Canadian Property Management
Summary
Waste heat from some of the largest district energy customers in downtown Toronto can now be recaptured to further stretch the system’s capacity and reduce peak electricity demand. Toronto’s district energy provider, Enwave, has commissioned an expansion and substantial overhaul to its existing downtown energy plant, enabling a switchover from reliance on steam power to an electrified heat pump.
Through this technology, waste heat from the data centres, hospitals, scientific research facilities and laboratory spaces currently hooked into Enwave’s deep lake water cooling (DLWC) network will be reconstituted for other customers in the system. Once fully operational, the plant will be able to produce up to 3,600 tons of cooling and 62 million British thermal units (Btu) of heating, and will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 11,600 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) compared to the steam-powered alternative.
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