A new project in the Ottawa-Gatineau region is reducing emissions by capturing the wastewater heat from a local paper plant and using it to heat residential buildings.

Many buildings buy and burn gas or other fossil fuels to keep warm. But there's actually a free, carbon-free source of heat underfoot that they could be tapping into instead — sewage pipes. 

CBC’s Anand Ram speaks with Stephen Condie, Noventa’s Chief Technology Officer and Head of Operations, about using wastewater energy to “keep warm and fight climate change”.

On Tuesday, York University announced a plan to tap into that wastewater to heat its Glendon campus, replacing gas-fired boilers and virtually eliminating its carbon footprint.

CP24’s reporter, Jee-Yun Lee, speaks with Ed Rubinstein, Vice President of Business Development, about Noventa and University Health Network’s Toronto Western Hospital project.

In the world’s largest wastewater energy-transfer project, a Toronto hospital will soon be heated (and cooled) with sewage.

Municipal or Industrial wastewater with a typical temperature of 15°C - 20° C all year round is a hidden and seldom used source of energy running through the sewer network. This constant supply of wastewater is an ideal energy source for both heating and cooling buildings. With over 40 installations globally, the patented HUBER ThermWin® technology is a proven solution for sewer energy recovery.

Noventa Energy Partners (Noventa) announced another milestone in the development of the world’s largest Wastewater Energy Transfer (WET) system – the groundbreaking for large Wetwell that will be used to access the wastewater flowing in the Mid Toronto Interceptor sewer below Dundas Street. The WET system will supply over 19MW of thermal energy to University Health Network’s Toronto Western Hospital representing 90% of the hospital’s annual heating and cooling needs.

Across the country, countless passionate people are working towards a common goal: to help Canada meet its climate targets by 2030. “In the public and private sectors, in academia and not-for-profit organizations, many people are pushing in this direction,” says Vince Gasparro, managing director, Clean Energy Finance at Vancity Community Investment Bank (VCIB). “And that’s what we need: siloed sectors can’t do it on their own. We all need to […] turbocharge this green transition.”

Canadians want cleaner air and cleaner water for their children and grandchildren. That's why the Government of Canada's strengthened climate plan is helping Canadians cut pollution in their communities, while saving on energy costs and creating good jobs across the country. The plan will create a cleaner and healthier future [….]

A month from now, the City, Toronto Western Hospital, and an Enwave spin-off called Noventa Energy will unveil one of those alchemy-like projects that transforms a societal cast-off into modern gold. n this case, the cast-off is all that raw, warm, fast-flowing sewage running through a big old interceptor pipe under Dundas Street. The gold, in turn, is the heat energy.

Noventa Energy Corporation (Noventa) is pleased to announce that it has been selected by the King County Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) to construct one of three wastewater energy transfer pilot projects authorized by the Metropolitan King County Council. Noventa proposes to aggregate various renewable energy technologies in its Reimagining Energy