1998 年 6 巻 p. 129-134
In order to formulate a pleasant and safe urban life style in cold, snowy cities, Hokkaido is called upon to create a new type of northern city and develop a living environment based on an understanding of energy economy and global environmental problems.
Therefore, it is thought that developing a method of district heating over a wide area, based on utilizing combined heat/power generation plants as a main source of heat with high energy efficiency and effective environmental load control and other unused energy sources, would be effective in creating a comfortable urban life style and solve traffic, energy and environmental problems due to snow and cold in northern cities.
This study clarified the problems in the development of the system in the cities of Hokkaido and concurrently examined its effect on economizing energy and reducing environmental load.