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Reduction in air emissions attainable through implementation of district heating and cooling.

Author(s) : BLOOMQUIST R. G.

Summary

District heating and cooling (DHC) can provide multiple opportunities to reduce air emissions associated with space conditioning and electricity generation. When DHC is combined with cogeneration, maximum reductions in sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon dioxide, particulates, and ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants can most effectively be achieved. Without acceptable quantification methods, regulatory bodies are reluctant to grant air emissions credits, and local community leaders are unwilling to invest in DHC and cogeneration as preferred methods of providing energy of strategies for air quality improvement. The recent development and release of a number of computer models should help provide local, state and national policymakers with information vital to increasing support and investment in DHC development.

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  • Original title: Reduction in air emissions attainable through implementation of district heating and cooling.
  • Record ID : 1997-2312
  • Languages: English
  • Source: ASHRAE Transactions.
  • Publication date: 1996/06/23
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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