Protecting the reputation of the CHP and District Heating industry is a priority for this Association. The CHPA’s standards group meet on a regular basis to discuss how to continue to develop the progressive adoption of good practice.
Below you will find a range of documents that the Association considers to be good practice either in the UK or from International sources. Some documents are being redrafted or are only available to members.
District Heating and Cooling Building Connection Handbook –1999/2002 Annex VI ISBN 90 5748 026 3 Registration number S6
Topic: DH Pipe Network
Audience: DH Installers
Guide to Community Heating and CHP (Good practice guide (GPG) 234) - currently being redrafted by CIBSE
Topic: DH Good Practice
Audience: DH Installers
Deals with system optimisation in respect to temperature and pressure.
Domestic Heating Compliance Guide from May 2006; compliance with approved documents building regulations L1A:New Dwellings and L1B: Existing Dwellings
Topic: Building Reg Compliance
Audience: Building Services Engineers
Suggests that the return temperature from radiator circuits should be selected lower than 50ºC when it is to be connected to a district heating scheme.
CHPA0004 - Not publicly available
District Heating and Cooling Connection Handbook
Topic: DH Pipes
Audience: DH Installers
Introduction to Combined Heat and Power for Buildings (AM12) CIBSE publication
Topic: DH Good Practice
Audience: Practising building services engineers, some sections relevant to architects, planners and developers.
Detailed introduction for DH and CHP for buildings
CHPA0006 - New edition currently being prepared by CIBSE
DISTRICT HEATING SUBSTATIONS DESIGN AND INSTALLATION Technical requirements F:101 December 2004 ISSN 1401-9264 © 2004 Svensk Fjärrvärme AB Art nr 05-1
Topic: DH Sub-stations & Pipe Network
Standardised Heat Consumer Agreement - Nabarro
Topic: Consumer protection
Audience: ESCOs and their heat consumers
Pro-forma consumer agreement for ESCOs which covers consumer protection, pricing policy and third party access
CHPA0008 - Not yet available
Standardised Heat Customer Charter - Fontenergy & Others
Topic: Consumer protection
Audience: ESCOs and their domestic heat customers
Pro-forma charter for ESCOs and their domestic heat customers which provides a series of service statements on the following areas: