Boilers, heat pumps and district energy systems are making news for Greater Vancouver residential homeowners looking for home heating this October.
Bringing the Heat (Pump): A September 2022 BC Hydro report cites the cost of FortisBC natural gas rising by 31% since July of this year, a figure expected to increase further. British Columbians are worried the report says and the future of home heating is invested with electrical heat pumps. Read More.
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New development at Senakw (located at the south end of Vancouver’s Burrard Street Bridge) plans to recover heat from city sewers. Utility-scale heat pumps are to service eleven towers connected to the reserve’s district energy system.
Crystal Ball: Big Four accounting firm Deloitte now expects B.C. natural gas prices will be near twice as high over the next decade as it had forecast in 2020.
Prices have risen near 600% in the past three years and Canadian companies are benefitting. According to the forecast domestic gas demand is expected to fall over the next 10 years with property owners converting to electrical heat pumps. Read More.
Central Heating: $175M in federal funding approved for City of Richmond to expand Lulu Island Energy Company district energy system says Canada Infrastructure Bank. Hope for low-carbon wastewater energy production to reduce district building operating costs while lowering emissions appears near at hand. Read More.
Pump Up the Home Prize
Burnaby resident lucky winner of this year’s Pacific National Exhibition Prize Home in Langley, a 3408 sq ft residence featuring three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and a media room.
In a reported give-away first the home also included a one-bedroom guest suite with the exhibition adding climate-friendly features such as “an EV charger, 12 solar panels measuring 4.08kW. Read More.
Boiler Can Do That: Going bananas for greenhouses northern B.C. farmer uses wood-fired boiler to grow tropical fruit at home. A cold climate greenhouse houses nine-foot-tall banana trees producing hundreds of fruits at an average temperature said to hover near 18 C. Read More.
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