IDEA2025 included two pre-conference workshops to take a deeper dive into two important industry subjects: District Energy and Data Centers; and District Thermal Energy Networks. These workshops provided attendees with direct access to industry experts in these fields. *Only those who registered and paid to attend the workshops are able to access the content.
If you registered for one of the workshops offered at IDEA2025, click the links below to view the content you may have missed onsite.
District Energy and Data Centers
Monday, June 2, 2025, 8:00am – 3:00pm
District Energy & Data Centers, like the chocolate and peanut butter in a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, go better together. Data centers produce huge volumes of low-grade heat, while demanding constant, year-round cooling and firm, clean power, ideally located on site or nearby. At IDEA2025, the district energy industry came together with global and national leaders from the data center industry to explore opportunities for convergence. This workshop focused on market opportunities for the co-location and integration of data centers with district energy systems while exploring technical, business and regulatory considerations. Proliferation of data centers to support growing digital demand is compounding needs for firmer power supplies, baseload cooling and potential recovery of huge volumes of low- grade heat. Projections call for expansion of electricity capacity and the need for substantial infrastructure investment.
If you attended the Data Centers workshop, please click the link below to access the content.
District Thermal Energy Networks
Monday, June 2, 2025, 8:00am – 3:00pm
The District Thermal Energy Networks Workshop builds on the curriculum of previous IDEA workshops focusing on business best practices and lessons learned in planning, designing, constructing, operating and managing a financially-sustainable district thermal energy network. This workshop included experts in planning, modeling, implementation, and system optimization with special focus on strategies for sector-coupling with electricity, natural gas and waste-water networks. Participants shared technology innovations, case studies, and policy/regulatory updates from federal, state/provincial and local policy perspectives, along with topics like grid balancing, energy recovery, electrification and energy transition.
If you attended the District Thermal Energy Networks workshop, please click the link below to access the content.
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