Western University: Moving from Chilled Water to Shared Energy

Over the last decade, Western University has accelerated their energy transition by transforming its chilled water network into an energy sharing network through the installation of multiple decentralized heat pumps to repurpose waste heat from the district chilled water network. This presentation explains Western's approach, what was learned and how each new design evolves and improves the next.

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Keywords: Energy sharing, heat recovery, campus strategy, decentralized heat pumps

Joan Ang

Energy & Carbon Manager

Western University

Joan Ang (BASc, BKI, CEM) is the Manager of Carbon and Energy at Western University. She has a decade of experience in the sustainable buildings sector, mostly focused on energy management and greenhouse emissions reductions. She is a Certified Energy Manager and holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Systems Design Engineering and a Bachelor of Knowledge Integration, both from the University of Waterloo.