Armstrong Contributes to Expansion of World-Renowned Deep Lake Water Cooling System
It was with a tremendous sense of pride that Armstrong recently attended the official commissioning of the fourth intake for the Deep Lake Water Cooling (DLWC) system, owned and operated by the Enwave Energy Corporation.
Armstrong has supplied equipment to this project since the very beginning and has been allowed to participate in expansion and retrofit installations several times.
When the system first opened in 2004, piping had been installed to reach 20 downtown buildings and was projected to grow. With the recent expansion, that number now exceeds 100, and it is estimated that the system will save 832 million litres of water annually — equivalent to nearly 350 Olympic-size swimming pools. In addition to water savings, the system reduces the energy used in all of the buildings it serves, enough to effectively reduce Greenhouse gas emissions by 33,000 tons.
“Instead of each building operating a separate chiller system, chilled water is brought from the lake and distributed to a network of buildings,” said Paul Scarafile, Commercial Director, Canada, Armstrong Fluid Technology.
“Armstrong supplied six 600hp Design Envelope pumps to the project.” Scarafile added. “We’ve worked closely with Enwave since the DLWC system was launched 20 years ago, and we're extremely proud to have contributed to this most recent expansion.”
The ceremony to celebrate the expansion was held August 29th with Toronto City officials, the Associate Ontario Minister of energy-intensive industries, and Armstrong representatives in attendance.
Congratulations to the Enwave Energy Corporation on the success of this latest expansion project.
