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Dan Cloutier, president of Power Ecosystems, explains how his cogeneration system installed in the Centennial Building in Calgary is producing 319 kilowatts of electricity while heating the building at the same time.
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Steve Murphy VP Operations of Power Ecosystems with the large 12-cyclinder engine that co-generates heat and power in an office building.
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Dan Cloutier with Power Ecosystems cogeneration system that generates most of the heat and about 30 per cent of the electricity for the East tower of the Centennial Building in Calgary, Alberta.
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An animated Dan Cloutier, president of Power Ecosystems, explains how efficient a cogeneration system can be in an office building. He says the units pay for themselves in just four or five years by producing heat and power right on site.
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This cogeneration system is providing 319 kilowatts of electricity to the building and getting the balance of 793 kilowatts from the grid. Every watt produced saves money since energy consumed in the building does not incur any of those pesky distribution
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Steve Murphy of Power Ecosystems shows of the complicated computer electronics that help this unit produce electricity and heat for the building at the same time.
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There’s an app for that! Steve Murphy of Power Ecosystems checks on the electricity output of the cogeneration unit from his smart phone.
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A sign advising occupants can they can do to help Oxford’s bid to have the Centennial Building rated LEED gold. Producing energy through cogeneration on site certainly helps out as well.
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Most of the heat for the Centennial Building in Calgary’s east tower is provided by a cogeneration engine that produces heat and about one third of the electricity required by the building.