Low-Carbon Heat Networks for Industrial and Commercial Estates
Heat networks, also known as district heating, offer a scalable, efficient, and low-carbon way to supply heat across multiple buildings or facilities. For industrial and commercial estates, they present a powerful opportunity to reduce emissions, improve energy resilience, and unlock long-term cost savings.
Arthian provides expert heat network design and feasibility services, helping clients assess, plan, and implement heat networks that are technically robust, commercially viable, and aligned with decarbonisation goals. Whether you’re exploring a new network or expanding an existing one, we deliver the insight and engineering expertise to support confident decision-making.
A heat network is a system of insulated pipes that delivers hot water or steam from a central energy source to multiple buildings. These networks can serve anything from a small industrial park, large manufacturing sites, university campuses to a large urban development and can be powered by a range of heat sources, including:
Heat networks are a key part of the UK’s strategy for decarbonising heat and are supported by government funding and policy frameworks.
Our heat network design and feasibility services include:
We assess the technical and commercial viability of new or expanded heat networks, including:
We provide full design services from concept through to RIBA Stage 4+, including:
We support the development of robust business cases for internal approval or external funding, including:
We ensure your heat network project aligns with local and national policy, including:
We assess the technical and commercial viability of new or expanded heat networks, including:
We provide full design services from concept through to RIBA Stage 4+, including:
We support the development of robust business cases for internal approval or external funding, including:
We ensure your heat network project aligns with local and national policy, including:
Fully integrated with geotechnical, hydrological, and ecological disciplines.
National experience with regional insight and regulatory familiarity.
Deep understanding of planning, infrastructure, and environmental interfaces.
Commitment to technical rigour, clear communication, and long-term outcomes.
Heat networks are ideal for sites with multiple buildings and consistent heat demand—such as industrial parks, commercial estates, hospitals, universities, and mixed-use developments.
Yes. Waste heat recovery is a highly efficient and low-carbon heat source. We assess the feasibility of integrating waste heat into your network design.
Absolutely. We provide the technical and financial detail needed to support applications to several schemes such as the Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) and other regional programmes.
This varies depending on the scale, heat source, and existing infrastructure. Our feasibility studies include detailed financial modelling to help you understand costs, savings, and ROI.
Yes. We design with flexibility in mind—ensuring your network can adapt to future heat sources, expansions, and policy changes.
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