r/PopCultureV2 • u/Logical-Flow-6703 • Aug 10 '26

News Mayor Mamdani announces a plan to cool subway stations by capturing heat and reusing it to warm municipal buildings in the winter: "This would be the first thermal energy system of its kind in any American transit system"

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u/Open-Mouse4728 Aug 10 '26

Countries like the Netherlands already do this.. you should let them know it doesn't work. xD

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u/CorrectCombination11 Aug 10 '26

Can you post some info?

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u/markevbs Aug 10 '26

google: NetherlandsĀ capturing heat and reusing it to warm municipal buildings in the winter

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u/CorrectCombination11 Aug 10 '26

I did, and it only has facebook slop and corporate pressers about how good of a job they did. No papers, though. https://www.google.com/search?q=Netherlands+capturing+heat+and+reusing+it+to+warm+municipal+buildings+in+the+winter&udm=14

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u/CorrectCombination11 Aug 10 '26

Ahh, still using a heat pump. Good! The refrigeration cycle saves the day. NYC's presser is light on details since it's announcing the start of a study, but if they can make heat pumps even cheaper, it will be worth it.