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Digital Twin Feature Update: December

Find out more about our latest developments in downloading map views and improvements in planning expansion variants in our feature update for version 2025.12.

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Supply Temperature Control Optimization via Dynamic Network Simulation

As usual, in the 62nd edition of our heatbeat Research Newsletter, we present a recent article by Boghetti et al. on supply temperature optimizations in heating networks. We would also like to use th…

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Digital Twin Feature Update: November

Find out more about our latest developments in the simulation of generation strategies and the dimensioning and simulation of multiple feed-ins in our feature update for version 2025.11.

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heatbeat among the TOP TEN for energy efficiency – Award for our Digital Twin

Heatbeat is one of the TOP TEN in the field of energy efficiency! We received an award at the annual conference of the Initiative Energieeffizienz- und Klimaschutz-Netzwerke.

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Off-site meeting 2025, part 2: A look back at the team event in Nuremberg

From 29 to 31 October 2025, the heatbeat team gathered for a special off-site meeting in Nuremberg. Learn more about our last meeting here!

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Solar-Based District Heating Architectures & AI Surrogate Models for Fast Network Simulations

In the 61st issue, we present two recent studies: The first explores the techno-economic optimization of solar-assisted district heating systems, while the second introduces a novel surrogate model b…

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Digital Twin Feature Update: October

Find out more about our latest developments for the editing mode, project creation and weather data integration in our feature update for version 2025.10.

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Feature Update Live Q4 2025

Feature update now live: Every three months, our new webinar series provides a concise overview of the latest features in heatbeat Digital Twin – practical and interactive!

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Predictive asset management for DH pipes & MPC requirements in decentralized DHNs

In this 60th issue of our heatbeat Research Newsletter, we spotlight two current studies at the intersection of asset management and operational optimization for district heating networks (DHNs). The…

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