District cooling systems, like district heating systems, fall into two general categories. Those that are owned by and serve the buildings of a single entity are categorized as institutional systems. All others are commercial. Additions and corrections to this list are greatly appreciated. Dates shown refer to initial operation.
Commercial District Cooling Systems
- City of Harrisonburg, Virginia
- Energy Networks, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut. Hot water, chilled water, 1962
- Atlantic Thermal, Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Mid-America Energy Resources, Inc., Indianapolis & Cleveland
- Unicom Thermal Technologies, Inc., Chicago, 1995
- Nashville Thermal Transfer Corporation, Nashville, Tennessee
- Trigen Energy Corporation, Nassau, Long Island; Chicago; Trenton; Oklahoma City; Tulsa; soon in Kansas City.
- Pittsburgh Thermal, L.P., Pittsburgh
- Minneapolis Energy Center, Inc., Minneapolis
- District Energy St. Paul, St. Paul
- San Diego Power and Cooling, San Diego
- Texas Medical Center Central Heating and Cooling Services Cooperative Association, Houston, Texas.
- Energy Systems Company, Omaha, Nebraska
- District Energy Corp. of Lincoln & Lancaster, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Sempra Energy Facility Management / Central Plants - Own/operate 8 facilities in California and Nevada
- Century City (CA)
- Bunker Hill (downtown Los Angeles, CA)
- Boeing(Huntington Beach, CA)
- Disneyland Hotel (Anaheim, CA)
- College Park (Fullerton, CA)
- Venetian Casino and Resort (Las Vegas, NV)
- Dreamworks (Glendale, CA)
- Santa Fe International (Alahambra, CA).
- San Antonio, Texas
- Stockholm Energi, Stockholm, Sweden
- Norrenergi AB, Solna, Sweden
- Climespace, Paris, France
- Vasteras, Sweden
- Community Central Energy Corporation, Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Northwind Boston, LLC, Boston
- Northwind Houston, Houston, Texas.
- Public Service Company of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
- Rochester District Cooling Cooperative, Rochester, New York (Proposed)
Institutional District Cooling Systems
- Cogeneration Management Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Serves six hospitals affiliated with Harvard University.
- Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport
- JFK Airport, New York City
- World Trade Center, New York City
- Rockfeller Center, New York City
- Franklin Heating Station, Rochester, Minnesota
- Southern Methodist University, 1940.
- University of Rochester, Rochester, New York. 15,000 ton, coal-fired steam turbines chillers.
Last updated 22 September 1998