| Country | Standard | Description |
|---|---|---|
| US/International | ASHRAE District cooling guide | “Complete Design Guide for District Cooling Systems - The District Cooling Guide provides design guidance for all major aspects of district cooling systems, including central chiller plants, chilled-water distribution systems, and consumer interconnection.” |
| US/International | ASHRAE District heating guide | “District Heating Guide provides design guidance for all major aspects of district heating systems, including central heating plants, distribution systems, and consumer interconnections, for both steam and hot-water systems.” |
| US/International | ASHRAE TC 6.2 - District Energy | “This technical committee is concerned with district energy technology and integrated systems that provide one or more forms of thermal energy or a combination of thermal energy and electric power from a central plant(s) to meet the heating, cooling, or combined thermal energy and power needs of end-users in two or more structures.” For more refer http://tc62.ashraetcs.org/ |
| USA | USEPA CHP Project Development Handbook |
Provides information, tools, and hints on project feasibly and development, CHP technologies, Procurement, O&M, finances and the resources of the CHP Partnership. |
| USA (Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs Department of Energy and Resources) |
APS guideline on the eligibility and metering of combined heat & power projects | “This Guideline covers methods, criteria, and specifications that must be satisfied in order for a CHP project to qualify as an APS Alternative Generation Unit under the APS Regulation and in order for the output of such a Unit to qualify for APS Alternative Generation Attributes – as embodied in Alternative Energy Certificates (“AECs”) issued by the NEPOOL GIS.” |
| USA | California Energy Commission - guidelines for certification of combined heat and power systems pursuant to the waste heat and carbon emissions reduction act, public utiliites code, section 2840 et seq. | “These Guidelines set forth the technical and legal requirements that combined heat and power (CHP) systems must meet to be certified as an “eligible customer‐generator” of an electric corporation or as a “retail end‐use customer” of a publicly owned electric utility pursuant to the Waste Heat and Carbon Emissions Reduction Act, California Public Utilities Code Sections 2840 through 2845.” |
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