Abstract
Existing district cooling projects display the potential to increase energy efficiency and reduce energy costs for cooling applications. The application of district cooling systems both is affected by and affects urban zoning, urban and architectural design and economic parameters. This paper analyses the status quo of planning and building regulation and urban policies as direct and indirect incentives for the application of district cooling systems (DCS). The paper aims at proposing strategies to facilitate the connection of more users to DCS in Singapore. We collect the planning and building regulations related to DCS in Singapore. Additionally, we retrieve more information from the video recordings of a discussion by experts on DCS in Singapore and China for first-hand experiences of the practice side. As a result, we will provide an assessment of the status quo of planning and building regulations and relevant urban policies concerning DCS in Singapore and suggest changes that may improve the efficiency of DCS and incentivize developers and proprietors to consider such system.
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