Municipal building stock in our heatbeat Digital Twin
New Feature: In addition to the buildings connected to a specific district heating network, our heatbeat Digital Twin now also has the option to display the entire municipal building stock in our web…
2023/10/05
Blog
Podcast recommendation: Utility 4.0 with Peter as guest
In the latest episode of the podcast "Utility 4.0 The future of energy" Peter got the chance to talk to Timo Eggers about district heating networks, the heatbeat Digital Twin and heat pumps.
2023/10/04
Newsletter
Waste Heat Utilization and Institutional Inertia in District Heating
This is the 36th issue of our heatbeat Research Newsletter, in which we give an update on recently published research on the topics of district heating, district cooling, and district energy systems.…
2023/09/06
Newsletter
Draft Law for Heat Planning and Decarbonization of Heat Networks
The subject of "municipal heat planning" is on the minds of many now, and we would also like to take up the topic in our current newsletter. To this end, we present what we consider to be the most im…
2023/08/02
Newsletter
Large-Scale Heat Pumps and Business Models for Municipal District Heating
For this month's issue of our newsletter we have picked two papers about the operation of a 35 MW heat pump and about the process to develop business models and ownership structures for the construct…
2023/07/05
Newsletter
Renewable Heat Sources for District Heating Networks
Not only since the district heating summit last month has it been clear that the expansion of district heating in Germany will play a decisive role in the heat transition. In addition to the continuo…
2023/06/07
Newsletter
New Reports on Digialization, DHC Market Outlook, Costs, and Municipal Heat Planning
For this issue of our heatbeat Research Newsletter, we noticed that in addition to the continuous output of great research papers, several interesting reports have been published last month. Thus, we…
2023/05/03
Newsletter
Automatic Fault Detection and Optimized Secondary Side Temperatures
Efficiency and reliability play a crucial role in district heating networks. A potential malfunction or fault in the system can lead to inefficient operation, energy losses and ultimately financial d…
2023/04/05
Newsletter
Decarbonization of District Heating Networks and Integration of Renewable Heat Sources
For this issue, we selected an overview of the potential for using lake-water in district heating and cooling, a study on the influence of building retrofits on the feasibility of district heating, a…
