Providing urban dwellers with the optimum temperature for daily functioning without harming the environment is a challenge.

Individual heating of residential buildings in the colder months of the year accounts for nearly 90% of PM10 dust emission*. At the same time, in summer, the use of air conditioning is more and more eager - this is influenced by returning heat waves, which in the city are more severe due to

the effect of the urban heat island.

Air conditioners often require significant amounts of energy for their operation, so the demand for power in the summer season increases.

In Poland, where electricity is produced primarily in coal-fired power plants, this does not have an impact on the state of the natural environment.

In search of alternative, greener methods of heat and cold production, it is worth paying attention to the solutions used in French cities. The basis is, firstly, connecting buildings to the network, and secondly — choosing a more environmentally friendly source of heat or cold

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