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  • From: Jonathan Spencer <jss@mindspring.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>, 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: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 22:38:34 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

Not easy to retrofit but a great idea.

Our public utility in New York is said to operate the largest district
heating system in the US -
http://www.coned.com/newsroom/energysystems_steam.asp

-Jonathan


-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Waldrop <bob@bobwaldrop.net>
>Sent: Jul 20, 2016 11:03 AM
>To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: [permaculture] District heating systems in Siberia was Re: Russians
>in this PC list. Are there any and if not, why not?
>
>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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  • Re: [permaculture] District heating systems in Siberia was Re: Russians in this PC list. Are there any and if not, why not?, Jonathan Spencer, 07/25/2016

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