Sustainability The Present State in Manitoba Retrofitting Multiple Hot Water Heating Systems with Biomass District Heating Bruce Duggan Director BullerCentre.com
Sustainability What is the Present State in Manitoba? It’s not very good. There are opportunities to improve—and money to be made—particularly in energy sustainability.
Energy Sustainability % Renewable Energy
Energy Sustainability % Renewable Energy
GHG emissions (Mt CO 2 equiv) GHG emissions (Mt CO 2 equiv) Commercial & Institutional floor space (millions m 2 ) space +30% GHG -43% space +17% GHG -17% Heating for Commercial & Institutional Spaces Is a Big Opportunity Residential floor space (millions m 2 )
Retrofitting Multiple Hot Water Heating Systems with Biomass District Heating
Where’s Providence? 40 min south hwy 59 Steinbach Saint Malo St-Pierre-Jolys Winnipeg Providence
What? Christian small rural
1.carpools 2.recycle 3.retrofit 4.community garden 5.replace boilers 6.geothermal 7.wind research 8.ewaste 9.biomass heating sustainability so far GOAL: replace ~2/3s of our natural gas use
biomass residues ‐ forestry ‐ agriculture ‐ industry ‐ sewage ‐ “organic” “garbage”
distributed natural gas biomass heating “heats more than 1 building” natural gas biomass
energy sustainability so far Providence’s renewable energy formula: electricity + geothermal + biomass = #2 campus in Canada #1: University of Northern British Columbia
Why? GHG emissions (Mt CO 2 equiv) Commercial & Institutional floor space (millions m 2 ) space +17% GHG -17%
for Providence “The earth is the Lord’s” Psalm 24 ‐ we’re accountable ‐ and so we’re making a start Why?
Everyone will have their own reasons for sustainability. ‐ individuals ‐ institutions ‐ societies differing motivations are good can still join in shared actions Why? 50by30.org
Opportunities sustainability
$$$$$$$$$$$ sustainability energy heat Commercial & Institutional biomass geothermal solar walls design retrofits PAYS
$$$$$$$$$$$ sustainability energy heat Commercial & Institutional universities schools hospitals military bases gov’t garages other gov’t buildings
$$$$$$$$$$$ sustainability energy heat Commercial & Institutional malls big-box retail office buildings
RenewablesEfficiencyDemand electricity heating transportation
RenewablesEfficiencyDemand electricity heating -biomass transportation
RenewablesEfficiencyDemand electricity heating -biomass -geothermal -PowerSmart-building retrofits transportation
RenewablesEfficiencyDemand electricity -PowerSmart heating -biomass -geothermal -PowerSmart-building retrofits transportation -carpooling
RenewablesEfficiencyDemand electricity -wind-PowerSmart heating -biomass -geothermal -PowerSmart-building retrofits transportation -carpooling -transit -rural design
RenewablesEfficiencyDemand electricity -wind -solar -PowerSmart -PAYS -LEDs -lighting design heating -biomass -geothermal -solar -PowerSmart -PAYS -building retrofits -building design transportation -low-fossil fuels -electrification -carpooling -transit -rural design -carsharing
RenewablesEfficiencyDemand electricity -large-scale hydro -small-scale hydro -wind -solar -PowerSmart -PAYS -LEDs -lighting design heating -biomass -geothermal -solar -PowerSmart -PAYS -building retrofits -building design transportation -low-fossil fuels -electrification -transit -carpooling -mileage standards -truck design -airships -carsharing -urban design -rural design
Retrofitting Multiple Hot Water Heating Systems with Biomass District Heating 1 Small Step