Arborus Project List

Energy Modeling

Arborus has prepared energy models for hundreds of building projects and research.  The following list represents building types modeled for high performance design, energy code compliance, green building certification, incentive program verification, energy code development, building technology cost-benefit analysis.

  • Multi-unit residential
  • Commercial offices
  • College & University buildings
  • Primary and Secondary Schools
  • Warehouses
  • Hotels & Motels
  • Hospitals and Healthcare buildings
  • Retail
  • Single family homes
  • Off-grid homes
Energy Audits
  • Paul J Yakabusy Arena, Barry’s Bay Ont
  • Carling Campus Buildings, Ottawa
  • Hawkesbury & District General Hospital
  • Canadian Automobile Association, Ottawa­ Commercial building energy audit
  • Ann Manor Condominiums, Ottawa
  • 495 Richmond Road, Ottawa – Commercial building energy audit
  • 3M Canada Company, Plant 301– Industrial HVAC energy audit
  • Trillium Health Care Products (Perth Soap) – Industrial HVAC energy audit
  • Canadian Mothercraft building, Ottawa – Commercial building energy audit
  • Experimental Lakes Area – Renewable Energy and Energy Efficient Design Study for a new multi-use facility.
  • Place du Portage Phase IV (1,000,000 s.f. of commercial office)
  • Kouchibouquac National Park, N.B.: Administration Building & Visitor Reception Centre
  • Fundy National Park, New Brunswick – Building portfolio energy audit
  • 350 King Edward Avenue, Ottawa – Commercial building energy audit
  • 311 & 360 Bell Street S., Ottawa – Solar thermal energy potential feasibility study.
  • Place du Centre, Gatineau – Terms of reference for energy audit consultant bidding
Energy Upgrade Studies
  • Canadian Nurses Association headquarters, Ottawa – HVAC system investigation & documentation with chiller replacement cost analysis.
  • Clifford Bowie School/Deborah Anne Kirwan Pool, Ottawa
  • Civic Centre, Nepean Sportsplex, Car Arena, Navan Arena – Ice plant heat recovery analysis and business case development.
  • Lawrence Islands National Park, Parks Canada – Utility buildings heating system upgrades assessment.
  • Kanata North Recreation Complex – Due diligence study of Atmospheric Energy system.
Building Commissioning
  • Rideau Heights Community Centre & Library, Kingston
  • Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards
  • Postal Station B, Parliamentary Precinct, Ottawa
  • Hawkesbury and District General Hospital
  • Hawkesbury Hospital Mental Health & Addictions building
  • Igloolik High School, Nunavut (ongoing)
  • Mutchmor Public School expansion
  • RCMP Detachment, Prince Albert Saskatewan
  • Kanata North Recreation Centre
  • Greenboro Community Centre Expansion
  • Overbrook Community Centre expansion
  • Rideau Hall Dome Building
  • Oxfam Building Renovation
  • Canada Green Building Council national office
  • Le St. Denis Condominiums
Building System Analysis & Retro-commissioning
  • LIV Apartments, Ottawa – Mechanical systems & monitoring system
  • 25 Nicholas St., Ottawa – Heat pump and cooling tower retro-commissioning
  • 222 Somerset St., Ottawa – HVAC systems and new building automation
  • Canada Border Services Modular Range – ventilation system control
  • 495 Richmond Road, Ottawa – HVAC system
Renewable Energy
  • City of Greater Sudbury – Opportunity assessment, Connection Impact Assessments and verification for 500kW of solar rooftop projects.
  • Drouin Farms – Design engineering for 250kW rooftop photovoltaic power system
  • Ameresco Canada – Verification Engineer for 1.6 MW of Photovoltaic systems
  • Drouin Farms – Design engineering for 250kW rooftop photovoltaic power system
  • Compucorps – Rooftop photovoltaic system design engineering
  • Johnson Controls International – Design engineering for 5MW photovoltaic power system
  • Town of the Blue Mountains – Utility scale solar facility feasibility study
  • Dryden Public School – Design engineering for 30kW rooftop photovoltaic power system
  • City of Dryden – Connection Impact Assessment for 10MW ground mounted photovoltaic power system
  • Enfinity Canada – rooftop photovoltaic power pilot systems
  • Photowatt –Financial analysis and preliminary design services for 10MW photovoltaic facilities
  • Ovonics Uni-Solar – Grid connection and preliminary design services for 375 kW rooftop photovoltaic system
  • Waste Management Canada – Feasibility study for photovoltaic installations on various WM facilities.
  • Solaris Energy Partners – Preliminary design, approvals and OPA contracting for 30MW photovoltaic power system
  • Private Residence – Design engineering for 10kW wind generator, 5kW photovoltaic and solar thermal heating systems
  • Rideau Canal System (Parks Canada) – Design engineering for 3.0kW grid connected photovoltaic power system
  • Lawrence Islands National Park – Design engineering for stand alone hybrid wind / photovoltaic power system for two historic buildings •
  • Fundy National Park – Design engineering for solar thermal heating for salt water public swimming pool & bath house
  • Lawrence Islands National Park – Design engineering for 5.4kW grid connected photovoltaic power system
  • Agriculture Canada – Solar powered irrigation system, Central Experimental Farm
  • Tonquin Valley Packtrips – Jasper, Alberta – installation of a stand-alone photovoltaic power system
  • Canadian Argentina Capacity Initiative – Missiones, Argentina. – Design and installation of solar power systems for two rural schools
  • Tonquin Valley Adventures – Jasper, Alberta – installation of a stand-alone photovoltaic power system.
Design Engineering for Energy Efficiency
  • 25 Nicholas St., Ottawa – Chiller replacement
  • 222 Somerset St, Ottawa – HVAC and building controls upgrades
  • 540 Thomson St., Ottawa – Solar wall make-up air preheat system
  • 207 Bell St.N., Ottawa – Combined heat & power system with absorption chiller
  • National Research Council – Net Zero Test House
  • Kin Winery, Carp Ontario – geo-exchange, solar power & winery facility
  • 25 Nicholas St, Ottawa Office building – Cooling tower replacement & building automation system
  • Canadian Border Services Agency – Modifications to modular pistol range HVAC systems
  • Department of National Defense – Back-up cooling system for UPS room
  • Joseph’s Parish – Heating and ventilation system replacement and upgrades
  • Civic Centre, Nepean Sportsplex, Car Arena, Navan Arena – Ice plant heat recovery and controls systems
  • Civic Centre, Ottawa – Water efficiency upgrades
  • Trillium Health Care Products (Perth)-  Industrial ventilation heat recovery system.
  • National Gallery of Canada – Tour Group Pavilion heating system, UPS system, IT Server Room AC system
  • Sir John Carling Building, Ottawa – Mechanical & electrical systems upgrades
  • Dominion Chalmers United Church – Mechanical & electrical systems upgrades
Green Buildings – LEED Facilitation
  • Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards
  • Ottawa Fire stations 55 & 36
  • Kanata North Recreation Complex
  • Algonquin College Pembroke Campus
  • RCMP Detachment, Prince Albert Saskatewan
  • Kingston Memorial Centre – construction phase LEED management
  • Place Vincent Massey, Gatineau
  • Place Vincent Massey Annex building, Gatineau
  • Greenboro Community Centre Expansion
  • Kanata Recreation Centre Renovation (LEED-CI)
  • Groves Park Seniors Residence
  • Rideau Hall Dome Building
  • Le St. Denis Condominiums
  • Newcastle Public Library
  • Queen’s Centre – three building university complex

 

Research, Analysis & Education

Arborus works with Natural Resources Canada and the National Research Council (Codes Canada) providing research energy modeling and cost-benefit analysis to assist the government to advance building energy codes and support the development of retrofit programs.

Other energy research projects include:

Canadian Border Services Agency – Energy efficiency and renewable energy opportunity assessment for border crossing facilities.

Ontario Ministry of Energy– Study to identify economic and regulatory barriers for the large-scale deployment of residential solar hot water systems

Industry Canada– “Addressing the Barriers Facing Large Scale Deployment of Photovoltaics as a Distributed Energy Source in Canada” – Technical advisors for this national report.

University of Ottawa– Technology Study: Power Spar solar thermal-PV system

Deline Dene Band Council– Deline, NT. – Feasibility study for a community owned power-generating facility (Hybrid system using wind & diesel generation supplemented with a district heating system).

City of Ottawa– Technology Due Diligence Study: Atmospheric Energy System

Parks Canada– LEED Platinum & Living Building Challenge comparative analysis

Anne de Prescott Economic Development– Community scale biological digester and green power generation feasibility study

Research & Publication
Major Energy Retrofit Guides

Office of Energy commissioned Arborus to produce Guidebooks for the major energy retrofit of seven building types. Energy performance analysis was completed to estimate the benefits of ECMs across multiple climate zones.

CAN-QUEST Modelling Guide

Arborus updated the latest issue of the Guide, verifying functionality and guidance documentation.

Standard Operating Procedures

Arborus has prepared Standard Operating Procedures for 11 federal government buildings.  SOPs provide building operators with comprehensive configuration and operational records for HVAC systems.

Low Carbon Building Heating Solutions, Conference Paper, International Institute for the Sustainable Built Environment (iiSBE), 2016

Education Course Development

Arborus developed the course, study and examination material for the Alberta Safety Codes Council for the provincial adoption of the National Energy Code for Buildings (NECB 2011) and the National Building Code 9.36 (housing and small buildings).

Greening Existing Buildings
  • Parliamentary Precinct Postal Station B (Green Globes)
  • Wellington Building, Ottawa – Sustainability Consultant for major building renewal project (Green Globes)
  • Library and Archives Canada, Preservation Centre, Gatineau
  • 495 Richmond Road, Ottawa
  • The Chambers Building, Ottawa – LEED EB:OM facilitation
  • World Exchange Plaza, Ottawa – LEED EB (US) Gap analysis & feasibility study
  • Sunlife Centre (formerly The Clarica Centre) – LEED EB (US) Gap analysis & feasibility study

 

Building Systems Operating Procedures

Authored the Standard Operating Procedures for the HVAC systems in the following buildings:

  • Heath Canada Finance Building
  • Connaught Building
  • Sir Charles Tupper Building
  • Jean Talon Building
  • H. Coates Building
  • Main Statistics Building
Specialty Studies
  • Ontario Ministry of Energy – Study to identify economic and regulatory barriers for the large scale deployment of residential solar hot water systems (with Marbek Resource Consultants)
  • University of Ottawa – Feasibility study for the application of a solar thermal-PV system
  • Parks Canada – LEED Platinum & Living Building Challenge comparative analysis
  • Anne de Prescott, Ontario – Biological Digester and Green Power Generation feasibility study
  • Parliamentary Precinct Asset Integrity Risk Assessment, Ottawa – Pilot project to quantify risk to the property and buildings of the Parliamentary Precinct. All building (assets) subsystems were surveyed and graded for various risk factors.  The results were processed with appropriate weightings to determine priority of action.  Project was the first in Canada to use this methodology.
  • “Addressing the Barriers Facing Large Scale Deployment of Photovoltaics as a Distributed Energy Source in Canada” – Technical advisors for an Industry Canada report (with The Delphi Group).
  • Deline Dene Band Council – Deline, NT. – Feasibility study for a community owned power-generating facility (Hybrid system using wind & diesel generation supplemented with a district heating system and run of river hydro-electric generation).
Technical & Financial Auditing
  • Green Building Certification Institute – Energy performance auditors for US LEED project applications
  • Canada Green Building Council – Building Performance Audits for LEED-EB Pilot Projects
  • Halifax West High School
  • Beachside Lakeview Timberlea Primary Schools
    • Energy Model Reviewer – Third party model review for NRCan and Caneta Energy
    • Building Owners & Managers Association – Go Green program – Application auditors
  • Constitution Square, Ottawa
  • Manulife Tower, Ottawa
  • Manulife Place, Ottawa
    • NRCan Energy Retrofit Assistance Program (ERA)
  • Listwin Construction, 5900 Yonge St., Toronto
  • Listwin Construction, 3 Goldfinch Cr., Toronto
  • College Ahuntsic, Montreal, Quebec
  • Casino Rama, Rama, Ontario
  • Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre, Mississauga, Ontario
  • Le Petit Séminaire de Québec, Québec, Québec
Critical Power Projects
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency – Design & construction supervision for chiller-generator project.
  • Nexacor Realty / Bell Canada – standby power systems for switching stations (Britannia, Jockvale, Montreal Road, Orleans, Petawawa)
  • Canadian Food Inspection Services, Building 22, CEF, Ottawa
  • Public Works & Government Services Canada – Connaught Building – Replacement of life safety generator.
  • Y2K Emergency Generator Facilties – DND-CFB Rockliffe, National Research Council, Central Experimental Farm Bldg 22.
  • Containerized Power Plants, DND – design and build 300KW and 500KW diesel powerplants installed in ISO shipping containers (contract from Mechron Power systems).