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Contest #830

This series of contests has had a theme – so to wrap it up, we have a special three part contest. Identify all three locations that are somewhat related to the theme.

Location 1.

”830-1”

Location 2.

”830-2”

Location 3.

”830-3”

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Contest #829 – Qatar Cool, Pearl Qatar, Doha, Qatar

How do you provide air conditioning for a 400,000 square meter space with over 40,000 people plus hotels, shopping centers, theaters and even indoor amusement parks from a central location? You build the largest district cooling plant in the world. This is an 130,000 ton unit with 52 chillers.

By centralizing this service and avoiding unneccessary duplicate infrastrucutre associated with each building having it’s own AC unit, the Kingdom is seeing a significant savings of CO2 emissions and overall costs.

Those who found this cool spot in the desert, all before the hint:

  • hhgygy
  • Martin de Bock
  • Paul Voestermans
  • Phil Ower
  • Glenmorren
  • Graham Hedley
  • Andy McConnell
  • Angie CF
  • zorro the fox
  • Garfield
  • Eloy Cano
  • Lighthouse
  • Bas Van Limpt
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Contest #828 — Uunartoq Hot Springs, Qaqortoq, Greenland

This little spot in the south of Greenland is one of the only hot springs on the island nation that is warm enough to actually bathe in. The justaposition between the warm water and the icebergs in the distance, nestled in this beautifully stark valley, makes this spot a unique, but very hard to get to, location.

Those who found it before the hint:

  • Martin de Bock
  • Paul Voestermans
  • Graham Hedley
  • Garfield
  • hhgygy
  • Eloy Cano
  • Phil Ower
  • Angie CF
  • Bas Van Limpt
  • Zorro the Fox
  • Lighthouse

And after the hint:

  • Ashwini Agrawal