Climate Insight Platform
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Focus Area: Infrastructure
Global Climate City Challenge
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SDG(s) related to Global Climate City Challenge
NDC Partnership
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InsuResilience Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Gender-smart Solutions Technical Advisory Facility
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Gap Fund Step-Up Project: Community of practice on financing climate action
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Climate Risk Atlases for municipalities and states
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Social Implementation Program on Climate Change Adaptation Technology
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Finance training on transformative local investments to increase sustainability for local governments in Jordan
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District energy systems (DES) deliver heating or cooling to customers through a pipe network filled with hot or cold water, circulated by pumps. As the character of the built environment greatly determines project feasibility, consideration of DES in energy and urban planning processes can significantly contribute to achieving the heat load density necessary to ensure network cost effectiveness. Urban planning can also mitigate load uncertainty for DES by enabling phased development that balances generation and demand.
District cooling is a system in which chilled water (typically at 4 to 7 degree Celsius) is distributed in pipes (usually underground) from a central cooling plant to several buildings for space cooling and process cooling. By replacing individual cooling systems in each building, the district cooling system can deliver economies of scale in terms of capital, energy and maintenance costs.
Construction and land development within a built-up area or existing community, including building on vacant or underutilized spots and reuse of old or blighted sites and buildings. Type of urban intensification (see Urban Planning Vocab – NOTE: being developed)
The use of natural refrigerants in Air-Conditioning Systems, in replacement of currently applied refrigerant fluids such as HCFC and HFC (glossary link), offers a way to increase energy efficiency while contributing to climate mitigation and ozone layer protection. Natural refrigerants include substances such as carbon dioxide, ammonia, propane, and other hydrocarbons.