Boke was contracted by the Manitoba Sustainable Energy Association (ManSEA) to conduct a prefeasibility study on the use of biomass and other forms of renewable energy for municipal and community buildings in seven Manitoba municipalities:
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- Brandon
- Dauphin
- De Salaberry
- Dunnottar
- Killarney Turtle Mountain
- Piney
- Selkirk
The study recommends a variety of types of renewable energy, including:
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- agricultural biomass
- forestry biomass
- solar arrays
- solar walls
- ground-source heat pumps
It also makes recommendations for efficiency upgrades to existing buildings and net-zero building opportunities for new municipal and commercial buildings. In each case, the recommendations are specific to the target buildings the municipalities wanted studied, and to their particular heating and cooling needs.
Only existing, commercially-available energy systems are recommended.
In every case, installing renewable energy systems reduces building operating costs.
The study is now complete and can be accessed here.
Manitoba Environment and Climate Change provided funding for this report.
