District Fighting Addiction Northern addiction disorder centre kicks fossil fuel habit. By Fred Spinola the Baldy Hughes site just out- side Prince George, British Columbia, is the first certi- fied therapeutic community and addiction treatment centre in Canada providing multi- phase residential addiction treatment and long-term recovery to British Columbians suffering from addiction disorders. As such, it is a closed residential environment in which clients adhere to a highly structured, demanding regimen. With the global focus on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets and renewable clean energy generation technol- ogy, Deltech Manufacturing, also located in Prince George, was commissioned to under- take the design, manufacture, and installa- tion of a wood-pellet based centralized heat- ing system for the existing facilities. The design incorporates advanced combustion technology in which biomass pellets are used as the energy source. Each building was originally heated using propane as a stand-alone system. The centralized heating project contrib- utes to GHG reduction by replacing propane with renewable wood fuel. The Baldy Hughes dis- trict heating system was designed with an environ- ment renewable buffer approach. It incorporates the existing in-building infrastructure, allowing for comfort throughout the year and during extreme winter condi- tions. Heat is supplied throughout the site by a flex insulated pipeline buried under- ground. Each building controls its own heat demand independent of the complete system. The system design incorporates a fuel storage silo allowing for a fully automated process based on heat demand. An ener- gy buffer allows for instant supply to each building zone, with a total system capacity of 2.5 million BTU/hour. Phase II is now being planned. In this phase, a biomass-fired combined heat and The $1.3-million community heating project includes buried flex pipe that supplies heat to each building. District District District District istrict Fighting Addiction N t Fighting Addiction Northern addiction disorder centre kicks fossil fuel habit. By Fred Spinola the Baldy Hughes site just out- side Prince George, British Columbia, is the first certi- fied therapeutic community and addiction treatment centre in Canada providing multi- phase residential addiction treatment and long-term recovery to British Columbians suffering from addiction disorders. As such, it is a closed residential environment in which clients adhere to a highly structured, demanding regimen. With the global focus on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets and renewable clean energy generation technol- ogy, Deltech Manufacturing, also located in Prince George, was commissioned to under- take the design, manufacture, and installa- tion of a wood-pellet based centralized heat- ing system for the existing facilities. The design incorporates advanced combustion technology in which biomass pellets are used as the energy source. Each building was originally heated using propane as a stand-alone system. The centralized heating project contrib- utes to GHG reduction by replacing propane with renewable wood fuel. The Baldy Hughes dis- trict heating system was designed with an environ- ment renewable buffer approach. It incorporates the existing in-building infrastructure, allowing for comfort throughout the year and during extreme winter condi- tions. Heat is supplied throughout the site by a flex insulated pipeline buried under- ground. Each building controls its own heat demand independent of the complete system. The system design incorporates a fuel storage silo allowing for a fully automated process based on heat demand. An ener- gy buffer allows for instant supply to each building zone, with a total system capacity of 2.5 million BTU/hour. Phase II is now being planned. In this phase, a biomass-fired combined heat and The $1.3-million community heating project includes buried flex pipe that supplies heat to each building. Heating Heating The government of British Columbia provided funding for the project. power (CHP) plant will supply all the site’s energy needs. This site demonstrates the vi- able commercialization of small-scale CHP for smaller rural communities while con- tributing to GHG emissions reductions and global warming control efforts. This project was made possible by fund- ing from the provincial government’s Inno- vative Clean Energy Fund and Northern De- velopment Initiative Trust. More details on the project can be found at www.deltech.ca. Fred Spinola is the general manager at Deltech Manu- facturing. District District strict Fighting Addiction Northern addiction disorder ng Addiction Northern addiction disorder centre kicks fossil fuel habit. By Fred Spinola the Baldy Hughes site just out- side Prince George, British Columbia, is the first certi- fied therapeutic community and addiction treatment centre in Canada providing multi- phase residential addiction treatment and long-term recovery to British Columbians suffering from addiction disorders. As such, it is a closed residential environment in which clients adhere to a highly structured, demanding regimen. With the global focus on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets and renewable clean energy generation technol- ogy, Deltech Manufacturing, also located in Prince George, was commissioned to under- take the design, manufacture, and installa- tion of a wood-pellet based centralized heat- ing system for the existing facilities. The design incorporates advanced combustion technology in which biomass pellets are used as the energy source. Each building was originally heated using propane as a stand-alone system. The centralized heating project contrib- utes to GHG reduction by replacing propane with renewable wood fuel. The Baldy Hughes dis- trict heating system was designed with an environ- ment renewable buffer approach. It incorporates the existing in-building infrastructure, allowing for comfort throughout the year and during extreme winter condi- tions. Heat is supplied throughout the site by a flex insulated pipeline buried under- ground. Each building controls its own heat demand independent of the complete system. The system design incorporates a fuel storage silo allowing for a fully automated process based on heat demand. An ener- gy buffer allows for instant supply to each building zone, with a total system capacity of 2.5 million BTU/hour. Phase II is now being planned. In this phase, a biomass-fired combined heat and The $1.3-million community heating project includes buried flex pipe that supplies heat to each building. Heating The government of British Columbia provided funding for the project. power (CHP) plant will supply all the site’s energy needs. This site demonstrates the vi- able commercialization of small-scale CHP for smaller rural communities while con- tributing to GHG emissions reductions and global warming control efforts. This project was made possible by fund- ing from the provincial government’s Inno- vative Clean Energy Fund and Northern De- velopment Initiative Trust. More details on the project can be found at www.deltech.ca. Fred Spinola is the general manager at Deltech Manu- facturing. canadianBIOMASS canadianBIOMASS 29
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