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District heating — Biomass fired district heating power plant in Mödling, Austria … Wikipedia
Deep lake water cooling — uses cold water pumped from the bottom of a lake as a heat sink for climate control systems. Because heat pump efficiency improves as the heat sink gets colder, deep lake water cooling can reduce the electrical demands of large cooling systems… … Wikipedia
Reedy Creek Improvement District — The Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID) is the immediate governing jurisdiction for the land on the Walt Disney World Resort. As of the late 1990s, it comprised an area of 38.6 sq. mi. (100 km²) within the outer limits of Orange and Osceola… … Wikipedia
Major energy sources — Fuels or energy sources such as electricity, fuel oil, natural gas, district steam, district hot water, and district chilled water. District chilled water is not included in any totals for the sum of major energy sources or fuels; all other… … Energy terms
Central chiller — Any centrally located air conditioning system that produces chilled water in order to cool air. The chilled water or cold air is then distributed throughout the building, using pipes or air ducts or both. These systems are also commonly known… … Energy terms
Major fuels — Fuels or energy sources such as: electricity, fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gases, natural gas, district steam, district hot water, and district chilled water. U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy Glossary … Energy terms
Central physical plant — A plant owned by, and on the grounds of, a multibuilding facility that provides district heating, district cooling, or electricity to other buildings on the same facility. To qualify as a central plant it must provide district heat, district… … Energy terms
Thermal energy storage — District heating accumulation tower from Theiss near Krems an der Donau in Lower Austria with a thermal capacity of 2 GWh Thermal energy storage comprises a number of technologies that store thermal energy in energy storage reservoirs for later… … Wikipedia
Chiller — For other uses, see Chiller (disambiguation). York International water cooled chiller. A chiller is a machine that removes heat from a liquid via a vapor compression or absorption refrigeration cycle. This liquid can then be circulated through a… … Wikipedia
Hydronics — is the name for the use of water as the heat transfer medium in heating and cooling systems. Some of the oldest and most common examples are steam and hot water radiators. In large scale commercial buildings such as high rise and campus… … Wikipedia
