Last week a Paris primary school launched a new heating system that draws energy from nearby sewer pipes. The joint project between the city’s water department and two companies, CPCU and Lyonnaise des Eaux, will provide 70% of the school’s heating needs.
Yes, the parks are beautiful, food is great, museums are stunning, and for the first timer doing the 10 country in 9 day European tour, the Eiffel Tour is a ridiculous hoot. But the joy of Paris at any time of year is drifting through Paris’s remaining passages.
Now a public housing project in the center of Paris will benefit from all those commuters darting across Paris–body heat from subway commuters will heat 17 flats starting next year.
With all the fretting Los Angeles civic leaders and residents have about our city’s water supply, we could take a look at Mulholland Drive, and then nine time zones away to see what’s going on in Paris. Los Angeles has a dry climate–but on average the city receives about 15 inches of water a [...]