University of British Columbia
Summary
Vitalis Equipment Technologies build something many people never see—large-scale heat pumps that can heat or cool warehouses, hospitals or even university campuses using carbon dioxide instead of synthetic gases.
The Kelowna-based manufacturer has already installed the largest CO₂ air-source heat pump in North America, at the university where its founder studied.
UBC Okanagan was the logical first project because the infrastructure was already there. The university had been investing in low-carbon campus systems for two decades, including a low-temperature district energy loop that connects newer buildings through an underground network of pipes.
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