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Northern United Place gets a facelift and insulating blanket
Northern United Place, a Yellowknife landmark on Franklin Avenue, received a facelift this summer when the old stucco siding was replaced with new sheetrock, building wrap and four inches of Styrofoam insulation and then covered by new siding, says Gail Leonardis of NWT Community Services Corporation. The old roof was replaced with new plywood and new roofing materials.
Gail says that NWT Community Services Corporation expects to save money on heating costs this coming winter.
The Yellowknifer newspaper reporteded that the NWT Housing Corporation had received government funds of about $495,000 to install a new boiler system, new siding, and window replacements. The renovations will extend the lifespan of the building, according to a press release from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Federal funding was provided from Canada's Economic Action Plan.
NPREIT is a Northern company leading the way on energy savings, GHG reductions
Northern Property Real Estate Investment Trust (NPREIT) is one of the northern companies leading the way in energy savings and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
NPREIT began working with the Arctic Energy Alliance in 2004 on energy audits of four major building complexes it owns and operates in Yellowknife. The energy audits were completed in 2005 and, shortly thereafter, work began on implementing the energy-saving measures identified in the energy audits.
The implementation of the energy audit recommendations was largely completed by the end of 2007 and NPREIT contracted the AEA to review the post-retrofit energy consumption data for the four buildings.
The AEA’s review showed that the energy consumption for the four buildings has been reduced by about 23 per cent of the base year energy consumption (about 10,555 GJ per annum). This translates into cost savings of about $370,000 and a reduction in GHG emissions of about 502 tonnes per year. This reduction in GHG represents about 24 per cent of the base year emissions for the four buildings and is the equivalent of removing 100 cars or light trucks from the road.
Energy savings and GHG reductions are expected to be even greater in the future because some of the measurements had not been implemented at the start of the period covered by the review done by the Arctic Energy Alliance!
SSI and the Environment
Throughout the North, there are businesses that believe it is important to do everything they can to help keep this land clean and ensure that future generations can enjoy the same wonders that we do today. SSI is one such Northern company.
CEO Ryan Walker says everyone at SSI feels a strong responsibility towards minimizing the company's impact on the Northern Environment. To that end, SSI has implemented a number of policies and practices to ensure that the company's footprint on the Northern environment is as small as possible. This includes reducing their consumption of consumables, recycling paper, cans, bottles, boxes, packing materials, toner cartridges - and pretty much everything else that is used on the premises.
SSI's commitment to the environment does not end there. They are continually evaluating new ways to reduce their consumption of energy. They have already replaced conventional lights with LED lights and computer monitors with LCDs, installed skylights and solar tubes throughout the building to maximize sunlight and reduce their use of electric lights - and much more.
"Our entire organization is responsible for bringing forward new and innovative ideas to help us operate as efficiently as possible using environmentally sound practices," says Ryan. "As a Northern company, we believe it is our responsibility to take a leading role in making change happen. We believe that we can make a difference."
To learn more, go to SSI and the Environment.
Julia Beresford and Brian George of A.D. Williams Engineering with their
Carbon Neutral North certificate.
A.D. Williams Engineering Inc. goes carbon neutral
The Arctic Energy Alliance would like to congratulate A.D. Williams Engineering Inc. for becoming the first NWT company to become carbon neutral. The Yellowknife engineering firm offset 6.55 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions for the first quarter of the 2008 fiscal year!
The Arctic Energy Alliance was the first non-profit, non-governmental organization in the NWT to go carbon neutral.
To learn more about how your home, business or institution can become carbon neutral, click on the Carbon Neutral North logo below.
The boiler, a Bosch/MeSys 6000 boiler system, is housed in this shed (left) along with approximately three tonnes of pellets. The pellets are loaded by AGE’s delivery truck through a hatch on the roof. The boiler (right) has a “viewing window” which allows the owner to check the level of pellets. The pellets are fed via an auger (the silver pipe on the left of the photo) into the boiler. Photos by Mary Broussard, Arctic Green Energy
Wood pellet heating system with bulk pellet feeding is now operational
Yellowknife (December 3, 2008) - Arctic Green Energy (AGE) announced that a Bosch residential / commercial modulating wood pellet heating system is now operating in Yellowknife.
The most unique feature of this installation is the bulk pellet storage and automatic feed to the boiler, states an AGE new release. The residence has a storage unit with the capacity to hold one half of the homeowner’s annual wood pellet requirements.
Wood pellets are delivered by AGE’s bulk pellet delivery truck and pneumatically fed into the storage unit by a four-inch hose. The pellets are then fed by the auger into the boiler. This eliminates the labour-intensive use of 40-pound bags.
AGE will host an open house to view a residential / commercial Bosch wood pellet heating system at 22 Coronation Drive (corner of Curry Dr. and Coronation Dr.) in Yellowknife on Saturday, December 13 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
For more information, go to AGE's Web Site.
The following is a list of businesses/institutions in the Northwest Territories who had an Energy Audit completed on their office/buildings then proceeded to make them more energy efficient.
Aklavik:
Aklavik Furs
Fort Good Hope:
Rampart Hotel
Fort Liard:
Water Treatment Plant
Daycare Centre
Recreation Centre
RCMP
2 garages
Echo Dene School
Health Centre
Liard Valley Motel & Grocery Store
Check Point Restaurant & Motel
Acho Dene Craft Shop
Air Terminal Building
Ft. Liard General Store
ENR Office and Warehouse
Fort McPherson:
Air Terminal Building
Curling Rink
Arena
Hamlet Building
Northern Store
Fort Providence:
LHO Housing Units
Maintenance Garage
Fort Simpson:
IPL shop and warehouse
Airport facilities
Deh Cho Health & Social Services Centre
ENR Office, Warehouse and Bunkhouse
Fort Resolution:
Lakeview Arena
Fort Smith:
Health Centre
Royal Canadian Legion
Salt River First Nation Daycare Centre
River Ridge Young Offenders Facility
Fort Smith Movie Theatre
Kaeser's Grocery Store
ENR facilities
Airport facilities
St. Johns Anglican Church
Various residential assessments
Gameti (Rae Lakes):
Jean Wetrade School
Health Station
Community Office
Fire Hall/Four-Bay Garage
Truckfill Station
Hay River:
Diamond Jenness, Camsell and Princess Alexandra schools
South Mackenzie Correctional Centre
H.H. Williams Memorial Hospital
Medical Clinic
Woodland Manor
Court House Building
ENR facilities
Finning (CANADA) Office Building
Airport facilities
Hay River Health Board
Holman:
LHO Housing Units
Inuvik:
Community Arena
Aurora Research Centre
Eskimo Inn
Mountain View Apartments
Airport facilities
NWT Housing Corporation Units
Several gas conversion clients
Inuvialuit Development Corp residential buildings Northmart
Rec Complex/Family Centre
Jean Marie River:
Band Office Solar Photovoltaics
Bend Building
Louie Norwegian School
Water Plant
Two residential assessments
Lutsel K'e:
Residential energy efficiency training
Nahanni Butte:
Nahanni Butte General Store
Norman Wells:
North-Wright Air Hangar
Arena
Curling Rink
Town Office
Water Treatment Plant
Water Intake Pump-house
Sewage Treatment facilities
Fire Hall
Health Centre
ENR Office & Warehouse
Air Terminal Building and Combined Services Building
Flint Construction (nine buildings)
Mack Travel
Historical Centre
Royal Canadian Legion
Town Maintenance Shop
Yamouri Inn
Dennis A. Drolet Memorial Hall
Northern Store
Mary's Store
Paulatuk:
Air Terminal Building
Rae Edzo:
NWT Housing Corporation Units
Tli Cho Co-op Store
Rae-Edzo Development Corporation Building
Tuktoyaktuk:
Air Terminal Building
Inuvialuit Development Corporation Office Building
Tulita:
Two Rivers Hotel Complex
LHO Housing Units
Wekweti:
Alexis Arrowmaker School
Post Office
Wellness Centre
Truckfill Station
Fire Hall/Four-bay Garage
Airport Terminal Building
Whati:
Elders' Residence Solar Water Heating
Community Energy Project
Mezi School
Health Station
Yellowknife Area:
Northern United Place
GNWT Public Works and Services Warehouse
Vehicle Emissions Clinic
Dettah School
Dettah Nursing Station
NDilo School
Education District #2 (St. Patrick's, Weledeh, and St. Joseph's schools)
Education District #1 (Range Lake, J.H. Sissons, Mildred Hall and Sir John Franklin Schools)
S.M. Hodgson Building
DOT highway maintenance garage
CIBC building
Elks Lodge
Tree of Peace Friendship Centre
YK Racquet Club
St. John Ambulance
Talbot Residence
Bellanca Developments
Mackenzie Management
Le Frolic Bistro
Salvation Army
Laurentian Building
Side Door Youth Centre
Blatchford Lake Lodge
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