Idex Group
Heating and Cooling Energy Networks and Smart Grids
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The design, construction and running of heating and cooling networks. Designing, producing and running heating and cooling networks have formed the bedrock of what Idex does best for over 50 years now. To date, we oversee 50 heating and cooling networks across France, which work to optimize energy consumption in a given district or city, and make efficient use of local recovered and renewable energies. Thanks to new technologies similar to the smart grids used in electricity networks, we’re equipped to manage and oversee all kinds of heating and cooling networks.
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- One or several heat-producing units (stations)
- A primary network to distribute the heat to the different buildings
- Heat exchangers (substations) located in each connected building
- A secondary circuit to carry heat to the building’s apartments and offices
Heating networks generate and distribute heat to different buildings in a city or district. These are closed-loop systems in which heat is produced in a station before being transported in hot water form via a primary network to the various buildings, where a heat exchanger (substation) then transfers the energy to each building’s secondary network. The return circuit carries the water (minus the calories) back to the station via the substation. The water is then reheated, and sent back into the circuit.
To supply its heating and cooling production units, Idex is able to combine all of a region’s sources of energy, and particularly renewable and recovered energies. In doing so, we embark on long-term partnerships with local authorities, assisting them across all levels of their energy infrastructure projects.
This type of installation comes with a number of advantages for local authorities and their users:
- Lower thermal energy costs and energy bills for users
- Improved energy yields
- Diversified sources of primary energy (renewable energy and recovered energy)
- Guaranteed smooth functioning and availability of installations
- Optimized environmental and energy efficiency in production installations
- Outsourced primary energy procurement
- Outsourced technical operations for production and distribution installations
What’s more, installing a heating and cooling network in a given area simplifies access to heating and hot water, and reduces the risk of exposure to carbon monoxide (compared to individual boilers).
Finally, this type of installation is one of the most efficient ways of hitting energy transition targets, and particularly those surrounding reducing CO2 emissions. This solution strikes the perfect balance between comfort, reduced production costs and sustainable development!