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telegraph.co.uk - 1/5/2009

Crematorium to help heat homes in Swedish town

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Officials in the western Swedish town came up with the idea after a recent environmental review concluded that the crematorium's chimneys were pumping far too much smoke into the air. Inspectors said the crematorium would have to buy new ovens in order to meet basic environmental standards. "It ...

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treehugger.com - 1/1/2009

Swedish Town Recycles Heat from Cremations

— treehugger.com — Image: Hub Pages Arts and Literature have given us Soylent Green and The Matrix , suggesting human... bodies as raw material. Usually this makes people grimace and shiver. But in the Swedish town of Halmstad, it will soon make people warm and cozy. ... (more) Swedish Town Recycles Heat from Cremations

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cleantechnica.com - 1/12/2009

Dead People Will Provide Heat to Crematorium Facilities

— cleantechnica.com — If you’re dead and worried about the carbon emissions created from your cremation, relax. The Swedish town... of Halmstad has a solution . After an environmental review showed that Halmstad’s crematorium was pumping too much smoke into ... (more) Dead People Will Provide Heat to Crematorium Facilities

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George Will

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Ashes to ashes, heat to homes
Greenbang — ... The move will also reduce the cemetery’s costs to cool emissions before they are released into the atmosphere, reports the Telegraph UK. ...

Dead People Will Provide Heat to Crematorium Facilities
Green Options — ... If you’re dead and worried about the carbon emissions created from your cremation, relax. The Swedish town of Halmstad has a solution. After an environmental review showed that Halmstad’s crematorium was pumping too much smoke into the air, the facility’s director decided to re-use heat from the cremations to warm up the crematorium’s buildings. ...

Strange Ways To Save The World
Green Home Huddler — ... . [image] Okay, okay, so people aren't making heat from cadavers left and right.  But in the Swedish town of Halmstad, a crematorium will use excess heat from cremations to heat the building.  Ultimately, the plan with save the facility money on heating, will cut the amount of smoke pumped into the air, and reduce its water usage (which is part of the cremation system of cooling the moke before it's released).  The director of the cemetary hopes that eventually they will be able to connect the crematorium to the district heating network to heat local homes. ...