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Frontiers in Energy >> 2016, Volume 10, Issue 3 doi: 10.1007/s11708-016-0412-z

Heat prices for public buildings in Tianjin

. Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Low and Medium Grade Energy, MOE, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.. Tianjin Research Institute of Architecture Design & Urban Planning, Tianjin 300073, China

Accepted: 2016-05-30 Available online: 2016-09-07

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Abstract

Energy-saving awareness of heat users and heating enterprises can be stimulated by implementing heat metering for public buildings and by establishing scientific and reasonable policies for heat prices in China. In this paper, a two-part heat price for public buildings in Tianjin is introduced, which divides the heat price into a basic part and a metering part. According to the statistical analysis of information collected from two pilot heating enterprises, the specific heat load for public buildings in Tianjin is calculated, and three candidate schemes of heat price are proposed. A simulation of heat cost is also conducted, and the benefits for both heat users and heating enterprises are balanced. Finally, the two-part heat price for public buildings in Tianjin is determined: the basic heat price is recommended to be 20 CNY/m , and the metering heat price is recommended to be 76.10 CNY/GJ. Such a price could be implemented in the initial stage of heat metering for public buildings in Tianjin.

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