European space cooling demands

Sven Werner

Energy, 2016, vol. 110, issue C, 148-156

Abstract: Information about European space cooling demands is rare, since cooling demands are not properly measured, when electricity is used for operating space cooling devices. Cooling demands are only measured at deliveries from district cooling systems. However, information about cooling demands by location and country is required for planning district cooling systems and modelling national energy systems. In order to solve this cooling information dilemma, space cooling demands have been assessed for European service sector buildings. These estimations were based on cold deliveries from twenty different European district cooling locations in eight countries. Main findings are that (1) the estimated specific cold deliveries are somewhat lower than other estimations based on electricity inputs and assumed performance ratios, (2) aggregated space cooling demands are presented by country, and (3) an European contour map is presented for average specific space cooling demands for service sector buildings.

Keywords: Space cooling; District cooling; Modelling; Planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.11.028

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