The New Year will usher in a new era of energy efficiency and sustainability at Oshawa’s Lakeridge Health (LH), one of Ontario’s largest community hospitals serving 600,000 residents of the Durham Region.
In collaboration with hospital staff, Ecosystem will implement an innovative energy efficiency project to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs while modernizing critical equipment.
As part of this energy performance contract, all of the 25 energy conservation measures (ECMs) are self-financed—they will be paid for with the savings they generate.
Project highlights
ECMs to be implemented at three hospitals: Lakeridge Health Oshawa, Port Perry and Bowmanville
Anticipated annual greenhouse gas reduction: 3,425 tons of CO2
Anticipated annual savings: $1.37 million
Total avoided costs: $8.33 million
Estimated project payback period: 7.4 years
Customized performance measures
Overall, the project’s 25 ECMs will reduce heating and cooling loads in the facilities, increase the operating efficiency of systems and prioritize lower cost energy. They will also incorporate renewal programs for poorly functioning assets and take advantage of available incentive programs.
Green technology solutions will include a combined heat and power (CHP) plant at Lakeridge Health Oshawa. This CHP will serve as an in-house source of electricity, fuelled by natural gas for clean energy generation. It will generate enough electricity to help reduce the hospital’s dependency on electrical utilities—all the wasted energy will be used to heat the hospital.
The detailed engineering study is currently underway, with construction set to begin in approximately one year’s time.
During this two-year project Ecosystem will also install a heat recovery system and a solar wall, optimize the steam and cold water systems, replace over 30,000 light bulbs, modernize the control systems and replace some heating units.
These cutting-edge energy solutions will provide the CHUL with guaranteed annual savings of $2.1 million and reduce its carbon footprint by more than 7,000 tons a year.
This innovative project was recently featured in Les Affaires (French-only).
In the July energy issue of Canadian magazine, Plant Engineering and Maintenance, they summarize Ecosystem's energy efficiency project implemented at the Ste-Justine hospital in Montreal.
In a press conference, Minister Bolduc was very enthusiastic about the project: "We can be proud that Public organizations like CHUL make such efforts to promote renewable energy and thus adhere to a philosophy of sustainable development which our government believes strongly, as well as Quebecers, who attach great importance to it." In fact, the Quebec government has spent ten million dollars a year over the last ten yearstowards projects that promote sustainable development and renewable energy.
Ecosystem guarantees $2.1 million in annual savings for the CHUL, with a total investment of $23.8 million. To achieve the savings, Ecosystem will implement a geothermal power plant using heat recovery. In addition, solar energy will be used to pre-heat supply air, steam and chilled water networks will be improved, control systems will be modernized and lighting will be upgraded.
Thanks to these solutions, the CHUL will lower its energy bill by 45% and will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by over 7000 tonnes of CO2 per year.
Committed to reducing their energy consumption, the Antoine-Labelle Health Center (CSSSAL) embarked on a major Energy Savings Performance Contract. In addition to significantly reducing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy costs, the project is an exceptional opportunity for the center to modernize their facilities.
The CSSSAL has retained the services of Ecosystem for this project.
Through this $14 million project, the overall energy bill of the three buildings included in the project will be reduced by 41%. In addition, the health system will save $ 1,036,227 per year and will emit 5500 tons less of CO2 annually, which is equivalent to removing 1700 cars from the road.
The New Year will usher in a new era of energy efficiency and sustainability at Oshawa’s Lakeridge Health (LH), one of Ontario’s largest community hospitals serving 600,000 residents of the Durham Region.
The Centre hospitalier de l’Université Laval (CHUL)—a university hospital center in Quebec City—has launched a project that is ground-breaking in more ways than one: not only is it the largest energy infrastructure modernization project in Quebec healthcare history, but it also includes the digging and installation of 60 geothermal wells.
The Minister of Health, Yves Bolduc, announced the Quebec government's contribution to the Energy Savings Performance Contract implemented by Ecosystem at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université Laval (CHUL) in Quebec City.
Committed to reducing their energy consumption, the Antoine-Labelle Health Center (CSSSAL) embarked on a major Energy Savings Performance Contract. In addition to significantly reducing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy costs, the project is an exceptional opportunity for the center to modernize their facilities.