| a | ambient |
| b | booster |
| c | consumer; cold reservoir |
| dst | destruction |
| el | electric |
| elb | electric-boiler booster |
| ex | exergy |
| gas | gas |
| gbb | gas-boiler booster |
| gen | generated |
| h | hot reservoir |
| hpb | heat-pump booster |
| hx | heat exchanger |
| i | input |
| loss | losses |
| m | constant, mean |
| n | constant |
| pump | pumping |
| r | return |
| s | supply |
| scw | sanitary cold-water |
| shw | sanitary hot-water |
| tot | total |
| w | water |