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The opportunity for district energy

December 5, 2015/in Campaigns, Energy & Emissions Modelling and Planning, News, Public Engagement /by SSG

The buildings sector is responsible for one third of global CO2 emissions and the share of this sector’s emissions is growing rapidly. To avoid this carbon lock-in cities and countries around the world are employing a combined approach to heating and cooling, focused on reducing demand through building efficiency measures and shifting to low-carbon, renewable supply through modern district energy systems.
At COP21, SSG were invited to moderate a panel on ‘District Energy and Buildings Efficiency – Cities enabling countries to meet their climate objectives’ where Yuill highlighted the importance of land-use policy in avoiding carbon lock-in on a panel with speakers from Helsinki (heating and cooling district energy), the private sector (Danfoss and Johnson Controls), United Nations Environment Program, UAE and the Global Environment Facility, a funding mechanism. UNEP launched their report on ‘District Energy in Cities: Unlocking the Potential of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’, which you can read here.

Tags: district energy, IEA, Plan4DE
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