Milton Sports Complex
DETAILED DESIGN PROJECT
CLIENT: Milton Energy & Generation Solutions Inc. / Town of Milton
This award winning design of CHP units was to provide continuous power, heating and cooling to the facility which is used as a Public Emergency Response Centre.
The Town of Milton was looking to upgrade the Milton Sports Centre to a PERC (Public Emergency Response Centre). In order to do this, they needed continuous power, heating and cooling. Additionally, it was important to reduce their utility costs. A key challenge was the considerable constraints around noise and space for any CHP units, as the community centre is directly adjacent to a residential neighbourhood.
We are proud to have received the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (Hamilton/Halton) 2019 Award for Engineering Project of the Year – Sustainability Engineering Category for our work on this project.
Our innovative solution included designing and implementing the following:
4x 100 kW (capable of operating at 125 kW) Tecogen CHP engines.
Piping to supply domestic hot water, building heating and building cooling (through absorption chillers). Wired to offset building load during normal operation and to carry most of the building load during a power outage.
1 x 200 kW natural gas fired back-up generators to operate in conjunction with the CHP.
Wired with the CHP engines to supply the entire building load during a power outage.
2x 100 ton absorption chillers to utilize waste heat from the CHP to cool the building. (Currently only a small portion of the building is connected to the chilled water loop, with the intent of expanding to more equipment.)
