Cool Coaltion
Summary
Cities are running into the same cooling problem from different directions: rising heat, rising demand, constrained grids, and building-by-building systems that are no longer fit for dense urban growth. Together, these pressures are pushing district cooling into the mainstream as a standardized infrastructure option for urban energy planning, capable of aggregating demand, reducing peak loads and supporting more efficient growth. The April 2026 Cool Talk, opened by IDEA President & CEO, Rob Thornton, moderated by Second Vice Chair, Executive Committee, IDEA Board of Directors, convened global leaders in district cooling to examine the policy signals, utility models, financing structures and planning decisions needed to scale it.
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