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The Department of National

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Defence and the Canadian Armed
Forces is researching "green heat" -

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a high-efficiency, low-emissions heating
that doesn't require a major

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retrofit to a building
and could save millions of dollars.

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We were looking for something
that is innovative,

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but we didn't have what we were
shopping for.

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You do a major upgrade to the building,
which is extremely costly,

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or you find a way to get that heat energy
and do it without emitting

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a lot of greenhouse gases.

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And that's what this test
pilot and challenge is all about.

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To deliver a low carbon energy system.

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The Innovation for Defence Excellence
and Security program, or IDEaS, is funding

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a Test Drive that will assess
the effectiveness and costs of operating

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a large scale, low-emissions
energy generation and storage system

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for heating an existing building
at Canadian Forces Base Kingston.

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The solution is to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions by 90%

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without doing invasive
works within the buildings.

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The equipment used is already proven,
so that minimizes risk.

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But it's the way that our
design partner FVB

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really came in with

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the concept,
to put all this different

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equipment together to make a system
that's innovative.

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This IDEaS Test Drive

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acquired an advanced prototype solution

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so that the Department of National Defence
and the Canadian Armed Forces

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can assess the readiness of the product
in the real world

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for a military audience.

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IDEaS does provide that opportunity,

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design the low carbon technology
solution, build it,

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and then operate and monitor
for the two-year period

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so we can tweak it, learn from it,

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and then be able to apply this
to other projects.

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This melting is due to heat loss between
the heating plant and the main building.

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This Test Drive will evaluate

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the integrated solution of geothermal
and heat pump technologies.

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If successful, this patch of grass
will be covered in snow within three

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seasons, demonstrating that lack of heat
loss and increased efficiency

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associated with the low-emissions
energy generation that we're going for.

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The results of this Test
Drive will help inform future decisions

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for the National Defence infrastructure

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portfolio and support the broader
Greening Government Strategy

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to reach net-zero emissions
from the Government of Canada by 2050.