District cooling via commercial energy center development: The experience of United Resources, Inc. Final report.

摘要

The specific scope of this report is to document the findings and experiences of URI's development of satellite energy centers in the City of New Haven. Innovative technologies and development approaches for district cooling have been an integral part of the URI's efforts. These have included analyses of alternate cooling technologies, system development approaches, strategic development planning, energy and environmental considerations, customer and provider economics, and marketplace competition. This report focuses on the exploration of cooling technologies that are compatible with the satellite energy center approach and the market place experiences of URI in the development of two energy centers. The subjects include: a discussion of the satellite energy center development approach; descriptions of compatible and innovative cooling technologies; evaluation of energy, environmental and economic issues related to the technologies; and a discussion of the marketing, contracting, designing, financing and construction experiences of URI. It is the intent of this report to provide technological information and marketplace experience that can provide guidelines to URI and others in future development of district cooling systems.