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This is the best summary I could come up with:
As governments look to tackle carbon emissions from buildings — the third largest source in Canada behind the oil and gas industry and transportation — it's an idea that more of them are considering and implementing.
He added that there are other advantages for customers; they don't have to worry about heating and cooling equipment — it's the utility's problem, and it's mostly not located in the building itself anymore, freeing up space.
In Europe, there are 6,000 district energy systems serving 100 million people across 32 countries, and they provide at least half of the heating in Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, Lithuania and Slovakia, reported W.E.
Toronto lists district energy as a "key component" of its climate action plan, and is building or expanding a number of networks.
And it's a solution backed by the Canada Infrastructure Bank, which has helped fund upfront costs for systems that include MDE and Lulu Island in Richmond, B.C.
Other networks are being built, upgraded or expanded across the country, including Vancouver, Halifax, Charlottetown, Iqaluit, communities in Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
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