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Summary
The city’s district cooling network gets creative and shows that every part of the process can be utilized
Wien Energie, the largest energy and district heating and cooling supplier in Austria, has unveiled new intriguing cooling street furniture at the forecourt of the Spittelau waste incineration plant. These unusual benches let sitters experience a cooling effect in the summer heat and demonstrate the capacity of the city’s district cooling network.
The best thing about the cooled benches is that they don’t require any additional investment to make them “work”. They are cooled by water that returns to the plant through pipes after having cooled buildings. Even though the returning water is warmer than the outgoing water headed to the buildings, at 15-20 degrees Celsius it is still cooler than the summer air without feeling freezing.
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