{"id":13698,"date":"2011-10-10t13:31:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-10t13:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/"},"modified":"2023-02-28t18:46:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28t18:46:32","slug":"keeping-cool-in-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"keeping cool in the community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>district energy systems distribute thermal energy (steam, hot water, and\/or chilled water) through a network of underground pipes to multiple buildings in an area, such as a downtown district, college or hospital campus, airport, or military base. by aggregating the heating and air conditioning supply for multiple buildings, district energy systems optimize thermal energy efficiency. they also achieve economies of scale that allow for the use of low-carbon, cost-effective thermal energy sources\u2014such as the \u201cwaste\u201d heat from power plants or industrial processes, combined heat and power, geothermal energy, deep lake water, or municipal solid waste and other types of biomass\u2014that may not be feasible for individual buildings. more information is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eesi.org\/district-energy-essential-infrastructure-energy-efficient-communities-23-sep-2011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>district energy systems distribute thermal energy (steam, hot water, and\/or chilled water) through a network of underground pipes to multiple buildings in an area, such as a downtown district, college or hospital campus, airport, or military base. by aggregating the heating and air conditioning supply for multiple buildings, district energy systems optimize thermal energy efficiency&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8540,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4907,4902,4894,4900,4903,4910],"tags":[1616,1246,1307,1136,179,633,1267,60,1247],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-13698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-economics","category-colleges-education","category-efficiency","category-green-living","category-natural-gas","category-renewable-energy","tag-cogeneration","tag-combined-heat-and-power","tag-district-energy","tag-eesi","tag-energy","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-environmental-policy","tag-geothermal","tag-thermal-energy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>keeping cool in the community - planet forward<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_us\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"keeping cool in the community - planet forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"district energy systems distribute thermal energy (steam, hot water, and\/or chilled water) through a network of underground pipes to multiple buildings in an area, such as a downtown district, college or hospital campus, airport, or military base. by aggregating the heating and air conditioning supply for multiple buildings, district energy systems optimize thermal energy efficiency....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"planet forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/planetforward.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-10-10t13:31:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-28t18:46:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"environmental and energy study institute\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@planet_forward\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@planet_forward\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"environmental and energy study institute\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"article\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/#article\",\"ispartof\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"environmental and energy study institute\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f1d11dfb7eb8f8770cf6a42ffb3038bf\"},\"headline\":\"keeping cool in the community\",\"datepublished\":\"2011-10-10t13:31:47+00:00\",\"datemodified\":\"2023-02-28t18:46:32+00:00\",\"mainentityofpage\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/\"},\"wordcount\":120,\"commentcount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"cogeneration\",\"combined heat and power\",\"district energy\",\"eesi\",\"energy\",\"energy efficiency\",\"environmental policy\",\"geothermal\",\"thermal energy\"],\"articlesection\":[\"business &amp; economics\",\"colleges &amp; education\",\"efficiency\",\"克罗地亚vs加拿大让球
\",\"natural gas\",\"renewable energy\"],\"inlanguage\":\"en-us\",\"potentialaction\":[{\"@type\":\"commentaction\",\"name\":\"comment\",\"target\":[\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"webpage\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/\",\"url\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/\",\"name\":\"keeping cool in the community - planet forward\",\"ispartof\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#website\"},\"datepublished\":\"2011-10-10t13:31:47+00:00\",\"datemodified\":\"2023-02-28t18:46:32+00:00\",\"inlanguage\":\"en-us\",\"potentialaction\":[{\"@type\":\"readaction\",\"target\":[\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"website\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/\",\"name\":\"planet forward\",\"description\":\"inspiring stories to 2022年卡塔尔世界杯官网
\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialaction\":[{\"@type\":\"searchaction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"entrypoint\",\"urltemplate\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"propertyvaluespecification\",\"valuerequired\":true,\"valuename\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inlanguage\":\"en-us\"},{\"@type\":\"organization\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"planet forward\",\"url\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"imageobject\",\"inlanguage\":\"en-us\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pf_main_primary_rgb-1-1.png\",\"contenturl\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pf_main_primary_rgb-1-1.png\",\"width\":1264,\"height\":660,\"caption\":\"planet forward\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameas\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/planetforward.org\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/planet_forward\"]},{\"@type\":\"person\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f1d11dfb7eb8f8770cf6a42ffb3038bf\",\"name\":\"environmental and energy study institute\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"imageobject\",\"inlanguage\":\"en-us\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/093c89978eccf087c066b664e1b7b04b?s=96&d=https%3a%2f%2fplanetforward.org%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2023%2f02%2funtitled-design-1-150x150.png&r=g\",\"contenturl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/093c89978eccf087c066b664e1b7b04b?s=96&d=https%3a%2f%2fplanetforward.org%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2023%2f02%2funtitled-design-1-150x150.png&r=g\",\"caption\":\"environmental and energy study institute\"},\"description\":\"carol werner is the executive director of the environmental and energy study institute (eesi). eesi is a non-profit organization established in 1984 by a bipartisan, congressional caucus to provide timely information and develop innovative policy solutions that set us on a cleaner, more secure and sustainable energy path.\",\"url\":\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/author\/eesi1984\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ yoast seo plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"keeping cool in the community - planet forward","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/","og_locale":"en_us","og_type":"article","og_title":"keeping cool in the community - planet forward","og_description":"district energy systems distribute thermal energy (steam, hot water, and\/or chilled water) through a network of underground pipes to multiple buildings in an area, such as a downtown district, college or hospital campus, airport, or military base. by aggregating the heating and air conditioning supply for multiple buildings, district energy systems optimize thermal energy efficiency....","og_url":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/","og_site_name":"planet forward","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/planetforward.org","article_published_time":"2011-10-10t13:31:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-28t18:46:32+00:00","author":"environmental and energy study institute","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@planet_forward","twitter_site":"@planet_forward","twitter_misc":{"written by":"environmental and energy study institute","est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"article","@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/#article","ispartof":{"@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/"},"author":{"name":"environmental and energy study institute","@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f1d11dfb7eb8f8770cf6a42ffb3038bf"},"headline":"keeping cool in the community","datepublished":"2011-10-10t13:31:47+00:00","datemodified":"2023-02-28t18:46:32+00:00","mainentityofpage":{"@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/"},"wordcount":120,"commentcount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["cogeneration","combined heat and power","district energy","eesi","energy","energy efficiency","environmental policy","geothermal","thermal energy"],"articlesection":["business &amp; economics","colleges &amp; education","efficiency","克罗地亚vs加拿大让球
","natural gas","renewable energy"],"inlanguage":"en-us","potentialaction":[{"@type":"commentaction","name":"comment","target":["\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"webpage","@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/","url":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/","name":"keeping cool in the community - planet forward","ispartof":{"@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#website"},"datepublished":"2011-10-10t13:31:47+00:00","datemodified":"2023-02-28t18:46:32+00:00","inlanguage":"en-us","potentialaction":[{"@type":"readaction","target":["\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/keeping-cool-in-the-community\/"]}]},{"@type":"website","@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#website","url":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/","name":"planet forward","description":"inspiring stories to 2022年卡塔尔世界杯官网
","publisher":{"@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#organization"},"potentialaction":[{"@type":"searchaction","target":{"@type":"entrypoint","urltemplate":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"propertyvaluespecification","valuerequired":true,"valuename":"search_term_string"}}],"inlanguage":"en-us"},{"@type":"organization","@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#organization","name":"planet forward","url":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/","logo":{"@type":"imageobject","inlanguage":"en-us","@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pf_main_primary_rgb-1-1.png","contenturl":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pf_main_primary_rgb-1-1.png","width":1264,"height":660,"caption":"planet forward"},"image":{"@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameas":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/planetforward.org","https:\/\/x.com\/planet_forward"]},{"@type":"person","@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f1d11dfb7eb8f8770cf6a42ffb3038bf","name":"environmental and energy study institute","image":{"@type":"imageobject","inlanguage":"en-us","@id":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/093c89978eccf087c066b664e1b7b04b?s=96&d=https%3a%2f%2fplanetforward.org%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2023%2f02%2funtitled-design-1-150x150.png&r=g","contenturl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/093c89978eccf087c066b664e1b7b04b?s=96&d=https%3a%2f%2fplanetforward.org%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2023%2f02%2funtitled-design-1-150x150.png&r=g","caption":"environmental and energy study institute"},"description":"carol werner is the executive director of the environmental and energy study institute (eesi). eesi is a non-profit organization established in 1984 by a bipartisan, congressional caucus to provide timely information and develop innovative policy solutions that set us on a cleaner, more secure and sustainable energy path.","url":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/author\/eesi1984\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13698"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8540"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13698"},{"taxonomy":"storyfest_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/storyfest_categories?post=13698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}