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=== District Cooling System === | === District Cooling System === | ||
[[File:Utility Tunnel GIFT City.jpg|thumb|Utility Tunnel GIFT City]] | [[File:Utility Tunnel GIFT City.jpg|thumb|Utility Tunnel GIFT City]] | ||
India's first city-level [[district cooling]] system (DCS) is operational at GIFT City. The first phase of | India's first city-level [[district cooling]] system (DCS) is operational at GIFT City. GIFT City (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City) is a smart city in the Indian state of Gujarat. The GIFT City District Cooling System is a centralized air conditioning system that provides cooling to the entire city. The system is designed to be energy-efficient and environmentally friendly. | ||
The construction of the GIFT City District Cooling System started in 2015, and the first phase of the project was completed in 2018. The system has a capacity of 40,000 refrigeration tons (RT) and can cater to the cooling needs of over 10 million square feet of built-up area. | |||
The second phase of the project, which includes the expansion of the cooling system's capacity to 60,000 RT, which completed in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=REHVA Journal 01/2018 - India’s First District Cooling System at GIFT City |url=https://www.rehva.eu/rehva-journal/chapter/indias-first-district-cooling-system-at-gift-city |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=REHVA |language=en}}</ref> | |||
=== Automated Waste Collection === | === Automated Waste Collection === | ||
The city plans to collect its solid waste through [[Automated waste collection|Automated Waste Collection]] system through chute system where waste is sucked in pipes at a speed of 90km/hr. It is expected upon completion that the AWS is handling the waste of the entire district, which is expected to be over 400 tonnes per day generated from GIFT City’s 25,000 apartments, 100,000 residents and a working population of over 500,000. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Jan 30 |first=Premal Balan / TNN / |last2=2015 |last3=Ist |first3=02:32 |title=Smart waste management system at GIFT city {{!}} Ahmedabad News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/smart-waste-management-system-at-gift-city/articleshow/46060472.cms |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=GIFT gives waste the boot, integrates water and waste management {{!}} Smart Cities Council |url=https://www.smartcitiescouncil.com/article/gift-gives-waste-boot-integrates-water-and-waste-management |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=www.smartcitiescouncil.com}}</ref>Automated waste collection is combined with biomass energy generation systems, so GIFT will burn waste to generate energy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GIFT City: Interesting facts about the project |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/infrastructure/gift-city-interesting-facts-about-the-project/slideshow/17992935.cms |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=The Economic Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=India's 'smart city' offers lessons for waste removal innovation |url=https://www.wastedive.com/news/indias-smart-city-offers-lessons-for-waste-removal-innovation/392155/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Waste Dive |language=en-US}}</ref> | The city plans to collect its solid waste through [[Automated waste collection|Automated Waste Collection]] system through chute system where waste is sucked in pipes at a speed of 90km/hr. It is expected upon completion that the AWS is handling the waste of the entire district, which is expected to be over 400 tonnes per day generated from GIFT City’s 25,000 apartments, 100,000 residents and a working population of over 500,000. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Jan 30 |first=Premal Balan / TNN / |last2=2015 |last3=Ist |first3=02:32 |title=Smart waste management system at GIFT city {{!}} Ahmedabad News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/smart-waste-management-system-at-gift-city/articleshow/46060472.cms |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=GIFT gives waste the boot, integrates water and waste management {{!}} Smart Cities Council |url=https://www.smartcitiescouncil.com/article/gift-gives-waste-boot-integrates-water-and-waste-management |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=www.smartcitiescouncil.com}}</ref>Automated waste collection is combined with biomass energy generation systems, so GIFT will burn waste to generate energy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GIFT City: Interesting facts about the project |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/infrastructure/gift-city-interesting-facts-about-the-project/slideshow/17992935.cms |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=The Economic Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=India's 'smart city' offers lessons for waste removal innovation |url=https://www.wastedive.com/news/indias-smart-city-offers-lessons-for-waste-removal-innovation/392155/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Waste Dive |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||