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In 2008, Edmonton’s City Council voted to close the Edmonton City Centre airport and redevelop the 536-acre site into a “sustainable community powered entirely by renewable energy” for up to 30,000 Edmontonians to live, work and learn. It was a vision that was ambitious at the time, explains Christian Felske, Director of Renewable Energy Systems for the City of Edmonton, and remains ahead of the curve today.
Felske describes Blatchford’s system as a 5th-generation district energy network serving a mix of commercial, institutional, and residential buildings. To avoid confusion, the system is described as “geoexchange” rather than “geothermal,” which is a term that residents tend to associate with deep boreholes, Felske explains.
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