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Home » district heating and cooling

Articles Tagged with ''district heating and cooling''

Rob Thornton Heat Reuse

A Practical Path to Heat Reuse: Linking Data Centers to District Heating Networks

District energy systems can recycle data center waste heat to advance community energy efficiency, writes Rob Thornton of IDEA
Rob-Thornton
Rob Thornton
June 8, 2026

By connecting data center waste heat to district heating networks, operators and cities can transform an environmental challenge into a community resource.


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How Smart Pump Technology Helped a Newly Built Marriott Save 70% on Energy Use

Smart pump platform delivers data-driven savings, helps hotels meet district energy requirements, and proves the business case for building decarbonization
Austin Keating
Austin Keating
February 4, 2026

A Toronto-area Marriott used Armstrong Fluid Technology’s performance envelope platform to cut its energy use by 70% – and discovered even bigger potential savings for buildings not on district heating.


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Boiler District Heat Finland

Accelerating Clean Heat: How Electric Boilers are Powering Europe’s Energy Transition

Inside Finland’s push to decarbonize heat networks and stabilize power grids – by deploying rapid-response electrode boilers at scale
ES Magazine staff
January 12, 2026

A look at how Finland and its partners are using high-voltage electrode boilers to convert surplus renewable electricity into useful heat, cut emissions, and future-proof energy systems across Europe.


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Rob Thornton District Energy

Decarbonizing Without Disruption: A Practical Path to Building Performance Standards Compliance

New regulations spark innovation in urban energy sharing, cutting carbon and complexity
Rob-Thornton
Rob Thornton
August 4, 2025

As building owners race to meet tough new climate rules, costly retrofits aren’t the only answer. District energy systems offer a streamlined, scalable approach to slashing emissions – all while minimizing disruption and protecting property value, ES NEWS' Guest Columnist Rob Thornton writes.


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Funding Available for Large-Scale Thermal System Design

The ACHR NEWS Editorial Staff
May 29, 2025

Large-scale thermal systems may include geothermal, heat recovery, thermal energy networks, and thermal storage, as well as other approaches to reduce energy, decarbonize, and improve heating and cooling for large buildings and campuses.


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eSteam

Vicinity Energy: eSteam

The first carbon-free thermal energy system in the U.S.
ES Magazine staff
November 21, 2024

This cost-effective solution helps buildings comply with performance standards and accelerate clean energy adoption.


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Acme Electrode Boilers

Pivoting to More Efficient Energy Sources for District Heating

Del Williams
Del Williams
June 19, 2024
Advanced electrode boilers are being installed to replace outdated, inefficient fuel-burning equipment in district heating applications as part of a broader effort to meet ambitious International Energy Agency decarbonization goals.
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Duluth Wins Grant for District Geothermal Project

July 6, 2023

Duluth is one of 11 communities in 10 states that were selected to design, with DOE financial support, geothermal district heating and cooling systems.



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District Cooling Market to Reach $17.33 Billion by 2024

Growing at a CAGR of 5.1 percent
May 3, 2017

The global district cooling (DC) market was valued at $11.19 billion in 2015 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.1 percent to reach $17.33 billion in 2024, according to a new Transparency Market Research report titled District Cooling Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2016-2024.


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District Heating and Cooling Market: Big Players Likely to Up Competition

Big plant operators and private operators are predicted to start manufacturing DHC systems
December 20, 2016

To gauge the competitive dynamics in the global district heating and cooling (DHC) market, the DHC system manufacturers, project contractors, and plant operators in the supply chain will have to be factored in, states a report by Transparency Market Research. 


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