Western University has retrofitted the Siebens Drake Research Institute to cut carbon emissions. These changes were completed as part of Western’s Deep Energy Retrofit Program, which aims to retrofit older campus buildings to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions. Work included connecting the building to Western’s energy loop so that excess heat can be redistributed to other buildings and to Western’s district chilling cool network so that it has a backup cooling source. This retrofit is expected to reduce the building’s electricity consumption by 20% and steam consumption by 75%.
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