How the UK has failed to realise full potential of district heating

摘要

Last month, a new district heating (DH) project, the London Thames Gateway Heat Network, was the cover story of PE. DH, which uses waste heat, is not a recent development -the earliest book on the subject held by the Institute library dates to 1915.rnThe first appearance of the elements of DH came in the late 18th century, when centralised boilers were often used to heat factories. In the 1830s, waste heat from factories had been used to heat public baths and proposals were made to heat workers' houses in the same way.