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HAVING been responsible for many large district heating plants on the Continent, I have read with great interest the article "Area Heating" in NATURE of October 30. It is often said that in Great Britain, with its mild climate, there is no need for district heating. The ever-increasing number of central heating plants, however, shows the urgent demand for centralized, labour-saving heat supply; and by the adoption of district heating, relatively more coal can be saved in Britain than on the Continent. By co-ordination of heat and electric-power generation, it will be possible to reduce the present consumption of coal for heat and electric power generation in towns and cities more than by half, and to eliminate entirely the smoke nuisance with all its evil effects.
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"Experience with District Heating in Europe and U.S.A. and its further Development". J. Inst. Heat. and Vent. Eng. (November 1935).
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MARGOLIS, A. Area Heating. Nature 153, 27 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153027a0
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