本文介绍了一种基于现有热泵技术的综合社区能源系统:HPICES。该系统通过所有用户（建筑物）连接的公共管道回路提供加热和冷却。每个用户都有一个或多个水源热泵，用于从回路中吸热或排热。中央电厂将回路水温保持在所需范围内。对美国东北部一个人口为10000的参考社区进行了工程和经济分析。与传统系统相比，所研究的HPICE使用的资源能源要少得多；在供暖季节节省16%至32%，在供暖高峰期节省37%至51%，在制冷高峰期节省19%。年资源节能14%-34%。高社区能量密度率（与城市条件相对应）有利于HPICE的经济可行性。 然而，如果有大量的废热可用，即使是建设相对松散的社区，只要该系统由市政当局拥有和运营，在财务上也很有希望。引文:研讨会，ASHRAE交易，第86卷，第一部分，加利福尼亚州洛杉矶

This paper describes an integrated community energy system based on current heat pump technology: HPICES. The system provides heating and cooling through a common piping loop to which all users (buildings) are connected. Each user has one or more water source heat pumps which extract heat from, or reject heat to, the loop. A central plant maintains the loop water temperature within the desired range.Engineering and economic analyses were performed for a reference community with a population of 10,000 located in the northeastern United States. The HPICES investigated use significantly less resource energy than conventional systems; the savings are 16 to 32% during the heating season, 37 to 51% at the times of the heating peak, and 19% during the peak cooling period. The annual resource energy saving is 14 to 34%.High community energy density rates (corresponding to urban conditions) are conducive to economic viability of HPICES. However, if large amounts of waste heat are available, even relatively loosely built-up communities look financially promising provided the system is owned and operated by a municipality.