Author(s): Martin Schmid; Adrien Gaudard; Alfred Wuest

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Keywords: Lake heating and cooling; Climate change impacts; Thermal stratification; Renewable energy

Abstract: Lakes can be used to supply heat or cold for heating and cooling infrastructure. For the case of Switzerland, the potential of most of the larger lakes was shown to significantly exceed the regional demand. Using lakes for heating reduces their temperature and may support seasonal mixing in winter, thus partially counteracting the impacts of climate change. Using lakes for cooling in summer is more critical, as it may further increase lake surface temperatures as well as the duration of stratification, thus exacerbating the impacts of climate change on the thermal properties of a lake and subsequently on the ecosystem.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-11-2731-1_128-cd

Year: 2018