Options for large-scale installation of Individual Heat Substations based on international best practices

April 12, 2021

The purpose of this report is to provide recommendations for implementing large-scale installation of individual heat substations (IHSs) as part of comprehensive DH sector reform. The report introduces the importance of IHS in the DH sector, then analyzes both the legal context and barriers to IHS installation in Ukraine.

Further, it presents several case studies of approaches towards large-scale IHS installation in multi-family buildings that European countries have applied and successfully tested. Finally, the report proposes actions Ukraine could take to overcome the barriers in Ukraine and facilitate IHS deployment, based on lessons learned from international experience.