# 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.

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[District heating and cooling networks](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_district_heat_net/) (energy) and [Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_heat_pumps/) (energy): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Energy flow

*Physical flow · Direct · District heating and cooling networks → Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration*

Booster heat pumps raise low-temperature network heat.

### 2. Energy flow

*Physical flow · Direct · Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration → District heating and cooling networks*

Large heat pumps feed district networks.

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