook your lunch by the produced energy by…
Dongtan 2 District Energy facility | Gyeonggi-do, Korea
KDHC is a government run energy company established with the aim of actively responding to climate change agreements and promoting energy savings and people’s healthy life., efficiently implementing them. KDHC…
Large scale solar colector park | Latvia
Ltd. “Salaspils Siltums” is a modern heat supply company that provides district heating in Salaspils and Saulkalne. The company’s activities are aimed at a long-term and environmentally friendly development so…
Qatar District Cooling Company ‘Qatar Cool’ | Doha, Qatar
Qatar Cool is the leading district cooling company in Qatar. Since its inception in 2003, Qatar Cool has aimed for operational excellence in every aspect of its business. Over the…
Sakarinmäki Hybrid Heating System | Helsinki, Finland
The Finnish energy utility Helen Ltd has carried out a renewable energy pilot on the Sakarinmäki School Centre located in Helsinki in cooperation with the teachers and pupils of the…
The Government Complex | Bangkok, Thailand
2021 Winner | DHC in Developing Countries The Government Complex Commemorating His Majesty the King’s 80 th Birthday Anniversary, 5th December, B.E. 2550 (2007) | Bangkok, Thailand The Government Complex…
Dr. Robin Wiltshire
Chairman of the Evaluation Panel
Zhuolun Chen
District Energy in Cities Initiative, UN environment
Mikael Jakobsson
District Energy in Cities Initiative, UN environment
Rob Thornton
District Energy in Cities Initiative, UN environment
Michael Wiggin
District Energy specialist, Freelancer Consultant
17GDECA – Ceremony
In conjunction with the International District Cooling & Heating Conference.
Herkko Lehdonvirta
CHP DH Specialist, Freelancer Consultant
Alexander Sharabaroff
International Finance Corporation Operations Officer
Chiara Delmastro
International Energy Agency – IEA
DHC Expert and desk officer
Aberdeen Heat & Power | Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Aberdeen Heat & Power | Aberdeen, Scotland, UK Aberdeen Heat & Power Ltd (AHP) is a ‘not for profit’ company that was set up by Aberdeen City Council in 2002…
Sheffield City Council | Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK
Sheffield City Council | Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK Switch2 managed the installation of a new (pay-as-you-go) PAYG system into 6,000 homes for Sheffield City Council. This involved a huge customer engagement…
Fortum CHP Plant | Zabrze, Silesia Region, Poland
Fortum Combined Heat and Power Plant | Zabrze, Poland The new CHP plant in Zabrze is the largest Fortum project in Poland to date. It was put into use in…
STORM Project DH | Rottne, Sweden
STORM Project DH | Rottne, Sweden Rottne is a small town located 19 kilometers to the north of Växjö city in Sweden with 2427 residents. Rottne falls under the administrative…
100 MW smart district heating | Espoo, Finland
100 MW smart district heating | Espoo, Finland In Espoo, the second largest city in Finland with over 280,000 inhabitants, Fortum have a roadmap to decarbonize the city’s district heating…
Excess heat to district heating | Horsens, Denmark
Excess heat to district heating | Horsens, Denmark Hamlet Protein A/S and Fjernvarme Horsens A/S have joined forces and made a sustainable project on turning excess heat into district heating…
“Barredo Colliery” District Heating | Mieres, Asturias, Spain
“Barredo Colliery” District Heating | Mieres, Asturias, Spain Mieres has been traditionally a city closely linked to the activity of coal mining. The closure of coal mines represents for the…
Renewable District Cooling | Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia
Veolia have designed and built sophisticated renewable fuelled plant at no cost to the University. Veolia will, own, operate and maintain the infrastructure for 10 years. After this time, ownership…
Öresundskraft District Cooling | Helsingborg, Sweden
Öresundskraft District Cooling | Helsingborg, Sweden In the city of Helsingborg in Sweden, the municipal energy company Öresundskraft supplies District Cooling to a variety of customers in the downtown area.…
District Cooling System | Northgate, Alabang Muntinlupa, Philippines
Northgate District Cooling System | Northgate Cyberzone, Alabang Muntinlupa, Philippines ENGIE’s solutions have been adapted in Asia to help our customers meet their sustainability goals. ENGIE undertook with our partner…
Kaunas DH system | Kaunas, Lithuania
Kaunas DH system | Kaunas, Lithuania Kaunas with almost 300.000 inhabitants is the second largest city in Lithuania. It is a large center of business, science and industry. AB Kauno…