Page 34 - RSB Annual Report 2020 English

EFFICIENT COOLING ⁞ We continue to collect data from DC providers, albeit in a slimmed down format that provides us with the essential data needed to report savings under the DSM programme. ⁞ Overall demand for cooling was down 0.7% whilst demand for DC was up 4.3%, which resulted in an increase in the market share of district cooling. District cooling met 23% of demand for cooling in 2020. Overall demand for cooling 77% 23% › Figure (13) Market Share of DC Non-DC DC ⁞ The district cooling sector also made significant gains in energy efficiency. 2020 was the first year that the sector averaged cooling efficiency better than 0.9kWh/TRh. Figure 14 shows that this was the largest improvement in energy performance since 2014. 0.92 0.91 0.90 0.89 0.88 0.87 2014 3.0 2.4 1.8 1.2 0.6 0.0 › Figure (14) Electrical Efficiency and Consumption 34 RSB 2015 2016 2017 2018 KWh/TRh 2019 2020 TWh KWh/TRh TWh