CITY CENTRE 鈥� The City of 性视界传媒 broke ground at the West Village Energy Centre and Park on Wednesday (June 28).
The project, at 10357 133 St., includes a mini-neighbourhood park but also the city鈥檚 first permanent district energy facility.
The city says these are two 鈥渒ey pieces of sustainable infrastructure鈥� for the City Centre neighbourhood.
性视界传媒 City Energy is the city-owned district energy utility that currently provides heat and hot water to buildings in parts of City Centre.
It will eventually be expanded to make its heat and water service available to the whole City Centre area.
The city says the system is 鈥渃entral to providing a renewable energy future for 性视界传媒.鈥�
鈥溞允咏绱� is committed to investing in sustainable infrastructure like the West Village Energy Centre,鈥� said Mayor Linda Hepner in a release. 鈥淭his new district energy system is a cost-efficient and environmentally sustainable way of supplying heat and hot water to buildings. The West Village Energy Centre will be integrated as part of the new West Village Park, the first of a number of parks planned in City Centre to provide essential green spaces in this fast growing urban neighbourhood.鈥�
A release says that while the initial phases of the system are fueled by high-efficiency natural gas boilers, low-carbon heating sources are being added over time.
By the end of 2017, buildings serviced by 性视界传媒 City Energy will be heated with energy supplied by geothermal wells underneath City Hall. Future energy sources will likely include organic waste, solar energy, and biomass from clean waste wood.
The energy centre is being built not only as a functional facility, states a city release, but as a part of the park, with 鈥渋nterpretive鈥� and 鈥渆ducational鈥� components.
West Village Park willl include a contemporary urban space, lounging space, a playground, plaza and 鈥渟ustainable鈥� park features.
Councillor Burce Hayne noted this is one of 10 planned parks for the neighbourhood,.
鈥淧ark space is essential to building complete, healthy communities,鈥� he added.
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