District Cooling System | Free Cooling | Absorption Cooling | Electric Chiller Guide
District cooling is a modern, effective way of air conditioning buildings on campuses and cities. It involves a central chiller plant that produces chilled water, which is then circulated through insulated underground piping networks to multiple buildings. The use of a district cooling obviates the need for air conditioners and chillers in these buildings. The benefits of district cooling include substantial improvement in energy efficiency, reduction in maintenance and operations costs, and less consumption of workspace.
What is District Cooling?
Basically, a district cooling system (DCS) distributes cooling capacity in the form of chilled water or another medium from a central source to multiple buildings through a network of underground pipes for use in space and process cooling.
Click to Download PDF Brochure of this Study
PROVEN BENEFITS
LOWER CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR EACH BUILDING WITHIN THE DISTRICT
District cooling systems eliminate the need for chillers, cooling towers, pumps and other individual systems.
INCREASE IN LEASABLE BUILDING SPACE
District cooling systems free up space in clients' buildings that can be used to generate additional profit, making them highly effective solutions for commercial or industrial facilities located in densely populated areas.
REDUCED OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS
Energy experts manage them around the clock, keeping costs low with fuel and energy diversity. They are built with enough capacity to ensure energy is always available at the central plant, and you only pay for the energy you use.
SUBSTANTIAL EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT
District cooling systems are up to 40 percent more efficient, as larger systems are considerably more energy-efficient than small, individual units. They use an average of 40 percent less electricity than traditional cooling or heating systems.
BETTER SUSTAINABILITY
Future enhancements are streamlined with all equipment centralized. District cooling systems enable a greater degree of flexibility, as building needs can go up or down without the need to change the central plant's capacity.