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Termoalert: Live Outage Map of Bucharest's District Heating

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Bucharest's heating utility publishes a live, colour-coded map of its own failures — every burst pipe, every cold block. Honest, useful, and no substitute: in 2024 the network lost 37.73% of the heat fed into it.

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Evidence🏛️ Officialgrades the sourcing — this entry states no impact figure
what does this mean?The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →
Run byCompania Municipală Termoenergetica București S.A.
Scale🏙️ City-wide

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Since November 2021 Bucharest's municipal heating company Termoenergetica has run Termoalert, a public app and web map showing the live state of the city's district-heating network: every outage with the blocks affected, its cause, repair progress and an estimated restart time, plus push alerts for saved addresses. The transparency layer sits on top of a system in deep trouble. The network — 924 km of primary and 2,763 km of secondary pipes, much of it more than 25 years old — lost 37.73% of the heat fed into it in 2024, about 1.7 million MWh worth roughly 400 million lei, according to the city's own energy balance; on 1 May 2026 around 3,500 blocks had hot water off or far below normal at once. The map does not fix the pipes; it tells residents which day theirs will run cold.

Live 📅 since 2021

🎓 Lesson

A transparency layer can outrun the asset it describes: publishing the failure in real time is cheaper and faster than replacing 273 km of trunk pipe older than 25 years, which the city's 2024 balance prices at €819 million — Bucharest got the honest map long before a working network. And a published restart time is a promise the pipes may not keep: shown before the trench is opened, it moves as the damage is found.

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Sources

↗ Termoenergetica — Termoalert app page (operator)Operator's page for the app: download links, adding addresses to follow the network's status, consulting all alerts and subscribing to notifications about outages of interest.
↗ Termoenergetica — Funcționare sistem termoficare: live outage map and table (operator)Operator's live page: describes Termoalert (real-time notifications on any outage, its cause, repair progress and expected restart date) and carries a map of the network's state plus a table of current outages by sector and heating substation, with blocks affected, cause and estimated restart time.
↗ Digi24 — Termoenergetica a lansat aplicația Termoalert (12 Nov 2021)Launch report: Termoenergetica's director general Claudiu Crețu announces Termoalert, a free Android/iOS app reporting outages in real time with the reason for the stoppage, progress of repairs and the expected restart date; he says the system 'has problems' after ten years without investment.
↗ Google Play — Termoalert (Termoenergetica listing)Updated 12 November 2025Operator's store listing: all outages in Bucharest in real time, the areas affected and estimated repair deadlines, notifications for saved addresses, system performance indicators; last updated 12 November 2025, more than 100,000 downloads.
↗ Digi24 — Avarie majoră la Termoenergetica în Sectorul 2: 400 de blocuri și Spitalul Fundeni fără apă caldăPublished 2 October 2025Termoenergetica notice on a primary-network failure (400 blocks and Fundeni hospital without hot water); the company says initial restart deadlines are estimated before sites are opened and that customers are informed by phone lines and through the Termoalert app; the pipe in the area dates from 1970.
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↗ HotNews.ro — Rețeaua de termoficare a avut în 2024 pierderi de aproape 38% (4 June 2026) archived copyReports the 2024 energy balance published by Bucharest City Hall: 37.73% real heat losses (1.7 million MWh), about 400 million lei of heat lost (300 million on the primary, over 90 million on the secondary network), 5,626 outages in 2024 against 4,941 in 2023 and 4,412 in 2022, 924.09 km primary and 2,763 km secondary pipe, 61.77% of primary pipe over 25 years old, and 273 km of trunk pipe to replace for €819 million.
↗ Newsweek România — Mii de blocuri din București rămân fără căldură după o nouă amânarePublished 13 January 2026January 2026 crisis: a boiler failure at CET Sud from 4 January left more than 3,500 blocks without heat and hot water at normal parameters; Termoenergetica repeatedly postponed the resolution date and displayed a new estimate of 16 January, 23:30.
↗ Spotmedia — 3.500 de blocuri fără apă caldă în București: avarie majoră la CET GrozăveștiPublished 1 May 2026Citing Termoenergetica: on the morning of 1 May 2026 about 3,500 blocks and buildings had hot water off or at very low parameters after a failure at CET Grozăvești, and only 62% of the network worked normally; modernisation works in Berceni affected about 1,000 blocks.

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Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: since 2021. 5 of 8 sources carry a publication date, from 12 November 2021 to 4 June 2026.

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  1. Digi24 · pressDigi24 — Termoenergetica a lansat aplicația Termoalert (12 Nov 2021)
  2. Digi24 · pressDigi24 — Avarie majoră la Termoenergetica în Sectorul 2: 400 de blocuri și Spitalul Fundeni fără apă caldă
  3. Newsweek România · pressNewsweek România — Mii de blocuri din București rămân fără căldură după o nouă amânare
  4. SpotMedia · pressSpotmedia — 3.500 de blocuri fără apă caldă în București: avarie majoră la CET Grozăvești
  5. HotNews.ro · pressHotNews.ro — Rețeaua de termoficare a avut în 2024 pierderi de aproape 38% (4 June 2026)

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Claim 1 clm-548e0562a9cd9dfe quantitative
Since November 2021 Bucharest's municipal heating company Termoenergetica has run Termoalert, a public app and web map showing the live state of the city's district-heating network
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
Digi24 reports the launch on 12 November 2021; the operator's live page describes the app and carries a map of the network's state, in use in October 2026.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Digi24 — Termoenergetica a lansat aplicația Termoalert (12 Nov 2021)
  2. Termoenergetica — Funcționare sistem termoficare: live outage map and table (operator)
Claim 2 clm-8de31fa54320e08b descriptive
every outage with the blocks affected, its cause, repair progress and an estimated restart time, plus push alerts for saved addresses
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The launch announcement lists the reason for the stoppage, repair progress and expected restart date; the operator's table shows blocks affected, cause and estimated restart time; the store listing names notifications for saved addresses.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Digi24 — Termoenergetica a lansat aplicația Termoalert (12 Nov 2021)
  2. Termoenergetica — Funcționare sistem termoficare: live outage map and table (operator)
  3. Google Play — Termoalert (Termoenergetica listing)
Claim 3 clm-85f3f35aa28ead18 quantitative
924 km of primary and 2,763 km of secondary pipes, much of it more than 25 years old
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snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The 2024 energy balance gives 924.09 km of primary and 2,763 km of secondary pipe; 61.77% of the primary and 41.65% of the secondary network are over 25 years old.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. HotNews.ro — Rețeaua de termoficare a avut în 2024 pierderi de aproape 38% (4 June 2026)
Claim 4 clm-9aa0b0c394523500 quantitative
lost 37.73% of the heat fed into it in 2024, about 1.7 million MWh worth roughly 400 million lei, according to the city's own energy balance
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
HotNews quotes the energy balance published by City Hall: real losses of 37.73% of heat entering the network, 1.7 million MWh, and heat worth about 400 million lei lost (300 million primary, over 90 million secondary).
Caveat
The balance was published by City Hall for approval by the General Council; the lei figure is the sum the article gives for both networks.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. HotNews.ro — Rețeaua de termoficare a avut în 2024 pierderi de aproape 38% (4 June 2026)
Claim 5 clm-fd8712c565ff0d21 quantitative
on 1 May 2026 around 3,500 blocks had hot water off or far below normal at once
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
Spotmedia, citing Termoenergetica, reports about 3,500 blocks and buildings with hot water stopped or at very low parameters on the morning of 1 May 2026.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Spotmedia — 3.500 de blocuri fără apă caldă în București: avarie majoră la CET Grozăvești
Claim 6 clm-b8bbfb3637b89aae descriptive
The map does not fix the pipes; it tells residents which day theirs will run cold.
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The operator's table lists, per heating substation, the outage and its estimated restart time; the company itself says those deadlines are estimated before the site is opened.
Caveat
Editorial summary; the dates the map shows are estimates and are often moved.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Termoenergetica — Funcționare sistem termoficare: live outage map and table (operator)
  2. Digi24 — Avarie majoră la Termoenergetica în Sectorul 2: 400 de blocuri și Spitalul Fundeni fără apă caldă
Claim 7 clm-3df17ea1b137f59a quantitative
publishing the failure in real time is cheaper and faster than replacing 273 km of trunk pipe older than 25 years, which the city's 2024 balance prices at €819 million
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The energy balance says replacing all primary pipe older than 25 years, 273 km of route, is estimated at €819 million (4.16 billion lei).
Caveat
The app's own cost is not published, so 'cheaper' is an editorial comparison of scale, not a costed one.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. HotNews.ro — Rețeaua de termoficare a avut în 2024 pierderi de aproape 38% (4 June 2026)
Claim 8 clm-7038619c61c5f065 descriptive
a published restart time is a promise the pipes may not keep: shown before the trench is opened, it moves as the damage is found
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The operator says first deadlines are estimated before sites are opened; in January 2026 the displayed date was postponed several times.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Digi24 — Avarie majoră la Termoenergetica în Sectorul 2: 400 de blocuri și Spitalul Fundeni fără apă caldă
  2. Newsweek România — Mii de blocuri din București rămân fără căldură după o nouă amânare
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Compania Municipală Termoenergetica București S.A.
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8 source dossiers

Termoenergetica — Termoalert app page (operator) cmteb.ro · background

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Operator's page for the app: download links, adding addresses to follow the network's status, consulting all alerts and subscribing to notifications about outages of interest.

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Termoenergetica — Funcționare sistem termoficare: live outage map and table (operator) cmteb.ro · 3 linked claims

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Operator's live page: describes Termoalert (real-time notifications on any outage, its cause, repair progress and expected restart date) and carries a map of the network's state plus a table of current outages by sector and heating substation, with blocks affected, cause and estimated restart time.

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Digi24 — Termoenergetica a lansat aplicația Termoalert (12 Nov 2021) digi24.ro · 2 linked claims

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Launch report: Termoenergetica's director general Claudiu Crețu announces Termoalert, a free Android/iOS app reporting outages in real time with the reason for the stoppage, progress of repairs and the expected restart date; he says the system 'has problems' after ten years without investment.

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Google Play — Termoalert (Termoenergetica listing) play.google.com · 1 linked claim

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Operator's store listing: all outages in Bucharest in real time, the areas affected and estimated repair deadlines, notifications for saved addresses, system performance indicators; last updated 12 November 2025, more than 100,000 downloads.

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Digi24 — Avarie majoră la Termoenergetica în Sectorul 2: 400 de blocuri și Spitalul Fundeni fără apă caldă digi24.ro · 2 linked claims

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Termoenergetica notice on a primary-network failure (400 blocks and Fundeni hospital without hot water); the company says initial restart deadlines are estimated before sites are opened and that customers are informed by phone lines and through the Termoalert app; the pipe in the area dates from 1970.

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HotNews.ro — Rețeaua de termoficare a avut în 2024 pierderi de aproape 38% (4 June 2026) hotnews.ro · 3 linked claims

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Reports the 2024 energy balance published by Bucharest City Hall: 37.73% real heat losses (1.7 million MWh), about 400 million lei of heat lost (300 million on the primary, over 90 million on the secondary network), 5,626 outages in 2024 against 4,941 in 2023 and 4,412 in 2022, 924.09 km primary and 2,763 km secondary pipe, 61.77% of primary pipe over 25 years old, and 273 km of trunk pipe to replace for €819 million.

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Newsweek România — Mii de blocuri din București rămân fără căldură după o nouă amânare newsweek.ro · 1 linked claim

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January 2026 crisis: a boiler failure at CET Sud from 4 January left more than 3,500 blocks without heat and hot water at normal parameters; Termoenergetica repeatedly postponed the resolution date and displayed a new estimate of 16 January, 23:30.

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Spotmedia — 3.500 de blocuri fără apă caldă în București: avarie majoră la CET Grozăvești spotmedia.ro · 1 linked claim

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Citing Termoenergetica: on the morning of 1 May 2026 about 3,500 blocks and buildings had hot water off or at very low parameters after a failure at CET Grozăvești, and only 62% of the network worked normally; modernisation works in Berceni affected about 1,000 blocks.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Termoalert: Live Outage Map of Bucharest's District Heating” — Bucharest, Romania. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/bucharest-termoalert-heating-map/ (last verified 2026-10-11). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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