Temperatures in the French capital rose as high as 43 °Celsius in July last year.
The urban cooling system draws water from the River Seine in a bid to meet rising demand for air-conditioning while curbing carbon emissions.
Europe’s largest cooling network serves sites across the city, including buildings that will be used for the Paris Olympics next summer, such as the Grand Palais, a sprawling glass and steel exhibit hall in central Paris. “The buildings pick up the coolness of water that we deliver and will use it for air-conditioning,” she said, in what she stressed could help control the level of air-conditioning carbon emissions in Paris.
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