Municipal Heat Planning Software
From municipal heat planning to a reliable network
Municipal heat planning requires utilities and municipal energy providers to assess supply areas, transform existing networks and design new heat networks cost-effectively. VICUS Districts supports this path from the first area analysis to detailed, thermo-hydraulically validated network planning — in one continuous desktop application instead of scattered spreadsheets and point solutions.
From municipal heat planning to the network
Supply area & heat demand
Capture buildings, connection points and heat demand as the basis for municipal heat planning. Load profiles and simultaneity feed directly into the network design.
Network design & sizing
Route the network, size the pipes and set the temperature level — for district heating, conventional local heating or cold district heating (5GDHC) in one tool.
Thermo-hydraulic simulation
Verify pressure and temperature profiles, the critical point and pump energy over a full year of operation — instead of relying on generic table values.
Economics & funding
Compare variants, assess investment and operating costs, and produce defensible figures for funding applications and the decision proposal.
What VICUS Districts does for utilities
- Transform existing networks: plan temperature reduction, new generators and the decarbonisation of district heating with simulation support.
- New and expansion areas: design heat networks for districts from the first concept to construction readiness.
- Cold district heating (5GDHC): model low-temperature networks with ground coupling and decentralised heat pumps in a coupled annual simulation.
- Fundable evidence: defensible technical and economic figures for funding applications and municipal decision proposals.
- Compare variants: weigh routes, temperature levels and generation concepts against each other before investing.
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See municipal heat planning live
In a personal demo we walk through the path from the supply area to the thermo-hydraulic network simulation using your own example.