The Ontario Speed Skating Oval at Lakefield

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The Ontario Speed Skating Oval at Lakefield

• and energy integration with the community of
  Lakefield, Lakefield District Secondary School
  and St. Pauls Elementary School.

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Who is Ice Kube Systems

• IKS manufactures water-to-water heat pumps for
  use in low temperature applications, such as ice
  rinks, thermal ice storage and geothermal heating
  and cooling.
• IKS works with owners, designers, and contractors
  to install integrated systems in over 60 such
  applications across Canada, the U.S., Russia and
  S. Korea
• Founded in 1995, IKS has developed a patented
  rink floor design incorporating thermal storage
  to reduce pumping horsepower and reduce peak
  refrigeration loads
• IKS has been involved in 2-3 large and a number
  of smaller geothermal and integrated geothermal
  systems per year for the last 5-6 years. In 2004,
  IKS completed two integrated projects in Nova
  Scotia and 2 rinks in Minnesota, as well as
  numerous smaller projects
• Sales total approximately 2 million, with a
  total of approximately 800-1,000 tons of
  equipment annually.
• Partnered with Ensis, a Manitoba based labor
  sponsored venture capital fund, in 2004

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Ice Kube Installations
Russia
Russia
S. Korea
S. Korea
Completed Projects
Under Construction
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System Efficiency
What you Get
C.O.P.
What you Buy
Coefficient of Performance
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Compared to Fossil Fuels
10-20 of heat up the chimney
80-90 of heat to the building
1 unit of purchased fossil fuel
C.O.P. 0.8 TO 0.9
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Compared to Electric Heat
1 unit of purchased electricity
1 unit of heat to the building
C.O.P. 1.0
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Compared to Earth Energy
1 unit of purchased electricity
3.5 units of heat to the building
Plus 2.5 units of free energy from the earth
C.O.P. 3.5
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Simultaneous Heating Cooling
1 unit of purchased electricity
3 units of heat from the ice
4 units of heat to the building
C.O.P. 7.0
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Cooling With a Heat Pump
Air conditioning
Ice storage for cooling
Making ice
Thermal storage
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Heating with a Heat Pump
Floor heat
Seat heat
Hot water
Pool heat
Snow melt
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Simultaneous Cooling Heating
Floor heat
Seat heat
Air conditioning
Hot water
Ice storage for cooling
Pool heat
Making ice
C.O.P. 7.0
Snow melt
Thermal storage
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Storing Heat in the Earth When it isnt Needed
Floor heat
Seat heat
Air conditioning
Hot water
Ice storage for cooling
Pool heat
Making ice
Snow melt
Earth loop
Thermal storage
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Extracting Heat Stored in the Earth
Floor heat
Seat heat
Air conditioning
Hot water
Ice storage for cooling
Pool heat
Making ice
Snow melt
Earth loop
Thermal storage
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Where is Lakefield, ON
Ottawa
250 km
Lakefield
150 km
Toronto
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Why Lakefield

• Climate conditions and proximity to Ontarios
  speed skating clubs
• First temperature controlled long-track speed
  skating oval in Ontario
• More than 50 of Canadas medals at last 2 Winter
  Olympics came from speed skating
• Lakefield will be home of speed skating in
  Ontario and can serve all of Eastern Canada
• OSSA head office in Lakefield
• Host provincial, national international and
  Olympic events

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Benefits to Community

• Ontario Speed Skating Oval at Lakefield is a
  non-profit organization
• Economic impact of new tourism activity - 5
  million annually
• 10,000 overnight visits - 1.5 million spending
  in Lakefield and area
• 4-6 full time jobs created
• Financial benefits re-invested in community
• Tourism Businesses in Lakefield and area will
  generate revenue year round not just in summer
  months

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Project Partners Potential Partners

• Project Partners
• Ontario Speed Skating Oval at Lakefield
• Ontario Speed Skating Association
• Bridgenorth Ennismore Lakefield Rotary Club
• CMHA Peterborough Branch
• Crawford Building Consultants
• Township of Smith, Ennismore Lakefield
• Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland,
  Clarington Catholic District School Board
• Kawartha Pineridge District School Board
• NRCan CTEC-Varennes RABP
• Ice Kube Systems Ltd.
• Additional Potential Partners
• Federation of Canadian Municipalities
• Hydro One
• Ontario School Boards Federation
• Ontario Ministry of Education

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The Oval Ice Rinks
Phase 1 Donated services
Berm
Track
Refrigeration plant
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Community Energy Integration
Kawartha Pineridge High School
St. Pauls Elementary School
Proposed 1,900 Home Development (approx. 120 ha)
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IKS Projects

• IKS has completed approximately 60 integrated
  systems across
• None have included integration of buildings
  across property lines or different owners
• None include buildings separated from the ice
  arena by any significant distance
• The largest to date has refrigeration capacity of
  140 tons, and total heat pump capacity of
  approximately 300 tons
• Two school systems have been completed by IKS
  (Evergreen School, Dryden, ON and Yorkdale
  School, Yorkton, SK). Both schools are built as
  stand-alone geothermal systems

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Replication Potential

• IKS has had requests to provide estimates for a
  number of projects of similar size and potential,
  including
• Ten block area being rebuilt in a major Canadian
  city that will include ice rinks, recreation,
  multi-family housing, commercial space, etc.
• Large complex in major Canadian City that
  includes 4 ice rinks, curling facility, swimming
  pools, gymnasia, multi-family housing, commercial
  space
• Two combined recreation complex / school
  facilities in the United States
• Recreation / commercial complexes integrated with
  housing development in major Canadian City
• There is tremendous opportunity to work with
  developers and municipalities on integrated
  recreation / commercial / housing developments,
  with significant opportunities to reduce energy
  consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and
  operating costs

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Integrated Refrigeration Projects by Others

• Numerous ice rink projects have included partial
  or complete heat recovery from the refrigeration
  system. None use the earth as a storage medium
  for recovered heat
• To our knowledge, no other systems are integrated
  with other neighboring buildings to this extent

Gimle School in Halden Municipality, Norway, is
only other integrated system using geothermal
loop as alternative heat source for refrigeration
plant. The system rejects heat to the atmosphere
when it cant be used in the adjacent school
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Innovations in the Lakefield Project

• Earth loop is designed and used for large scale
  thermal energy storage
• System can be expanded to accommodate future
  growth of the community
• Buildings up to 1,350 m from refrigeration plant
  will be connected to common earth loop to enable
  waste heat recovery
• Up to 1,900 homes, as much as 1,500 m from
  refrigeration plant will potentially be connected
  to earth integrated system
• System is designed for phased construction over
  10-15 years
• Residential heat pumps proposed for system are
  designed to take direct advantage of hot or cold
  loop temperatures and heat or cool directly
  without activating compressor (passive heating
  cooling)

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Annual Energy Balance Oval, Rinks Schools
Heating (kWh) Cooling (kWh)
0 Homes (space cond.) --- ---
0 Homes (DHW) --- ---
High School 350,000 240,000
Elementary School 300,000 180,000
Oval --- 3,500,000
Twin Rinks 320,000 3,400,000
Total 970,000 7,320,000
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Annual Energy Balance 600 Homes Integrated
Heating (kWh) Cooling (kWh)
600 Homes (space cond.) 7,740,000 3,790,000
Homes (DHW) 2,620,000
High School 350,000 240,000
Elementary School 300,000 180,000
Oval 3,500,000
Twin Rinks 320,000 3,400,000
Total 11,430,000 11,110,000
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Annual Energy Balance 1,900 Home Development
Heating (kWh) Cooling (kWh)
1,900 Homes (space cond.) 24,500,000 12,000,000
Homes (DHW) 8,300,000
High School 350,000 240,000
Elementary School 300,000 180,000
Oval 3,500,000
Twin Rinks 320,000 3,400,000
Total 33,770,000 19,320,000
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GHG Reductions

• Greenhouse gas reduction calculations assume
  natural gas would be primary choice in buildings
  if integrated system were not installed
• Electric consumption based on mix of electrical
  generation in Ontario (1 kWh produces 0.26 kg CO2)

Estimated CO2 emissions reduced by 11,000 tonnes
annually
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Benefits to Stakeholders

• Long term low energy costs for all stakeholders
• Homeowner annual savings 1,520,000 (800 /
  home)
• Schools annual saving 100,000
• Oval building 16,000
• Lower refrigeration cost
• Total Community 1,636,000
• Revenue source for loop owner (OSSO)
• Significant GHG reductions 11,000 tonnes
  annually
• Hydro One Significant reduction in peak
  electrical demand, consumption demand shifting