Energy management system in climate-neutral district heating: Summary of the doctoral thesis

District heating (CSA) has great potential for the introduction of energy efficiency measures and the deployment of renewable energy sources (RES) and the reduction of CO2 emissions due to the wide range of RES technologies to be used: biomass, solar collectors, heat pumps and other technologies and combinations thereof. As there is such a wide variation in more efficient heating options, systemic thinking and continued action by heating operators are needed to keep up with the latest developments. The implementation of the Energy Management system (EnPS) is therefore one way of effectively controlling and reducing primary energy consumption within the organisation. The promotion work is created as a set of publications consisting of 6 thematically unified publications published in various scientific journals and available in international databases. The purpose of this set of articles is to assess the possibilities for expanding the energy management system by integrating renewable energy technologies, with a particular focus on solar collector systems. This work consists of an introductory and three chapters. The introductory part of the work includes: hypothesis, objectives and objectives pursued, the structure of the work and the methods used. The first chapter analyses literature on energy management for total district heating: consumer share, transmission and production share. As well as discussing literature sources on possible renewables in district heating. The part of the working methodology includes information on the methodology developed and the methods applied. The third chapter describes the results obtained — which reflect the energy management system at national level, municipalities and district heating companies. At the end of the work, conclusions have been drawn on the work developed and the results obtained.