CHP helping health care facilities
CHP systems are already helping a number of Ontario hospitals to reduce their emissions and increase energy efficiency, while boosting their ability to remain fully operational during a power emergency. The hospitals listed below have sufficient on-site CHP and/or diesel generating capacity to meet 100% of their electricity needs during a blackout.
Facility: Sudbury Regional Hospital
Peak Electricity Demand: 3.5 megawatts (MW)
CHP Capacity: 6.7 MW
Contact: Brian Hanna, Building Services Manager
Email: bhanna@hrsrh.on.ca
Facility: Kingston General Hospital
Peak Electricity Demand 6.6 MW
CHP Capacity:
15 MW (system is jointly owned by Kingston General and Queen’s University and services both institutions).
Contacts:
Chris Mackey, Director, Facility Engineering and Maintenance Service, KGH
Email:mackeyc1@kgh.kari.net
Phone: 613-548-5567 ext. 5815
John Witjes, Engineering and Operations Director, Physical Plant Services, Queen’s University
Email:
witjesj@queensu.ca
Phone:
613-533-6849
Facility: Queensway-Carleton Hospital
Peak Electricity Demand: 2.43 MW
CHP Capacity: 1 MW (also has diesel generators with 2.25 MW capacity)
Contact: Gilles Lecuyer, Manager, Plant Services
Email:
glecuyer@qch.on.ca
Phone:
613-721-4700 ext. 1320
CHP system at Queensway-Carleton Hospital
Facility: Victoria Hospital (London Health Sciences Centre)
Peak Electricity Demand: 10 MW
CHP Capacity: 7 MW (and emergency diesel 4.8 MW)
Planned additional CHP: 4-5 MW
Contact: Phil Renaud,
Director of Engineering Services
Email: phil.renaud@lhsc.on.ca
Phone: (519) 685-8500 x 52977
Why they are using CHP: "As one of the largest acute care teaching hospitals in Canada it is essential that LHSC is both economically and operationally sustainable and our Combined Heat and Power Plant helps ensure that we achieve both those objectives. With the ability to produce two output energies (heat and electricity) from one input energy (natural gas) along with the reduction in GHG production CHP makes infinite sense for London Health Sciences Centre. As well, our CHP systems are used to augment our diesel emergency generators during periods of extended power disruption improving our ability to provide health care to the community regardless of conditions. The Victoria Hospital CHP plant also provides electrical and heat energy to St. Joseph's Health Care's Parkwood Hospital. Current and planned growth at both the Victorial Hospital and Parkwood sites will provide the opportunity to install additional CHP equipment in a power plant expansion scheduled to begin in 2010."
