SFU expects the Corix biomass plant will reduce greenhouse gas emisisons from heating by 80 per cent. opportunity to explore ways to improve on that,” Gattinger says. “We’re now em-barking on a district energy system mod-ernization, which will see an upgrade of terminal units from a high temperature system to a low temperature one. The outcome will be that the percentage pro-vided by biomass will reduce our overall heating needs.” Ultimately, Waddell and Gattinger be-lieve that switching to biomass heating is something that other universities and in-stitutions can do fairly easily. Some, such as the University of British Columbia and the University of Northern British Co-lumbia, have already done so. “We would encourage other institu-tions to explore the viability of this type of biomss system for their campuses as well,” says Waddell. • “In our case, Metro Vancouver is the authority that regulates emissions in this area, and the guidelines for emissions are some of the most stringent in the world,” Waddell explains. “This plant has to meet those requirements. We’ve set up moni-toring stations on some of the adjacent buildings so we can keep track of that.” Looking ahead, SFU doesn’t plan on expanding the biomass facility’s capacity, but does plan to reduce their energy re-quirements in other ways. “We have a 55-year-old campus, so we have a lot of aging buildings – there’s an For the latest news, equipment and project profile features, plus videos, webinars and more, visit canadianbiomassmagazine.ca 371, Boulevard des Chutes Bureau #102 Québec, QC, G1E 3G1 1-800-463-4862 551, Ferdinand Blvd. Unit 4 Dieppe, NB, E1A 7G1 1-800-931-9611 Ecoverse and Cardinal Equipment announce partnership! “ COMPANY that shares our VALUES & VISION is something we place a lot of IMPORTANCE on. ” -Karie Bernèche, VP Represeting a www.cardinalsaw.com [email protected] Follow us CB_Cardinal_Fall21_CSA.indd 1 Canadian BIOMASS 2021-09-29 11:35 AM 15
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