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geothermal
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Endress+Hauser facility in Burlington pursues three sustainability certifications
Engineers at mcCallumSather and WSP are helping Endress+Hauser Canada target three major sustainability certifications—i.e. net-zero energy, the Zero Carbon Building Standard and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold through the Canadian Green Building Council (CaGBC)—for the company’s new…
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Northwestern Alberta building country’s first commercial-scale geothermal facility
The project is being led by Edmonton-based Terrapin Geothermics in partnership with the municipal district of Greenview and PCL Construction.
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VIDEO: Government of Canada excited about Zero Carbon Building renovation project
The Arthur Meighen Building renovation project in Toronto is one of the 16 CaGBC Zero Carbon pilot projects.
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Fredericton International Airport $30 million expansion moving forward
Project will feature efficiency improvements including higher building envelope insulation, LED lighting and geothermal heating and cooling.
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Hinton, Alberta, investigating geothermal district energy system
The Hinton project stands to be the first of its kind in Canada, and to serve as a model for other communities looking at geothermal energy as a future energy source.
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Researchers mapping geothermal energy conditions in Quebec
The detailed resource map of ground thermal conductivity at depths up to 200 meters (650 ft) will help engineers recommend ground heat exchangers for clients.
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Cities’ warm underbellies have geothermal potential
Researchers at the Karslruhe Institute of Technology in southern Germany have developed a tool for accurately detecting the temperatures of underground water in large cities. The tool could be useful in determining the “enormous geothermal potential” of groundwater in cities…
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Geothermal energy — untold resources beneath our feet
Among the grants the Government of Canada made in February as part of the ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative, it provided $800,000 to Hydro-Québec to study deep geothermal energy. Hydro-Quebec’s research arm, IREQ, is going to study the potential for an enhanced…
