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Data Centers as Prosumers: Waste Heat Recovery for District Heating

In this issue, we present our take on the paper "A review of data centers as prosumers in district energy systems: Renewable energy integration and waste heat reuse for district heating" by Pei Huang…

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5th Generation District Heating: Existing Cases in Europe

We dedicate our third issue to the paper 5th generation district heating and cooling systems: A review of existing cases in Europe by Simone Buffa et. al. The paper is a cooperation between EURAC Res…

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Realistic Domestic Hot Water Load Profiles for District Heating Networks

We dedicate our second issue to the paper District heating load profiles for domestic hot water preparation with realistic simultaneity using DHWcalc and TRNSYS by Hagen Braas et al. from the Departm…

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Integrating Industrial Waste Heat and Solar Thermal Energy into District Heating Networks

For this issue, we have selected the paper *Potential of integrating industrial waste heat and solar thermal energy into district heating networks in Germany* by Johannes Pelda, Friederike Stelter, a…

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