Glossary:City heating

City heating, also known as district heating, is the distribution of heat through a network to one or several buildings using hot water or steam produced centrally, often from co-generation plants, from waste heat from industry, or from dedicated heating systems.

Large-scale district heating in Europe is commonly found in central and eastern Europe and in the Nordic countries.

Related concept

• Co-generation

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