Using body heat to warm French apartments. . .
Photo Credit: Filzstift
They say Paris is the “city of love” so it’s fitting that the French have come up with a new way to heat some of the buildings: using body heat. They have devised a way that uses the concepts of geothermal energy to heat the buildings above the subway system. Not only will it cut down on utilities, it will cost less to implement than boiler heaters.
With close to 4.5 million people darting all over Paris per day, scientists have calculated the amount of heat given off by these commuters to be about 100 watts per ride. That heat, stored underground and pushing up, gets taken to heat exchangers and then ultimately to heating pipes leading into the apartments.
The plans are going through the approval process right now and construction is set to begin later this year. If all goes as planned, these buildings will cut their utilities by close to a third.
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