[cryptarch]

Are there any "municipal heating" systems in the U.S.?

It's popular in NL, the idea is basically hot (~70 degrees celcius) water being pumped from industrial areas (where it was used for cooling), to residential areas for cheap heating.

[droidist2]

Yes, in New York City.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_steam_system

[cryptarch]

Wow, so that's why I've seen steam so often as an element of the NY landscape! Very cool, thank you.

[abrowne]

There's one in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota¹, but AFAIK it only serves the downtown, i.e. large government and office buildings and hospitals.

1: http://www.districtenergy.com/

[aslkdjaslkdj]

It's how amazon is heating their new buildings in Seattle:

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2014/09/17/amazo...

[cryptarch]

Bang! You're no longer dead! (maybe)

That's exactly what I mean though you posted it with a click-baity lead-in.

[Dylan16807]

Click baity how?

And that comment is valuable because it shows that it's feasible to do with data center water, which is much less hot than the industrial sources you mentioned.

[cryptarch]

Huh, I think I read it as "It's amazing how Seattle is is heating their new buildings:".

That remark of mine was unwarranted, while I don't agree the comment makes it clear that it's special to use water from data centers, I didn't get that from it.

[hammock]

The University of Virginia campus has one. It's popular for students to sneak into the steam tunnels.