district heating
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district heating
A system for centrally supplying buildings with heat. The heat is generated in a combined heat and power plant and transported to consumers through a network of insulated pipes as hot water or steam.
Unsere Wohnung wird mit umweltfreundlicher Fernwärme geheizt.
Our apartment is heated with environmentally friendly district heating.
The word is made up of 'fern' (far away) and 'Wärme' (heat). So it literally describes heat that is delivered from a distant place.
Die Wärme für das ganze Stadtviertel kommt aus einem einzigen Kraftwerk.
The heat for the whole city district comes from a single power plant.
Common expressions are 'mit Fernwärme heizen' (to heat with district heating), 'an das Fernwärmenetz angeschlossen sein' (to be connected to the district heating network), and 'die Kosten für die Fernwärme' (the costs of district heating).
Unser Haus ist an das städtische Fernwärmenetz angeschlossen.
Our house is connected to the municipal district heating network.
Since 'Fernwärme' (district heating) describes a system or a form of energy, the word is used almost exclusively in the singular. A plural form is unusual.
Fernwärme gilt als eine effiziente Art der Wärmeversorgung.
District heating is considered an efficient type of heat supply.
heating
'die Heizung' and 'die Fernwärme' both have to do with heat for apartments or buildings. 'die Heizung' is the general word for the device or system that makes rooms warm. That can be a radiator, a gas heating system, or another system. 'die Fernwärme' is a specific type of heat supply: the heat comes centrally from a plant and is carried into the building through pipes. The words can be confused because both come up in everyday life when talking about housing and heating costs. More precisely: district heating is one possible form of heating.
Unser neues Haus bekommt Fernwärme statt einer eigenen Gasheizung.
Our new house will get district heating instead of its own gas heating system.
Im Wohnzimmer ist die Heizung kaputt, deshalb ist es dort sehr kalt.
The heating in the living room is broken, so it is very cold there.