Factsheet

District Energy in Cities Initiative

30 January 2019

Environment Programme. It aims to support market transformation efforts in order to shift the heating and cooling sector to energy efficient and renewable energy solutions.

This factsheet highlights the main achievement of this initiative in supporting local and national governments to build local know-how and implement enabling policies that will accelerate
investment in modern – low-carbon and climate resilient – district energy systems. In parallel, the Initiative is working with cities and industry to identify, assess and tender bankable district energy projects based on international best practice accumulated from 45 champion cities for district energy and 45 partners with decades of expertise in the sector.

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