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{{More citations needed|date=December 2019}}[[Image:Chdl 1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|CHDL as seen from Rogers Arena looking Southwest towards Downtown Vancouver with the Georgia Viaduct in the foreground.]]
'''Central Heat Distribution Ltd.''' (CHDL) is a private [[district heating]] company located at 720 Beatty Street in [[Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia]], [[Canada]] that provides heat to the [[Downtown (Vancouver)|Downtown Core]] including the [[Vancouver Public Library]] Central Branch, [[B.C.BC Place]], [[GMRogers PlaceArena]], [[Queen Elizabeth Theatre]], [[Pacific Centre]] and most major hotel/office/condo towers such as [[Shaw Tower (Vancouver)|Shaw Tower]] via a 10.5&nbsp;km network of high-pressure pipes between five centimetres and 50 centimetres in diameter running anywhere from one to five metres below street surfaces.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.discovervancouver.com/GVB/vancouver-underground.asp |title=Greater Vancouver Underground |access-date=2009-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519125146/http://www.discovervancouver.com/GVB/vancouver-underground.asp |archive-date=2009-05-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The world-famous [[steam clock]] in [[Gastown]] is a notable addition to the more than 180 buildings that are served by the [[natural gas]] powered boiler located in the Stadium/Entertainment district of downtown.
 
The company was founded on November 1, 1968, by group of engineers with a desire to lower heating bills for buildings (no boilers to buy and maintain) and to reduce the amount of pollution being created to provide heat downtown. In 2014, the company was bought by developer Ian Gillespie for $32 million.<ref>[https://vancouversun.com/technology/City+will+require+downtown+buildings+hook+district+energy+plant/10972244/story.html Vancouver Sun Article April 16, 2015]</ref>