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Cooling has become an essential part of human needs: we need it to cool our buildings, our food, our medicine. At the same time, covering the rising cooling demand while also keeping our planet cool is becoming a challenge. Already today, refrigeration and comfort cooling consume staggering amounts of energy and cause 10% of global CO2 emissions. And the demand for cooling is rising exponentially as the world population grows and more people get access to cooling services. Global energy demand for comfort cooling alone is estimated to grow 33-fold by 2100 to more than 10,000 TWh, which is about half the total electricity generated worldwide in 2010.

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This article was published in the APUEA Magazine No.1/2018. See the full magazine on www.apuea.org

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As agreed and formalized in October 2016 in the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, the production and consumption of hydroflourocarbons (HFCs) used as refrigerants in air conditioners and chillers will be phased down. This is not only important for fighting climate change, but it also provides a great opportunity to promote district cooling.

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The rapid rise in Asean’s electricity demand in recent years has led to a surge in CO2 emissions and pollutants that threaten to create an environmental crisis for a region already vulnerable to the impact of extreme weather and poor air quality.

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This DCS commissioned in July 2017, a first in the country, will produce 42 MWcool (12,000RT) of cooling Energy to supply within Northgate Cyberzone, owned by CPI, the existing 11 buildings, plus 7 additional buildings to be built between 2018 and 2020. The total GFA cooled by the DCS by end 2020 will be 410,000 m2. Additional potential customers such as Hotels or Community Malls will also be able to connect to the DCS in the future.

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If like me you live in a city, your average day may look much like mine: I wake up in the morning, commute to work, spend a day at the office, return home, and switch off the lights to sleep. At each step, I interact with services powered by energy. From transport and street lighting to heating and cooling in buildings, what supports my day-to-day life are energy services accessed locally. My most immediate relationship with energy is therefore at the city level, and this is precisely why cities are so vital in the global push for sustainability.

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In 2015, China’s Northern region district heating reached 8.5 billion square meters and consumed heating energy of 185 million metric tons of standard coal equivalent, which almost doubled from 2005 and is still increasing. Coal represents about 90% of the district heating energy consumed in Northern China, or approximately 166 million tons per year, contributing to the serious air pollution in the region.

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“Why will I pay for something that I do not use?!” this is the common recurring question most district cooling companies are asked by their customers. Most frequently asked in the winter, when most end-users switch off their air conditioning system, yet they have to pay for the fixed monthly fees, more commonly known as the capacity charges.

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District energy systems, a more sustainable way of heating and cooling buildings, have been around for more than 120 years, however, they are only now getting their day in the sun. From Paris and Copenhagen to Singapore and Dubai, more cities are deploying the tried-and-tested technology to reduce their energy use and carbon emissions.

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This article is published in the "Hot Cool" magazine, No.2 / 2017, page 22-25. The six analysed cases include Austria, Germany, Romania, Portugal, Denmark, and Czech Republic. The Danish Board of District Heating (DBDH) quarterly publishes and distributes the magazine Hot Cool. Hot Cool presents state-of-the-art district heating and cooling technology in all its aspects through articles written by experienced professionals. In this way, Hot Cool informs and updates its readers on the latest ideas and developments in the sector.

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