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[J.OT13]

ZIBI TO BECOME NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION’S FIRST CARBON-NEUTRAL COMMUNITY


Sustainability | October 6, 2020



ZIBI TO BECOME NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION’S FIRST CARBON-NEUTRAL COMMUNITY THANKS TO INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH HYDRO OTTAWA AND KRUGER PRODUCTS

The Zibi Community Utility positions the region as a leader in combating climate change

A new partnership between Zibi, Hydro Ottawa and Kruger Products will put the National Capital Region on the map as a leader in combating climate change through the substantial reduction of carbon emissions using district energy for heating and cooling in the Zibi community. Zibi is being developed by Dream Unlimited Corp (TSXRM), Dream Hard Asset Alternatives Trust (TSXRA.UN), and Theia Partners.

The Zibi Community Utility is a District Energy System relying on energy recovery from effluents from Kruger Products’ Gatineau Plant for heating, and the Ottawa River for cooling. The system, developed by Zibi, will provide zero carbon heating and cooling for all Zibi tenants and residents in the 34-acre waterfront city. Zibi residents and tenants will be able to take pride in living and working in one of Canada’s most sustainable communities, and realize energy savings by using a temperature controlling application on their mobile devices.

This innovative system – the first in North America to use post-industrial waste heat recovery in a master-planned community – will make Zibi the region’s first zero-carbon-emission community.

How the system works

When completed, all 4 million square feet of residential and commercial buildings at Zibi will be interconnected through a hydronic loop that will deliver heating and cooling energy. A first in North America, low-grade heat from effluents will be recovered from the end of the tissue-making process from the neighbouring Kruger Products’ Gatineau tissue plant and injected into the new central energy plant. In the summer, heat will be rejected through chillers into the Ottawa River to efficiently produce chilled water to cool the buildings.



When it first comes online in 2021, the Zibi Community Utility plant, located on the lower level of a residential building on the Gatineau side, will be accessible to residents and visitors to allow them see the operations and learn about the innovative technology.

Zibi, a model of innovation

In addition to introducing district energy, a creative partnership with telecom company Beanfield will use the energy system pipe corridors to lay infrastructure for their fibre-optic network and offer 1Gbps symmetrical upload and download speeds delivered over a dedicated fibre connection. Through this partnership, reliable and affordable Internet, Phone, and TV services will be provided to all Zibi residents and businesses, as well as free wifi in public spaces, making Zibi one of Canada’s most technologically advanced communities.

A partnership that works for all

The Zibi, Hydro Ottawa and Kruger Products partnership is a first in the region, creating a model for zero-carbon district energy, and helping both the City of Ottawa and la Ville de Gatineau meet their climate goals.

Through this partnership, Hydro Ottawa provides more than 100 years of trusted utility experience and will work to integrate innovative clean energy solutions into the Zibi project in support of the group’s One Planet Action Plan, which focuses on zero-carbon and zero-waste development, among other sustainable benefits.

https://www.zibi.ca/zibi-to-become-natio...XuW4IXBffear83ZFlALsMszLIfioNXAiEeQ_sXi0

This is great, but what happens if and when the Kruger plant closes?

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

This is great, but what happens if and when the Kruger plant closes?

I was hoping to see that plant go within my lifetime but it looks like it's here for the foreseeable future

[zzptichka]

BTW, they started digging the "landing zone" for the zip line on the Quebec side. Can be seen from Portage bridge. And the "launch tower" near Chaudiere bridge is now about 10 metre high.

[J.OT13]

Pole in the middle of a bike path. Apparently a pre-existing pole. Should be removed in December.


https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/it-s-not-great...wYLkIIFZNw_QxYL2TtYnencybpNwf_H9AMnDT2TQ

Funny how this is acceptable on a bike path, but we would never see anything like this on the road... well... in Canada.

https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/19/asia/gallery/china-nail-houses/index.html

[zzptichka]

This pole problem is overblown.
The bigger issue no one talking about is the fact that this cycle track dumps you on a narrow causeway with heavy truck traffic with no plans to address it in the near future.

[OTownandDown]

Originally Posted by zzptichka

This pole problem is overblown.
The bigger issue no one talking about is the fact that this cycle track dumps you on a narrow causeway with heavy truck traffic with no plans to address it in the near future.

I've been waiting patiently for the bike route to be finished from one side of the bridge to the other (I call it a bridge, but you know, across the site from province to province). There was a dangerous south-bound pinch point at the south end of the actual bridge all summer, and what's with the bike path ending at the traffic lights instead of carrying across the bridges?

If I can cross from province to province on a bike path, that's a short-term win! lol

[Marshsparrow]

Is it yet possible to walk from one side to the other safely?

[Catenary]

Originally Posted by zzptichka

This pole problem is overblown.
The bigger issue no one talking about is the fact that this cycle track dumps you on a narrow causeway with heavy truck traffic with no plans to address it in the near future.

Yeah I don't see the issue with the pole. They explained why it's still there (electrical work before they can remove the old streetlights) which is perfectly reasonable. It's annoying that there will be an asphalt patch on a new track, but that's a tradeoff.

I'm more surprised they opened the cycle track at all, with something like this I would expect them to keep it barricaded off until the pole is removed.

[Multi-modal]

Originally Posted by Catenary

Yeah I don't see the issue with the pole. They explained why it's still there (electrical work before they can remove the old streetlights) which is perfectly reasonable. It's annoying that there will be an asphalt patch on a new track, but that's a tradeoff.

I'm more surprised they opened the cycle track at all, with something like this I would expect them to keep it barricaded off until the pole is removed.

I'm pretty sure there is a barricade, people just go around it because they feel safer biking on an unfinished cycle track than on the road.

[Catenary]

Originally Posted by Multi-modal

I'm pretty sure there is a barricade, people just go around it because they feel safer biking on an unfinished cycle track than on the road.

So the complaints are that there is an obstruction on a piece of infrastructure that isn't open yet?

I was pretty disappointed that the cycling advocates made such a big deal out of this. I advocate for proper separated cycling facilities, but stuff like this wastes a lot of capital and goodwill.

[skisail_ott]

Originally Posted by zzptichka

Wonder how they plan to connect their heating plant to Kruger? Where will these pipes go? Underwater or where? I sure hope not above ground.

See the sketch on this page: https://www.zibi.ca/zcu/
It may not be 100% accurate, but the fact that it shows a jog between blocks 208 and 213 suggests to me that it's pretty close. That work was completed this summer.
Note that the pipes to and from Kruger enter block 10 from the north side of the building. I think it's a safe bet that the loop will be buried under Jos. Montferrand, as it already is under Booth Street on Chaudiere Island.

[Harley613]

Today:
[IMG]DJI_0247-Pano by harley613, on Flickr[/IMG]
Full Size:
[IMG]DJI_0247-Pano by harley613, on Flickr[/IMG]

[J.OT13]

New rendering of the Zibi Federal office building on Booth.


https://twitter.com/zibiCanada/status/1330913009720549378

[Davis137]

For the first time in a long time, I drove across Chaudiere the other day, and I must say that it has changed A LOT in a short amount of time. I can only imagine what the real estate and rentals will cost for properties on these little islands...beyond the reach of the common man I am sure...

[skisail_ott]

Originally Posted by Davis137

I can only imagine what the real estate and rentals will cost for properties on these little islands...beyond the reach of the common man I am sure...

No need to imagine. Prices are easily available online. Per square foot, they are in line with prices for similar new construction elsewhere in Ottawa.

[LeadingEdgeBoomer]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Thanks for the response. I'm also fine with these changes. Governments over the years have had a bad habit of honouring the same people over and over again (the Wrights and Eddys in Gatineau, John A. and Cartier in Ottawa, for example).

The Wrights were known for their ridiculously high rents, which stymied the growth of Hull, thus giving Bytown the advantage, and Eddy was a miser who underpaid his employees and put their lives in danger. Yes, they did make major contributions to the region in many ways and we should continue to preserve their memory, but I'm glad we're toning it down by recognizing the labourers who did most of the work.

I wonder what Col By of Bytown was like as a person? Much of the labour he used to build the canal was Irish. The Corktown bridge was named in honour of them.

[DEWLine]

I wonder if that federal building's going to see the tenant numbers originally planned.

[Kelnoz]

Originally Posted by DEWLine

I wonder if that federal building's going to see the tenant numbers originally planned.

I haven't heard of any government agency going work from home full time, I think the situation is really overblown. Even if different departments start encouraging work from home everyone is still gonna get their desk they can work at when they do commute. I can tell you not many people are talking about not going to the office at all once everything comes back to normal...

[silvergate]

Originally Posted by Kelnoz

I haven't heard of any government agency going work from home full time, I think the situation is really overblown. Even if different departments start encouraging work from home everyone is still gonna get their desk they can work at when they do commute. I can tell you not many people are talking about not going to the office at all once everything comes back to normal...

There have been plans for a while now about reducing office space by potentially rotating desk users. Might see those accelerated

[Nowhere]

Originally Posted by Kelnoz

I haven't heard of any government agency going work from home full time, I think the situation is really overblown. Even if different departments start encouraging work from home everyone is still gonna get their desk they can work at when they do commute. I can tell you not many people are talking about not going to the office at all once everything comes back to normal...

Transport Canada is now work from home by default.

https://shippingmatters.ca/transport-can...from-home-policy-for-foreseeable-future/