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  • From: Rhonda Baird <rk.baird@yahoo.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] District heating systems in Siberia was Re: Russians in this PC list. Are there any and if not, why not?
  • Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 11:21:24 -0400

Bob, I’ve also seen this in some European developments—where technology
including water pipes are put into the roadways to absorb radiant heat and
“preheat” the water.

-rhonda baird
> On Jul 20, 2016, at 11:03 AM, Bob Waldrop <bob@bobwaldrop.net> wrote:
>
> On 7/20/2016 3:34 AM, Lawrence London wrote:
>
>> But we would hardly move to Siberia, where life is an unremitting struggle
>>> against the cold.
>>>
>
> One of the interesting things about life in Siberia is the prevalence of
> district heating systems, where an entire neighborhood or village is heated
> from a central plant. While I am certainly not an expert on the subject,
> my reading is that such systems are more efficient than the typical modern
> house which has its own individual heating system. One of my thoughts
> about urban permaculture is that district heating and cooling systems,
> coupled with superinsulation and other passive systems, would be a useful
> way to lower the energy consumption of cities. To some extent, this
> happens in central business districts, where there is often some form of
> district heating or cooling available. Downtown Oklahoma City has that
> "amenity".
>
> Bob Waldrop, Okie City
> http://www.ipermie.net
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