A method for controlling a thermal distribution system, the system comprising: a distribution grid for a fluid based distribution of heat and/or cold, a production plant for producing heat or cold and for delivering the heat or cold to the distribution grid, and a plurality of local control units (140a, 140b), each local control unit being associated with a local distribution system (150a, 150b) in a building (160a, 160b), the local distribution system being configured to distribute heating or cooling in the building, each local control unit further being configured to control the associated local distribution system's outtake of heat or cold from the distribution grid, wherein the method comprises: determining a capacity limit of the production plant, evaluating, at a central server, a current and/or forecasted production of heat or cold in the production plant in relation to the capacity limit of the production plant, in response to the current and/or forecasted production at the production plant approaching the capacity limit, outputting, from the central server, a respective control signal to one or more of the plurality of local control units, wherein the respective control signal comprises information pertaining to a temperature offset, receiving the respective control signal at the respective one or more of the plurality of local control units, and in response to receiving the respective control signal at the respective one or more of the plurality of local control units, determining a respective steering temperature based on a temperature outside and/or inside the respective building and on the respective temperature offset, and controlling, at the respective one or more of the plurality of local control units, the associated local distribution system's outtake of heat or cold from the distribution grid based on the steering temperature, and thereby reducing the associated local distributions system's outtake of heat or cold from the distribution grid. a distribution grid for a fluid based distribution of heat and/or cold, a production plant for producing heat or cold and for delivering the heat or cold to the distribution grid, and a plurality of local control units (140a, 140b), each local control unit being associated with a local distribution system (150a, 150b) in a building (160a, 160b), the local distribution system being configured to distribute heating or cooling in the building, each local control unit further being configured to control the associated local distribution system's outtake of heat or cold from the distribution grid, wherein the method comprises: determining a capacity limit of the production plant, evaluating, at a central server, a current and/or forecasted production of heat or cold in the production plant in relation to the capacity limit of the production plant, in response to the current and/or forecasted production at the production plant approaching the capacity limit, outputting, from the central server, a respective control signal to one or more of the plurality of local control units, wherein the respective control signal comprises information pertaining to a temperature offset, receiving the respective control signal at the respective one or more of the plurality of local control units, and in response to receiving the respective control signal at the respective one or more of the plurality of local control units, determining a respective steering temperature based on a temperature outside and/or inside the respective building and on the respective temperature offset, and controlling, at the respective one or more of the plurality of local control units, the associated local distribution system's outtake of heat or cold from the distribution grid based on the steering temperature, and thereby reducing the associated local distributions system's outtake of heat or cold from the distribution grid. determining a capacity limit of the production plant, evaluating, at a central server, a current and/or forecasted production of heat or cold in the production plant in relation to the capacity limit of the production plant, in response to the current and/or forecasted production at the production plant approaching the capacity limit, outputting, from the central server, a respective control signal to one or more of the plurality of local control units, wherein the respective control signal comprises information pertaining to a temperature offset, receiving the respective control signal at the respective one or more of the plurality of local control units, and in response to receiving the respective control signal at the respective one or more of the plurality of local control units, determining a respective steering temperature based on a temperature outside and/or inside the respective building and on the respective temperature offset, and controlling, at the respective one or more of the plurality of local control units, the associated local distribution system's outtake of heat or cold from the distribution grid based on the steering temperature, and thereby reducing the associated local distributions system's outtake of heat or cold from the distribution grid.