Solutions
District Energy
Our scale allows us to commercially integrate new low carbon technologies to offer unique and reliable solutions to a variety of partners.
Overview
How it Works
A district energy system connects multiple buildings with differing energy profiles to a central energy source.
Providing heating and cooling from a central plant usually requires less fuel and displaces the need to install separate space heating and cooling and hot water systems in each building. The district energy system does the work.
Celebrating 20 Years of Deep Lake Water Cooling
Two decades ago, we embarked on a groundbreaking journey in partnership with the City of Toronto to harness the natural cooling power of Lake Ontario. In 2024, we proudly celebrated the 20th anniversary of our Deep Lake Water Cooling system, alongside its expansion with a fourth intake pipe in Lake Ontario – both being a testament to our commitment to sustainability and innovation.
Deep Lake Water Cooling provides numerous benefits to the City of Toronto and our community. Powered by possibility, we saw what could be... and made it what is.
Our Solutions
Commercial
Developers
Municipalities
Healthcare
Educational Campuses
Residential
Commercial
We serve an extensive portfolio of commercial buildings in Canada. With our large-scale solutions, we can help building owners deliver tenant environments that are more reliable, sustainable and meet LEED objectives. We focus on lowering the total cost of ownership and capital investments required for a building's energy systems.
Developers
Our district energy solutions can support developers in bringing differentiated energy and sustainability solutions to market.
We bring a holistic approach to energy planning, helping developers select proven technologies that best meet their project's specific needs. Our extensive history of working with developers means we know the importance of effectively managing project budgets and timelines. The depth and breadth of our experience brings peace of mind to our customers.
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Municipalities
Most municipalities today have goals for sustainability and resilience, and district energy systems can help to achieve those goals. Many of the world's leading cities are incorporating district energy into their master planning today. We have extensive experience in partnering with municipalities to work towards achieving their carbon reduction and resiliency objectives. In addition, a well-structured municipal strategy for energy and sustainability can support long-term development investments.
City of Toronto partnership
healthcare
For our hospital customers, reliability is of the utmost importance. Our systems are designed with redundancy and fuel-switching capabilities to meet the energy reliability requirements for both patient care and medical research. In our role as owners and operators of district energy systems, we support the ongoing infrastructure expansion needs of medical institutions, including evaluating energy storage or microgrids.
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educational Campuses
Educational institutions have a core mission of educating students and supporting ongoing research. By investing in and operating a campus's district energy system, we can provide the capital needed to modernize district energy systems, which can support the infrastructure and sustainability needs of these institutions so that they can focus their resources on their core mission.
Residential
Our district energy solutions can support developers in bringing differentiated and sustainable energy solutions to market.
We bring a holistic approach to energy planning – helping developers select proven technologies that best meet the specific needs of their project. Our extensive history of working with developers means we know the importance of effectively managing project budgets and timelines. The depth and breadth of our experience brings peace of mind to our customers.
Mattamy Marhkam announcement
It makes sense
Enwave's industry leading Deep Lake Water Cooling System in Lake Ontario is the world's largest of its kind.
Deep below Lake Ontario's surface is one of the City of Toronto's most valuable sources of renewable energy.
Enwave's Deep Lake Water Cooling system harnesses the cold temperature at the bottom of Lake Ontario to cool hospitals, data centers, educational, government, commercial and residential buildings.
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