Choose district heating for the environment’s sake
10 consumers switching from electric to district heating help the environment by saving roughly 50 tons of CO2. Fortunately, over half of all Danish homes are heated by district heating.
District heating produces 75% less CO2 than electric heating
If you use district heating to heat your home, your carbon footprint will be about 1,500 kg per year, which is around 75% less than that produced with electric heating.
The Trust has calculated that you will increase your heat consumption by 15%. This is because the amount of heat used generally rises when you switch from electric to district heating. Experience shows that we tend to use more heat when we know that it costs and pollutes less.
Facts about district heating
- There are nearly 400 district heating companies in Denmark.
- About 1.5 million of almost 2.5 million Danish households have district heating.
- District heating accounts for 60% of the energy consumption used for heating and hot water by Danish households.
- Combined heat and power stations, rubbish incineration, surplus heat from industrial processes and renewable energy sources produce 95% of the heat supplied for district heating consumption. The remainder is produced by coal, oil and natural gas.
- Denmark started to install district heating networks as early as the 1920s, and consumption expanded enormously in the 1950s and 1960s. In the immediate aftermath of the 1973-1974 oil crisis, comprehensive plans were made and implemented to use the waste heat produced by power stations to heat Danish homes via the district heating systems.
Page last updated 06.10.2008