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‘Kind of miracle solution’: How Paris is harnessing the Seine to replace air-con (www.theguardian.com)
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City plans to triple system of underground pipes that distribute chilled river water, reducing need for individual cooling units

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[–] [S] 0 points 4 months ago (1 child)

do you think that heat pumps “cook the ground” or “cook the air” too? the whole point is to transfer rather than generate heat

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    The river doesn’t care whether the heat comes from electrical resistance, chemical reaction or the inside of a building. Heat is heat. How that amount of heat will affect the ecology of the river I do not know. I am unfamiliar how how the cooling capacity of the proposed system relates to the hydrology of Paris.

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