COOLING, HEATING, AND POWER APPLICATION SCREENING TOOL
Over half of the energy of the fuel burned to produce electric power at conventional power plants is rejected to the environment while only 30% to 35% is delivered to the end user as electricity. Large district energy systems recover a significant portion of the waste heat and distribute it to nearby homes and businesses for space heating, hot water, or sometimes space cooling. There are instances where the energy and cost savings of power generation and heat recovery can be realized on a smaller scale through cooling, heating, and power – integrated energy systems (CHP-IES) for individual buildings or small campus settings. The U.S. Department of Energy undertook this project to develop an accurate, easy-touse computational tool for estimating the economic viability of CHP-IES in the United States.