# Denver has a plan to heat and cool buildings without fossil fuels. It involves … sewage?

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/morning-edition-2072183/denver-has-a-plan-to-heat-and-cool-buildings-without-fossil-fuels-it-involves-sewage
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/morning-edition-2072183/denver-has-a-plan-to-heat-and-cool-buildings-without-fossil-fuels-it-involves-sewage.md
Podcast: [Morning Edition](https://stenobird.com/podcast/morning-edition-2072183)
Published: 2026-05-20T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.kuow.org/stories/denver-has-a-plan-to-heat-and-cool-buildings-without-fossil-fuels-it-involves-sewage
Audio file: https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2026/05/20260520_me_denver_has_a_plan_to_heat_and_cool_buildings_without_fossil_fuels._it_involves_sewage.mp3?t=progseg&e=nx-s1-5811071&p=3&seg=3&d=224&size=3597001
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/morning-edition-2072183/episodes/denver-has-a-plan-to-heat-and-cool-buildings-without-fossil-fuels-it-involves-sewage
Duration seconds: 224

## Resource

Like many cities, Denver's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions is its buildings. Heating and cooling skyscrapers requires a lot of fossil fuels. Now, the city is trying a surprising solution.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/morning-edition-2072183/episodes/denver-has-a-plan-to-heat-and-cool-buildings-without-fossil-fuels-it-involves-sewage/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/morning-edition-2072183/denver-has-a-plan-to-heat-and-cool-buildings-without-fossil-fuels-it-involves-sewage.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.