The Ontario Construction Report – November 2009 – PAGE OCR 5
Enbridge introduces drain water heat
recovery program for home builders
STAFF WRITER – The Ontario
Construction Report Special Feature
Enbridge Gas Distribution has an-
nounced that it is offering a new en-
ergy saving Drain Water Heat
Recovery Program that will help
home builders make new homes more
energy efficient.
The Power-Pipe
®
units, developed
and manufactured by RenewABIL-
ITY Energy Inc. of Waterloo, Ontario,
make it possible to recover the waste
“Offering innovative energy effi- home buyers more energy efficient
heat from the outgoing drain water
ciency solutions is one way Enbridge homes and home buyers can feel good
and reuse it by heating the incoming
brings added value to our partners in about reducing their energy costs and
cold fresh water - they are available
the builder community,” said Arunas helping the environment.”
in 48” and 60” lengths. The Power-
Pleckaitis, Vice President, Enbridge Through Enbridge Gas Distribu-
Pipe
®
is a heat exchanger that has
Gas Distribution. “This program is a tion’s Drain Water Heat Recovery
several sets of copper coils tightly
win-win – builders can offer their Program, 860 Power-Pipe
®
units are
wrapped around a copper drain pipe.
available for free to new home
Here’s how it works:
builders until December 31, 2009,
As warm to hot water flows down
with a limit of one free unit per ad-
the drain it heats the Power-Pipe
®
be-
dress.
fore leaving the house.
Home builders can participate in
At the same time, cold fresh water
Enbridge’s new Drain Water Heat Re-
coming into the house passes up
covery Program, which is recognized
through the Power-Pipe’s outer coils
by the ENERGY STAR
®
for New
and is heated.
Homes Program, by contacting their
The result is that a water heater
rental water heater representative.
does not have to work as hard, so en-
Between 1995 and 2008, Enbridge
ergy costs go down. The 60” unit, for
Gas Distribution’s energy efficiency
example, will help reduce water heat-
programs reduced natural gas use by
ing costs by up to 35% according to
4.4 billion cubic metres and carbon
Natural Resources Canada.
dioxide emissions by 8.3 million
Drain water never mixes with the
tonnes. That is equivalent to provid-
fresh water – it is only the heat that is
ing natural gas service to about 1.4
transferred.
million homes for one year or remov-
Incorporating this technology into
ing 1.8 million cars from the road for
new homes will help reduce the en-
a year.
ergy required to heat water, which re-
Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. has
sults in ongoing savings on water
a 160-year history and is Canada’s
heating costs and reduced greenhouse
largest natural gas distribution com-
gas emissions.
pany. Enbridge Gas Distribution is
owned by Enbridge Inc., a Canadian-
based leader in energy transportation
and distribution. Enbridge Gas Dis-
tribution and its affiliates distribute
natural gas to about 1.9 million cus-
tomers in Ontario, New York State,
New Brunswick and southwestern
Quebec. For more information go to
www.enbridgegas.com.
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