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The staff at the City of Camrose diligently monitors our facilities through routine maintenance and upkeep. It had been noted a few years ago that the original boilers put in the Encana arena were becoming very old and inefficient. In an effort to do our part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, we saw the opportunity to upgrade the boilers, and possibly receive a refund of a portion of the install costs back from the Municipal Climate Change Action Committee (MCCAC).
Ryan Poole, General Manager of Community Services says, “The original boilers were aging and were very inefficient, and maintenance costs were rising to keep them running. It was time for them to be replaced with something more efficient and maintenance friendly.”
The original boilers were approximately 75% efficient in terms of energy usage. They were non-condensing boilers, which meant they had to be used at full capacity in order to be effective. With the advancement in technology of industrial boilers, we were able to find condensing boilers that were approximately 98% efficient. These three Lochinvar Crest FB1501 boilers operate sequentially, have higher heating efficiency, lower running costs, and were easily integrated with existing distribution lines for a cost-effective retrofit. It’s expected that we will save approximately $8,000 - $10,000/year in maintenance and energy costs.
In addition to this project, we also made some energy efficient changes to the ice making equipment, which allowed us to go from 6MBTU to 4.5MBTU to satisfy heating the building. We had a study done by Clark Engineering out of Edmonton to advise us on the size of boiler that was needed to efficiently and effectively heat the building. The study came back suggesting we could reduce the size of boiler because of changes made in the past.
“This was an opportune time for collaboration,” Poole says. “We used ATCO Infrastructure Services to do the engineering study, documentation, provide the project plan and implementation to the MCCAC so we could get approval for the project (which took approximately six months for approval). Dee-Jay Plumbing was also instrumental with the installation of the boilers.”
As for the last steps in this grant process, we have to provide some final documentation to the MCCAC and following that, it is expected that we will receive up to 75% back to go towards the $182,530 supply and installation costs.
For more information, please contact:
Ryan Poole
General Manager of Community Services
P. 780.672.9195
E. rpoole@camrose.ca
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