The utility system will power homes and businesses across South Burnaby.
New residential buildings will swap their roof-based mechanical equipment for large refrigerator-sized energy transfer stations in the basement that exchange the thermal energy from the pipes to the building’s heating system. The total project budget for Phase 1, based in Metrotown, is $200 million, according to bid documents released in January; the city has included $25.5 million of the total estimated capital costs in the current five-year financial plan.
Coun. Alison Gu said district energy systems are part of the solution for concerns around BC Hydro’s supply of electricity.“Waste heat is everywhere,” Gu said. “And we don’t think about it on a day-to-day basis necessarily, but everything from commercial grocery store refrigerators to ice rinks to data centres … We can capture that waste heat and use it to be able to heat water and space and limit the amount of electricity that we are relying on to power our buildings.
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