The Paris city government plans to expand a city cooling system that uses water from the Seine River as it tries to cope with growing demand for air conditioners while curbing carbon emissions, Reuters reported, citing the local authority.
Europe’s largest cooling system serves sites across the city, including buildings that will be used during next year’s Paris Olympics. It draws water from the Seine River for cooling stations. They pump the already cooled water through underground pipes to buildings that use the system instead of traditional air conditioning systems.
Plans are to expand the system in the southern parts of the city, as well as start implementing it in hospitals, kindergartens and homes for the elderly, said the secretary general of the Paris city government. The goal is to triple the network’s reach by 2042.
Like many other cities in Europe, summers in Paris have been extremely hot in recent years, with temperatures reaching 43 degrees Celsius in July last year.
According to the owner of an office building that uses the underground cooling system, the new system is more sustainable and also brings financial benefits. “Given the fact that the price of electricity has gone up, we think (cooling through this system) is now cheaper,” he said.
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