{"title":"A step towards decarbonised district heating systems: Assessment of the importance of individual metering on the system level","authors":"I. Balen, Danica Maljković","doi":"10.54337/ijsepm.7088","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Modern district heating (DH) systems are one of the most promising heat supply solutions to reach the goal of fully decarbonised energy systems. The research goal of this paper is to evaluate the impact of installation of individual metering in DH systems on energy savings and emission reduction by application of machine learning algorithms and to predict how would this particular system upgrade measure influence the energy consumption and emissions. The research is focused on DH systems in Croatia. The results showed that dominant variable is the installation rate of individual metering devices (i.e. heat cost allocators - HCAs) and, for maximum energy saving, it should strive to 100% within a building. In that case, decrease in annual specific heat consumption in average building connected to a district heating system in Croatia is expected above 40 kWh/m2. Developed regression models show that apartments with installed HCAs could achieve about 40% reduction in heat consumption, compared to the apartments without HCAs.","PeriodicalId":37803,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.54337/ijsepm.7088","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Modern district heating (DH) systems are one of the most promising heat supply solutions to reach the goal of fully decarbonised energy systems. The research goal of this paper is to evaluate the impact of installation of individual metering in DH systems on energy savings and emission reduction by application of machine learning algorithms and to predict how would this particular system upgrade measure influence the energy consumption and emissions. The research is focused on DH systems in Croatia. The results showed that dominant variable is the installation rate of individual metering devices (i.e. heat cost allocators - HCAs) and, for maximum energy saving, it should strive to 100% within a building. In that case, decrease in annual specific heat consumption in average building connected to a district heating system in Croatia is expected above 40 kWh/m2. Developed regression models show that apartments with installed HCAs could achieve about 40% reduction in heat consumption, compared to the apartments without HCAs.
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The journal is an international interdisciplinary journal in Sustainable Energy Planning and Management combining engineering and social science within Energy System Analysis, Feasibility Studies and Public Regulation. The journal especially welcomes papers within the following three focus areas: Energy System analysis including theories, methodologies, data handling and software tools as well as specific models and analyses at local, regional, country and/or global level. Economics, Socio economics and Feasibility studies including theories and methodologies of institutional economics as well as specific feasibility studies and analyses. Public Regulation and management including theories and methodologies as well as specific analyses and proposals in the light of the implementation and transition into sustainable energy systems.
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