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Download our guide to pre-insulated pipe and district heating

This guide aims to improve the industry's collective understanding of the heat network itself, addressing some of the most commonly-held misconceptions surrounding them in the process.

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What is district heating?

District Heating utilises pre-insulated pipe to transport hot water from the energy centre to provide the heat demand for a number of properties, residential, commercial or multi occupancy.

The Energy Centre can use a variety of heat sources such as fossil fuels (e.g. gas CHP), Energy from Waste, industrial waste heat or renewable energy sources such as heat pumps, biomass or anaerobic digestion to heat the water.

The hot water travels through an underground pre-insulated pipe network to a heat interface unit (HIU) located in each building, this provides heating and hot water to each building and allows individual temperature control to each building. The cold water then returns back to the energy centre to be heated and circulated again.

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