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Trench work is expected to begin this fall on Thompson Rivers University’s ambitious Low-Carbon District Energy System building, which will see the campus heated almost entirely without natural gas boilers.
The system, which will use electricity to pump hot water to heat most buildings on campus, is expected to be ready by early 2026. The university expects to break ground sometime in the fall or later this year on the green energy project.
Milovick said the system will consist of pipes connecting the LCDES to all campus buildings larger than 15,000 square-feet.
He said BC Hydro electricity will power air and water source heat pumps that will heat water and push it out to heat the buildings.
The over 5,800-square-foot LCDES building will be erected adjacent to the university’s existing generator building on the western side of the Old Main building.
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