District Heating for Holiday Homes

• Main Author: Fridriksson, Jakob S.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Geo-Heat Center, Oregon Institiute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR (USA) 2003
• Subjects: District Heating; Iceland; Geothermal Energy; Holiday Homes; Feasibility;-03ket; Grimsnes; Holiday Houses; Geothermal District Heating; Residential Buildings > Heating and Ventilation; Geothermal Resources > Iceland; Reykjavík
• Online Access: http://digitallib.oit.edu/cdm/ref/collection/geoheat/id/11345

In Iceland most of the traditional market for district heating services has been covered. Most of the cities, towns and villages that are close to geothermal energy utilise it for space heating. Reykjavík Energy however has taken the initiative and began looking at different market areas for district heating, namely holiday homes, normally located in the countryside. The demand for district heating in holiday home areas has caught us at Reykjavik Energy by a surprise. District heating is a commodity celebrated by many holiday homeowners