EQC Meeting Date: May 15th, 2024
To: Environmental Quality Commission
From: Risi Karim, Assistant to the City Administrator
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District Energy System Study Presentation
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Action Requested:
Commission receives presentation from Ever-Green Energy regarding a District Energy System planning study for the Central Riverfront area.
Summary Report:
In 2023, the City commissioned a District Energy study facilitated by Ever Green Energy. A District Energy system is a centralized heating and/or cooling network that provides thermal energy to multiple buildings or facilities within a geographic area, such as a neighborhood, campus, or downtown district. The system is designed to distribute hot water, steam, or chilled water to individual buildings through a network of underground pipes, eliminating the need for each building to have its own separate heating and cooling equipment. As planning for the downtown riverfront redevelopment continue, staff sees this as a momentous opportunity to explore integrating a district energy system alongside the redevelopment.
Ever Green Energy will be presenting to the Commission the findings of their initial feasibility study.
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