Portela González, José Wogrin, Sonja 2025-11-12T15:19:04Z 2025-11-12T15:19:04Z 2025-12-01 2352-7110 https:doi.org10.1016j.softx.2025.102393 http://hdl.handle.net/11531/107147 Artículos en revistas A transition in the heating sector – particularly for buildings – is essential to address climate change. Heating solutions will need to vary significantly depending on local conditions such as climate, building standards, and the availability of waste heat. Emerging generations of low-temperature district heating systems enable the integration of new waste heat sources, but identifying feasible, initial design heating concepts remains a time-consuming task. In this paper, we present UrbanHeatOpt, a user-friendly, modular software framework that streamlines the entire process — from generating high-resolution heat demand data to identifying potential community heating concepts. The tool supports both early-stage planning in municipalities and more in-depth analyses to inform policy-making in the heating sector. A transition in the heating sector – particularly for buildings – is essential to address climate change. Heating solutions will need to vary significantly depending on local conditions such as climate, building standards, and the availability of waste heat. Emerging generations of low-temperature district heating systems enable the integration of new waste heat sources, but identifying feasible, initial design heating concepts remains a time-consuming task. In this paper, we present UrbanHeatOpt, a user-friendly, modular software framework that streamlines the entire process — from generating high-resolution heat demand data to identifying potential community heating concepts. The tool supports both early-stage planning in municipalities and more in-depth analyses to inform policy-making in the heating sector. en-GB Revista: SoftwareX, Periodo: 1, Volumen: online, Número: , Página inicial: 102393-1, Página final: 102393-8 Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica (IIT) - Innovación docente y Analytics (GIIDA) UrbanHeatOpt: A software framework for supporting municipal heat transition planning info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Energy system modeling; District heating; Time series generation; Urban energy planning; Waste heat utilization Energy system modeling; District heating; Time series generation; Urban energy planning; Waste heat utilization