2. Energy services (uses)

2.1 Space heating and conditioning

Readers are referred to the specialist articles in this section on heat and cold production.

The purpose of this production is to compensate for heat loss from the room, in order to maintain the temperature at the desired level. It must therefore have sufficient power and be able to adapt to variations in instantaneous requirements. It usually comprises the complete chain of sub-functions described above.

We distinguish :

• single generation, commonly referred to as central generation; the distribution sub-function plays an important role here;

• localized generation, usually referred to as split generation, in which the...