HCE’s Energy Centre Week 36
Week 36 brings us to approximately the end of March 14th.

As of March 7th the Energy Centre has been delivering heating water to nine of our customers. The plant is being operated in manual mode, which requires our Chief Engineer, Tom Fehr to log a few miles on his safety boots as he goes from building-to-building adjusting and fine tuning the system.

The "peaking boilers" have all been commissioned and are delivering heat to nine HCE customers. There is still a fair bit of construction activity being carried out in the boiler room.

The milder weather will allow us to complete the exterior block work and decorative sun- shades and stack rings. One of the two stacks is for the peaking boilers while the other is for the engine generator.

Space is at a premium inside the engine room. The myriad of piping used to recover the heat from the various engine systems fills every inch of the generator room.

This little backup generator will allow us to get the main engine and auxiliary equipment up and running in the event of a complete system outage.

Both the 4KV and 13KV systems have been tested, commissioned and energized. The next step is to get the engine-generator operational.

The "display" area on the main floor is intended to provide a space for demonstrating and displaying information on district heating, energy conservation, and alternative energy sources. The public will have a view of our plant from outside as well as the educational displays.

The seminar/classroom space on the 2nd floor overlooks the boiler room and will provide a terrific area to host meetings, workshops, classrooms, etc.

Access to the roof via the mezzanine.

A considerable amount of equipment located on the roof is concealed from the street level.

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