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Energy Management

Energy management is at the top of the priority lists of many people, businesses and organizations these days -- and the City of Kitchener is no different. In fact, our city is among the leaders of the municipal movement toward improved energy practices.

A number of city staff members have and continue to dedicate their careers to finding new, cutting-edge ways to conserve energy. Examples include:

Installation of automated building control systems to better control the heating, air conditioning and ventilation in many of its facilities.
Lighting retrofits - the installation of more energy-efficient lighting technology.
Variable frequency drives that reduce the amount of power being used to drive large motors in our facilities.
Capacitor banks that improve the 'quality' of the power being used in our facilities and reduces the penalty paid to our utility provider for having a poor 'power factor'.
Air to air heat exchanger added to reduce the amount of energy used to temper the incoming fresh air at Breithaupt Pool.

The benefits to the city are abundant, with environmental stewardship and great cost savings -- more than $1.2 million annually -- as the most significant advantages.

Our efforts have lead to great recognition for the city, including an award from Natural Resources Canada for 'best practices' in energy management, along with awards in energy efficiency for our Stanley Park and the Chandler Mowat community centres, and LEED gold certification for our Activa Sportsplex facility.

For more information, please contact Mario Petricevic at 519-741-2754, Gary England at 519-741-2215 or Paul Christner at 519-741-2212.

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