Sánchez Zabala, VíctorGaray, Roberto2018-04Sánchez Zabala , V & Garay , R 2018 , ' DESIGN OF CONSUMMER THERMAL SUBSTATIONS FOR THE INTEGRATION OF DISTRIBUTED SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES IN DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEMS ' .researchoutputwizard: 11556/879In most cases, building service designers choose between Solar thermal (ST) and District Heating (DH) technologies for their integration in buildings. By doing so, only a fraction of the buildings within a particular district is used for ST, while at the same time energy intensity in DH networks can be reduced. In some cases, building-integrated solar thermal systems are connected to DH networks by means of dedicated pipes. In all these cases, sub-optimal situations are reached with lower fraction of renewable heat, reduced network strength and/or additional heat losses. In this paper, a consummer substation concept is proposed with reversible heat flow and net metering, which avoids local thermal storage in the solar loop. Adaptations required for multi-dwelling buildings are presented.404278enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessconference outputDistrict heatingDistrict heatingSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean EnergyProject IDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/768567/EU/REnewable Low TEmperature District/RELaTEDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/768567/EU/REnewable Low TEmperature District/RELaTEDFunding InfoEuropean Commission's H2020, 768567, RELaTEDEuropean Commission's H2020, 768567, RELaTED