Research Catalog

Title

District energy in cities : unlocking the potential of energy efficiency and renewable energy / report author and research director, Lily Riahi, Policy Unit, Climate, Energy and Environmentally Sound Technologies Branch (UNEP).

Author

Riahi, Lily,

Publication

• Kenya, Nairobi : UNEP, [2015]
• ©2015

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Details

Additional Authors

• Copenhagen Centre for Energy Efficiency, issuing body.
• ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, issuing body.
• United Nations Environment Programme, issuing body.
• United Nations Human Settlements Programme, issuing body.

Description

137 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 30 cm

Summary

This report identifies modern district energy as the most effective approach for many cities to transition to sustainable heating and cooling, by improving energy efficiency and enabling higher shares of renewables. This publication is one of the first reports to provide concrete policy, finance and technology best-practice recommendations on addressing the heating and cooling sectors in cities through energy efficiency improvements and the integration of renewables, both of which are central to the energy transition. These recommendations have been developed in collaboration with 45 champion cities, all of which use district energy, with 11 of them using it to achieve 100 per cent renewables or carbon-neutral targets.

Subjects

• Heating from central stations > Case studies
• Heating from central stations > Environmental aspects
• Cogeneration of electric power and heat

Note

• Cover title.
• "This report has been prepared by UNEP in collaboration with the Copenhagen Centre for Energy Efficiency (C2F2), ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability and UN-Habitat"--Page 8.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-131).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online.

ISBN

• 9789211587326
• 9211587328

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library