KeepWarm Guidance Booklet

This guidance booklet has been created as a means of helping you navigate some of the key issues involved in upgrading your district heating (DH) by using more sustainable energy sources, namely from a variety of viable renewable energy sources and/or excess heat harvestable from industrial/commercial processes. Integrating and fully-switching to these greener DH alternatives makes sense not only at an operational level, but is greatly supportive, if not essential, for the successful implementation of a variety of Europe’s flagship policy initiatives.

This Guidance Document has been translated into the languages of KeepWarm project partners. Find here the different versions:

Austrian, Croatian, Czech, Latvian, Serbian, Slovenian, Ukrainian

KeepWarm Report on Replication Models

This report points out eleven models developed within the project which can be used as good practice examples and showcase for successful modernisation of various DHSs. These models represent a continuous work and highlight main parts of the KeepWarm tailor - made approach.

• Solar plants database – EU - Technologies; Case studies (2016, Solar District Heating)

• Solar District Heating guidelines - Solar technologies; Placement of solar collectors; Cost calculation; Feasibility; Implementation; Integration of ST system in DH network; ST system components (2012, Solar District Heating)

• SDH in urban planning - Integration of SDH in urban environment and buildings; Implementation (2012, Solar District Heating)

• Practitioner Guidebook – main results - Biomass trade centres; Business models (2017, Biores)

• Inventory of applicable quality standards for local woody bio-energy supply chains in Bulgaria, Croatia and Serbia - Wood fuels; Biomass supply chains (2015, Biores)

• Status Report on sustainability in forestry and along woody bio-energy supply chains in Bulgaria, Croatia and Serbia - Wood fuels quality; Biomass certification (2015, Biores)

• Model agreements for supply and sales - Templates of different types of contracts (2017, Biores)

• Development of a Sustainable Bioenergy Market in Serbia (DKTI) Technical assistance module: Publications (2014, Bioenergy Serbia)

• Manual for Implementation of Bioenergy Heating Systems in Public Buildings with a Public-Private-Partnership in Serbia (2014, Bioenergy Serbia)

• The Role of Low Temperature Waste Heat Recovery in Achieving 2050 Goals: A Policy Positioning Paper (2020, ReUseHeat project)

• Waste for heating and cooling: how district energy transforms losses into gains - Waste heat capture; Case studies (2017, UNEP)

• Literature review of energy use and potential for heat recovery in the EU28 -  Energy consumption of the country; Energy consumption of the industry (2016, I-TheRM)

• Report on estimation of energy, environmental and economic potential for heat recovery in EU28 - Heat recovery; Opportunities; Technologies; Industry; Case studies (2017, I-TheRM)

• Geothermal district heating potential in Europe - Mapping; Analysis of national renewable energy plans; Policy recommendations (2014, GeoDH)

• Reports on evaluation of market barriers for Geothermal District Heating in Europe - Market barriers; Regulatory barriers (2013, GeoDH)

• Regulatory Framework for Geothermal District Heating Systems in Europe - Geothermal resources; Ownership; Licensing system (2013, GeoDH)

• Manual for implementing sustainable support schemes for geothermal district heating systems - Exploitation risk for geothermal resources; Support schemes; Financing (2014, GeoDH)