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Urban ecosystem
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EPFL2021Fifth generation district energy systems for low carbon cities
The focus and challenge for energy engineering in the context of rapid climate change is summarised by the Europe 20-20-20 targets, committing to a reduction in energy consumption of 20%. The most logical approach to achieve these goals is to target the mo ...
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