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Sustainable Solutions From Copenhagen

By State of Green | [email protected]

24 May 2012

Copenhagen’s District Heating System supplies 98 % of the city. The District Cooling system provides low carbon cooling for office buildings and shopping malls. And in the summer time 100.000 Copenhageners swim in the clean water of the Copenhagen harbour.

Read more about the City of Copenhagen on www.stateofgreen.com

Four movies show how it is done, and how other cities around the world can be inspired by the lessons learned.

Watch the movies.

Source: The City of Copenhagen

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