Resumen:
A transition in the heating sector – particularly for buildings – is essential to address climate change. Heating solutions will need to vary significantly depending on local conditions such as climate, building standards, and the availability of waste heat. Emerging generations of low-temperature district heating systems enable the integration of new waste heat sources, but identifying feasible, initial design heating concepts remains a time-consuming task. In this paper, we present UrbanHeatOpt, a user-friendly, modular software framework that streamlines the entire process — from generating high-resolution heat demand data to identifying potential community heating concepts. The tool supports both early-stage planning in municipalities and more in-depth analyses to inform policy-making in the heating sector.
Resumen divulgativo:
UrbanHeatOpt es una nueva herramienta que facilita la planificación de sistemas de calefacción de redes de calor. Genera datos precisos de demanda de calor de viviendas y propone redes optimizadas para distribuir el calor, ayudando a las ciudades a crear sistemas sostenibles.
Palabras Clave: Energy system modeling; District heating; Time series generation; Urban energy planning; Waste heat utilization
Índice de impacto JCR-JIF y cuartil WoS: 1,900 - Q3 (2025)
Referencia DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2025.102393
Publicado en papel: Diciembre 2025.
Publicado on-line: Octubre 2025.
Cita:
S. Malacek, D. Cardona-Vásquez, J. Portela, I. Abbate, Y. Werner, S. Wogrin, "UrbanHeatOpt: A software framework for supporting municipal heat transition planning", SoftwareX, Vol. 32, pp. 102393, Diciembre 2025. [Online: Octubre 2025] doi: 10.1016/j.softx.2025.102393
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