# District heating and cooling networks: Relationships

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Every element and industry that District heating and cooling networks is linked to, and how. Each pair has its own card explaining the relationships between the two.

- [Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/district-heating-and-cooling-networks-and-heat-pumps-air-conditioning-and-refrigeration/): Energy flows from district heating and cooling networks to heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration; energy flows from heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Sensible heat storage](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/district-heating-and-cooling-networks-and-sensible-heat-storage/): Energy flows from district heating and cooling networks to sensible heat storage; energy flows from sensible heat storage to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Advanced geothermal](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/advanced-geothermal-and-district-heating-and-cooling-networks/): Energy flows from advanced geothermal to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Biomass combustion and CHP](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/biomass-combustion-and-chp-and-district-heating-and-cooling-networks/): Energy flows from biomass combustion and CHP to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Boilers, furnaces and stoves](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/boilers-furnaces-and-stoves-and-district-heating-and-cooling-networks/): Energy flows from boilers, furnaces and stoves to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Carnot batteries](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/carnot-batteries-and-district-heating-and-cooling-networks/): Energy flows from carnot batteries to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Combined heat and power](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/combined-heat-and-power-and-district-heating-and-cooling-networks/): Energy flows from combined heat and power to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Electric heating](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/district-heating-and-cooling-networks-and-electric-heating/): Energy flows from electric heating to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Energy in buildings](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/district-heating-and-cooling-networks-and-energy-in-buildings/): Energy flows from district heating and cooling networks to energy in buildings.
- [Energy-intensive industry](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/district-heating-and-cooling-networks-and-energy-intensive-industry/): Energy flows from district heating and cooling networks to energy-intensive industry.
- [Geothermal direct use and ground-source heat pumps](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/district-heating-and-cooling-networks-and-geothermal-direct-use-and-ground-source-heat-pumps/): Energy flows from geothermal direct use and ground-source heat pumps to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Geothermal power plants](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/district-heating-and-cooling-networks-and-geothermal-power-plants/): Energy flows from geothermal power plants to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Heat exchangers and pinch integration](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/district-heating-and-cooling-networks-and-heat-exchangers-and-pinch-integration/): Energy flows from heat exchangers and pinch integration to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Industrial heat pumps and vapour recompression](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/district-heating-and-cooling-networks-and-industrial-heat-pumps-and-vapour-recompression/): Energy flows from industrial heat pumps and vapour recompression to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Nuclear fission reactors](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/district-heating-and-cooling-networks-and-nuclear-fission-reactors/): Energy flows from nuclear fission reactors to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Shared and district heat reuse](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/district-heating-and-cooling-networks-and-shared-and-district-heat-reuse/): Energy flows from shared and district heat reuse to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Solar heat collectors](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/district-heating-and-cooling-networks-and-solar-heat-collectors/): Energy flows from solar heat collectors to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Steam turbines and thermal power plants](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/district-heating-and-cooling-networks-and-steam-turbines-and-thermal-power-plants/): Energy flows from steam turbines and thermal power plants to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Steel plant energy recovery](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/district-heating-and-cooling-networks-and-steel-plant-energy-recovery/): Energy flows from steel plant energy recovery to district heating and cooling networks.
- [Waste-to-energy](https://www.materialinsights.org/links/district-heating-and-cooling-networks-and-waste-to-energy/): Energy flows from waste-to-energy to district heating and cooling networks.

## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_district_heat_net/index.md)
- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_district_heat_net/overview/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_district_heat_net/correlation/index.md)
- [How it works](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_district_heat_net/explain/index.md)
- [Efficiency and losses](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_district_heat_net/efficiency/index.md)
- [Technology advances](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_district_heat_net/advances/index.md)
- [Value chain](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_district_heat_net/valuechain/index.md)
- [Geopolitics and regulation](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_district_heat_net/geopolitics/index.md)
- [Unit economics](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_district_heat_net/economics/index.md)
- [Impact on the biosphere](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_district_heat_net/biosphere/index.md)