Energy efficiency upgrades – heating boilers

Institutional facilities and commercial buildings account for one-eighth of the energy used in Canada. A large majority of schools in Canada were built before 1980, therefore presenting an opportunity to investigate energy-efficient improvements. One of the areas that will help in the reduction of energy costs is efficiency gained through new technology in boiler design and operation.

It is reported that school energy costs represent the largest operating expense behind salaries, and directly affects the health of students and school personnel, which is why it is considered a strategic area to Energy savings is unquestionably the main driver when deciding to review measure. operational design of existing equipment in schools.

New technologies in the delivery of heating and ventilation is shown the main driver when deciding to re- gas emissions, making a positive to lead to improved learning en- view operational design of existing impact on our environment. Other vironments, healthier classrooms, equipment. A successful upgrade benefits beyond energy savings inand is considered one of the few ex- directly reduces the spending on clude improved indoor air quality, penses that can be decreased with- utility bills and helps free up resourc- comfort, and acoustics. out negatively affecting classroom es for other priorities within institu- Many central heating systems instruction. tional facilities. Lower energy con- in schools are served by hot water

Energy savings is unquestionably sumption also reduces greenhouse boilers that may be in excess of 20 years old. Inevitably those systems would be operating in the range of Bardy Reavie 250–300–5458 60 to 75 per cent efficiency, wheresales@westexcel.ca as modern high-efficiency boilers would see a range from 91 to 98.5 per cent efficiency.

Commercial Building Automation Solutions Provider serving Having completed many of these British Columbia. Over 30 lines available. upgrades over the past five years, CustomAir has streamlined the analysis of ROI to achieve payback on investments in some cases as low as eight months. Part of that review always includes the analysis of available incentives and rebates. The areas CustomAir has focused on include using premium quality equipment from manufacturers such as Viessmann, combined with westexcel.ca installation practices that reduce and enhance operational and main-

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Many central heating systems in schools are served by hot water boilers that may be in excess of 20 years old.

tenance requirements. It is our position that when looking at an overall operation of a facility, the lasting product has to be able to stand the test of time.

Some of the examples of this approach include:

In 2017, CustomAir completed Photo by Bright Photography. a boiler retrofit for an elementary school on the coast that was experiencing problems with their domestic hot water and heating/cooling system. The existing boiler was not to capacity, their energy bills were significantly higher, and they had no built-in redundancy if a failure was to occur. The job was completed on time and on budget resulting in a 25 per cent savings in gas consumption rate, and the school was able to pay back their investments in the first nine months with maximum rebates.

In 2019, CustomAir was able to maintain the full operation of a transit facility in the middle of winter and install a high-efficiency boiler system that not only qualified for maximum rebates, but eliminated the need for emergency repairs to the existing boiler plant.

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