UTEN Projects Featured in District Energy Magazine

Utility-owed thermal energy networks are “potentially game-changing solutions” for dense urban neighborhoods, according to a recent article in District Energy (the magazine of IDEA, the International District Energy Association) that turns the spotlight on Con Edison’s two Manhattan UTEN pilot projects.

Highlighting lessons learned over the past year, the article “A New York utility-driven model in the urban quest for decarbonization,” was written by Ecosystem’s Adam Shelly, who led the partnership with Con Edison, and WSP’s Charlie Marino, our technical partner  firm. They explain the context for these pathfinding pilots and discuss the challenges they identified and the strategies to overcome them.

While other UTEN pilots around New York State are based on geoexchange, the two Manhattan projects rely on heat recovery. One shares waste heat from Rockefeller Center with neighboring office buildings; the other, in Chelsea, shares waste heat from a data center with a nearby public housing complex.

“By leveraging innovative partnerships, business models, and engineering solutions, utility thermal energy networks can help reshape urban energy systems, creating cleaner, more  efficient and connected cities,” the authors conclude.

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