| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 68.02 |
| Liaison | Maxine Dandois-Fafard |
| Submission Date | Nov. 10, 2023 |
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)
OP-6: Clean and Renewable Energy
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
| -- | 0.00 / 4.00 |
Maxine
Dandois-Fafard Sustainable Development Officer Scientific Direction |
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100% of our electricity comes from Hydro-Québec, a state monopoly. Hydro-Québec supplies renewable energy (mostly hydroelectricity (about 93 %) plus some wind and solar energy, see here https://www.hydroquebec.com/about/our-energy.html). We consider this type of energy to be clean and renewable, it emits very little GHG. We are, however, against the principle of having to pay to buy a certification attesting that this electricity is clean.
We have 52 geothermal wells and a 190-ton chiller at our Quebec city technological park building. It was designed to cover 100% of our air-conditioning requirements in the summer and about 75% of the building's annual heating requirements, but we do not know how much MMBTU it produces.
In our Bonaventure building, downtown Montreal, we use steam that comes from the "Energir Chaleur et Climatisation Urbaine" (ECCU), for which more than 35% is produced with renewable energy (in 2021). https://service.spg.qc.ca/servicesclic/data/documents/ASPE_presentation_Energir.pdf
Additionally, INRS has several systems to recover energy and heat to maximize energy efficiency, like reverse flow type recuperators and heat pumps.
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