TY - JOUR AU1 - Jona, Maria Gunnarsdottir AU2 - Heidi, Juhler AU3 - Heikki, Koivisto AU4 - Rolf, Staalebrant AU5 - Birger, Lauersen AB - Gunnarsdottir, Maria Jona; Ju hler, Heidi; K oivisto H eikki; Staalebrant, R olf; L auersen, Birger Icelandic District Heating Association (www.samorka.is ); Norwegian District Heating Association (www.fjernvarmeforeningen.org ); Finnish District Heating Association (www.energia.fi/sky ); Swedish District Heating Association (www.fvf.se ); Danish District Heating Association (www.dff.dk ) info@worldenergy.org 1 WHAT IS DHC/CHP? The in tention o f t his paper is to g ive a brief ov erview of t he many advantages that District Heating (DH ), District Cooling (DC ) and Combined Heat and Power ( CHP ) brings to so ciety and the energy sector and not le ast, the possibilities they bring t o solving the climate change problem. DHC stands for D istrict Heating and Cooling. In s ection What is District Heating? the concept of District Heating (DH in the text ) will be explained and District Cooling (DC) is explained in sec tion What is District Cooling? CHP means Combined Heat and Power a nd that is further ex plained in s ection What is Combined Heat and Power? 1.1 What i s District Heating? District Heating can be described in s implifies terms as being a heating system in which water is TI - More DHC/CHP Reduces Climate Problems JF - Energy & Environment DO - 10.1260/095830502320939633 DA - 2002-09-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/more-dhc-chp-reduces-climate-problems-0dGFnR08Sx SP - 685 EP - 697 VL - 13 IS - 4-5 DP - DeepDyve ER -