From electricity to heat

District heating refers to the supply of heat and hot water to buildings from central systems. Heated water is led from the producer, usually a combined heat and power plant, directly to the connected buildings via insulated pipe systems. With the help of a heat exchanger, the heat is transferred to the consumer's heating network in the house transfer station, but the water from the district heating pipe is not transferred.

The starting point for the generation of green energy is often the following renewable energy generation facilities:

• large-scale photovoltaic parks 
• wind power plants
• and others

These are also other heat carriers such as:

• Biomass plants
• geothermal energy 
• Unavoidablewaste heat

All of this together provide the building blocks that we use for regenerative or CO₂-neutral heating of buildings.

How we use and convert the available energy sources depends on the local conditions. Sustainable district heating networks are often possible and economically viable, for example to generate heat from "green" electricity. For this purpose, water is heated using electricity from renewable energy sources, for example, and fed into the district heating network. The heat is transferred to the connected households via heat exchangers.

We focus on

• smaller municipalities
• municipalities and
• associations of municipalities with up to 10,000 inhabitants that do not have their own municipal utilities

We support you in the creation of heat plans, which have been stipulated by the legislator in the Heat Planning Act for municipalities under 100,000 PE by 2028. In addition, we prepare feasibility studies and thus examine in detail the possibilities of a heating project in the respective municipality or community.

As an engineering service provider, we plan the way to reduce CO2 emissions, we advise local authorities, municipalities and municipal associations that do not have their own municipal utilities and in future we want to implement turnkey district heating projects as a general contractor. Support during the construction phase and operation of the district heating network is a goal to be pursued under suitable conditions.

Switching from fossil energy sources to district heating and thus to climate-neutral heating systems is a sensible option in view of global warming and also economically. This means a significant increase in the value of properties, a reduction in CO2 emissions and independence from international fossil fuel prices.

The most important advantages of district heating:

• Excellent ecological balance:
  The use of this energy form protects environmental resources. 
• Highest security:
  No fossil fuels, i.e. no combustion processes take place in the building.
• Transparent pricing:
  Pricing and billing for district heating customers is clear and comprehensible thanks to local energy production and regional operators.
• Legal compliance through the use of district heating:
  The district heating companies already fully meet the legal requirements of the German Energy Act for Buildings (GEG) with regard to renewable energies for building modernizations and new buildings.
• Regional product and independence from fossil fuels:
  District heating means regional heat generation and is considered as economically viable. It also supports the independence from fossil fuels such as oil or gas.
• Space-saving and profitable for customers:
  The switch to district heating creates considerably more space in consumers' boiler rooms. Unlike fire-powered systems, there is no need for a separate heating system or storage space for fuel. Due to the small space requirement of the heat transfer station, the space gained can be used for living or utility rooms in new buildings. Additional costs for a maintenance contract, a chimney sweep and a chimney are no longer necessary. Provisions for new heating systems are also a thing of the past.

Sustainable, regional, citizen-owned

We work throughout Germany, but we always think regionally and want the economic power and the income from business taxes to remain in the region. That's why we encourage communities and residents to establish local cooperatives that will own and operate renewable energy and heat generation in the future.