N0. 4 2012 INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE ON DISTRICT HEATING AND COOLING INTERFACE, USERS AND UTILITIES DBDH - direct access to district heating technology www.dbdh.dk CONTENTS Focus INTERFACE, USERS AND UTILITIES 4 THE COLUMN 5 CASE: Exporting the right supply of heat and knowledge 8 Smart heat metering with consumer related services 12 Brunata from basement to attic and on the PC 14 Follow the heat consumption on smart phone and tablet 16 HeatLab - h Intelligent Energy Solutions How to keep cool the profitable way Probably the most efficient boiler solution in the world Aalborg Engineering is one of the world's leading specialists in customized boiler plants. Package Boilers and Heat Recovery Steam Generators, added the intelligence and know-ho P _ 4 COLUMN The By Martin B. Petersen, Export Sales Manager, ABB, and Board Member of DBDH Interfaces between supplier and consumer is normally an The clear interface between distributor and customers issue that we do not discuss that often, even though this is slowly being eroded as the dis P _ 5 By Jens Rasmussen, Technical Manager, isoplus Denmark EXPORTING THE RIGHT SUPPLY OF HEAT AND KNOWLEDGE CASE In Kohtla, Estonia, isoplus Denmark has supplied pipes for In the years ahead, district heating will generally play an establishing a new district heating supply between the towns P _ 6 EXPORTING THE RIGHT SUPPLY OF HEAT AND KNOWLEDGE Incidentally, it was the sizeable production capacity, quality and ALARM SYSTEM technical capability that led to VKG Soojus AS selecting isoplus Innovative product development to meet the ever-changing Denmark as supplier to begin with. Th P _ 7 The thorough training we delivered ensured that the project ran smoothly, focusing very much on safe and correct execution at every stage. DELIVERY AT THE RIGHT TIME AND PLACE It was not just training and support for the district heating installations in Estonia that meant special requirement P _ 8 FOCUS INTERFACE, USERS AND UTILITIES By Gert Skriver, Corporate Editor, Kamstrup SMART HEAT METERING WITH CONSUMER RELATED SERVICES Automatic functions in smart energy meters secure both consumer comfort and operation efficiency. The smart energy meters interface with end-consumers is P _ 9 AUTOMATIC LEAK PROTECTION the automatic meter reading system to the central system. Automatic Leak Protection takes Leak Surveillance a step An alert will also be prompted if the meter is not idle for a further by providing the consumer with an extra security predefined period within 24 P _ 10 SMART HEAT METERING WITH CONSUMER RELATED SERVICES INSURANCE DISCOUNT Via a serial data connection to the energy meter with Leak Surveillance the DanTaet System KMP-F receives the necessary data for performing automatic leak protection by means of two check valves placed directly after the P _ 11 3) Customer sectioning Protection reacts on critical imbalances in the heating A large builders merchant in the city Aalborg (Denmark) has a installation that otherwise could have remained undetected. 10,000m2 storage room which is only slightly heated. Because And automatic valve contr P _ 12 FOCUS INTERFACE, USERS AND UTILITIES By Lea Holtze, journalist at Brunata BRUNATA FROM BASEMENT TO ATTIC AND ON THE PC In a housing association basement, Brunatas district heating TO MEASURE IS TO KNOW unit OpTherma converts district heating water into hot water The question is why s P _ 13 What is important is not always just how much energy a The residents are interested in the project and show that they resident uses, but also whether it is used correctly. It is not have a fundamental wish to be able to compare their heating enough to turn down the heat, it must be done P _ 14 FOCUS INTERFACE, USERS AND UTILITIES By Lars Taarnskov, Marketing Manager, Frederiksberg Forsyning FOLLOW THE HEAT CONSUMPTION ON SMART PHONE AND TABLET ABOUT FREDERIKSBERG MUNICIPALITY After this, they can go to our website to get suggestions for A municipality in the central part o P _ 15 MANY BENEFITS NEXT STEP There are many advantages of the new app: By gaining control In January 2013, Frederiksberg Forsyning launches a new of cooling and consumption CO2 emissions are reduced; the version of self-service for PC. utilitys and the customer's heating systems are more ef P _ 16 FOCUS INTERFACE, USERS AND UTILITIES By Hanne Rasmussen, Manager of Visits, and Mette Koch, Communications Officer, AffaldVarme Aarhus HEATLAB - HEATING CUSTOMERS AT EYE LEVEL Why is it a good idea for a district heating company to meet the younger generations of heat customers? How do yo P _ 17 With HeatLab, WasteHeat Aarhus expands its educational to use IT in modern teaching methods, where pupils have to waste and district heating offer. It is important for WasteHeat study, analyze and conclude. Aarhus to cooperate with educational institutions so as to create a link between P _ 18 PULSE HEAT - DISTRICT HEATING FOR LOW ENERGY BUILDINGS Text originally published in Fjernvarmen by Gunnar Boye Olsen, Energiselskabet ved Andelssamfundet I Hjortshøj. Translated and adapted by Kathrine Windahl, DBDH A project supported by the Danish District Heating R & D - Better insulat P _ 19 CONCEPT OF SOLAR AND PULSE HEAT In each house there are two thermostats, respectively at the In the period 2008-2011, 18 low-energy houses in the bottom and middle of the tank. When both thermostats are cooperative society in Hjortshøj have been built with solar above their set temperat P _ 20 PULSE HEAT - DISTRICT HEATING FOR LOW ENERGY BUILDINGS The measurements continue, and it is expected that more Another experience is that an installation should be considered savings can be obtained by optimizing the system, by better that connects district heating insertion, heating sys P _ 21 Operation strategies: The pulse lengths and frequency are For further information please contact: now set manually via an Ethernet access to the programmable Gunnar Boye Olsen controllers (to be changed on one device only). It has worked Energiselskabet ved satisfactorily, but consider P _ 22 LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL DISTRICT ENERGY By Astrid Møller, Fjernvarmens Udviklingscenter Endorsements from former participants have resulted in a from the University of Halmstad. The different links in the large number of qualified candidates for the 2012 Summer d P _ 23 For further information please contact: Fjernvarmens Udviklingscenter Att.: Astrid Møller in Indonesia. He considers the district cooling technology to have great potential on the Indonesian market, where the cooling demand is high, the population density is high and the demand for energy i P _ 24 THE NEED FOR LOW TEMPERATURE DISTRICT ENERGY Another aspect of Smart Cities which was discussed on the symposium was low temperature district energy. The subject By Astrid Møller Fjernvarmens Udviklingscenter of low temperature district energy is mostly raised as a part of the discussion of P _ 25 LATEST NEWS THE DANISH DISTRICT HEATING INDUSTRY CREATES GREEN THINK TANK DBDH is part of the new Danish partnership Green Energy (Grøn Energi) together with the Danish District Heating Green Energy was established on 1 October 2012 Association as well as several leading international comp P _ 26 LATEST NEWS DISTRICT ENERGY VISIT TO PARIS The next visit went to CPCU which delivers 4,500 MWh of heat per year in a 450 km network in Paris. Almost 50% of the energy delivered comes from local renewables or recovered energy. In the evening the Danish Ambassador hosted a successful VIP Dinn P _ 27 LATEST NEWS ROUND TABLE MEETINGS IN MOSCOW A series of round table meetings in Moscow took place in The last round table meeting was with Inter Rao a diversified November, when a large delegation of DBDH members visited energy holding which is managing assets in Russia, several the Russ P _ 28 VESTFORBRÆNDING MEMBER COMPANY PROFILE By Kathrine Windahl, Information and Marketing Manager, DBDH Vestforbrænding is a waste management company, which besides representing the largest waste incineration plant in Denmark is also an environmental organisation striving to reduce waste and po P _ 29 Vestforbrænding strives to make the waste as CO2 neutral as Besides being a less expensive form of heating than oil and possible, which can be partly realized by sorting out the plastic gas heating solutions, the district heating originating from from the waste. If this is to succeed, so P _ 30 LIST OF MEMBERS Aalborg Engineering Supplier of boilers and boiler systems ABB Monitoring and control for district heating networks Aerovit Boiler cleaning Phone +45 9631 3950 Fax +45 9631 3951 ae@aalborg-engineering.dk www.aalborg-engineering.com Danfoss Phone +45 4450 4450 Fax +45 445 P _ 31 Iron Pump Phone +45 4491 6788 Fax +45 4454 7119 bts@ironpump.dk www.ironpump.com Manufacturer of pumps Isoplus Fjernvarmeteknik Preinsulated piping systems for district heating and cooling Kamstrup Supplier of energy meters & automatic meter reading systems for heat, cooling, water and g