Full Schedule

7:00 AM - 7:50 AM EDT

Breakfast with Business Partner Exhibitors

7:00 AM - 7:50 AM EDT

Poster Presentations

7:00 AM - 6:30 PM EDT

Registration Open

7:15 AM - 7:45 AM EDT

Speaker & Moderator Orientation

8:00 AM - 8:20 AM EDT

Conference Opening

Plenary Session

8:20 AM - 9:15 AM EDT

Plenary Panel 1 - A Discussion Among Industry Leaders - Connecting Networks

Location: Ballroom, Westin Ottawa

Moderator: – International District Energy Association (IDEA)

Plenary Session

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM EDT

Plenary Panel 2 – Global Leaders – An International Perspective on Momentum in District Energy

Location: Ballroom, Westin Ottawa

10:15 AM - 10:55 AM EDT

Poster Presentations

10:15 AM - 10:55 AM EDT

Refreshment Break with Business Partner Exhibitors

11:00 AM - 12:25 PM EDT

1A - Why a P3 & Procurement Foundations

Location: Salon 205/207

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

1A 1 - Why P3? Understanding the rationale behind ESAP’s Delivery Model

Location: Salon 205/207

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

1A 2 - Pre-Procurement Foundations: Setting Clear Goals and Establishing the concept

Location: Salon 205/207

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

1A 3 - P3 Structure & Risk Management

Location: Salon 205/207

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

1A 4 - Procurement in Action: RFQ, RFP, Collaborative Commercial Meetings

Location: Salon 205/207

12:00 PM - 12:05 PM EDT

1A 5 - Procurement in Action: RFQ, RFP, Collaborative Commercial Meetings

Location: Salon 205/207

12:05 PM - 12:25 PM EDT

1A 6 - Session 1 Q&A

Location: Salon 205/207

11:00 AM - 12:25 PM EDT

1B - Sewer Heat in Action

Location: Salon 206/208

11:00 AM - 11:25 AM EDT

1B 1 - Engineering Big Impact in Small Spaces: Lonsdale Energy's Urban Heat Recovery Centre

Location: Salon 206/208

Co-Presenter: – Introba

Presenter: – Lonsdale Energy

Submitter: – Lonsdale Energy

Co-Presenter: – Introba

1B - Sewer Heat in Action

11:30 AM - 11:55 AM EDT

1B 2 - The City of Vancouver's Neighbourhood Energy Utility: How it started, where we are today, and where we are headed

Location: Salon 206/208

Presenter: – City of Vancouver

1B - Sewer Heat in Action

12:00 PM - 12:25 PM EDT

1B 3 - Maryland’s Approach to State-wide Renewal for Decarbonization: Modeling for insights to make informed decisions

Location: Salon 206/208

Presenter: – Salas O'Brien

Co-Presenter: – Salas O'Brien

1B - Sewer Heat in Action

11:00 AM - 12:25 PM EDT

1C - Rewiring the Plant: Practical Pathways to Low-Carbon District Energy

Location: Salon 213/215

11:00 AM - 11:25 AM EDT

1C 1 - Innovations and Lessons from Utah City’s Modular Central Utility Plant: Real-World Cost and Schedule Advantages

Location: Salon 213/215

Presenter: – UMC

Co-Presenter: – Corix

1C - Rewiring the Plant: Practical Pathways to Low-Carbon District Energy

11:30 AM - 11:55 AM EDT

1C 2 - Using Waste-to-Energy in Burnaby's Low Carbon DES

Location: Salon 213/215

Presenter: – FVB Energy Inc.

Co-Presenter: – City of Burnaby

1C - Rewiring the Plant: Practical Pathways to Low-Carbon District Energy

12:00 PM - 12:25 PM EDT

1C 3 - Reducing carbon emissions through chiller electrification, vent steam elimination, and gas turbine cogeneration

Location: Salon 213/215

Presenter: – RED-Rochester

Co-Presenter: – RED-Rochester

1C - Rewiring the Plant: Practical Pathways to Low-Carbon District Energy

11:00 AM - 12:25 PM EDT

1D - Integrating Systems at Scale

Location: Salon 214/216

11:00 AM - 11:25 AM EDT

1D 1 - Lessons Learned from a municipal perspective: How the Town of Whitby started down a district energy path and ended up with Canada's first Net Zero multi-sport complex instead (being confirmed).

Location: Salon 214/216

Presenter: – Rathco ENG Ltd.

Co-Presenter: – Town of Whitby

1D - Integrating Systems at Scale

11:30 AM - 11:55 AM EDT

1D 2 - Sector Coupling: Smart Electrification Through District Energy

Location: Salon 214/216

Presenter: – Corix

Co-Presenter: – BC Hydro

1D - Integrating Systems at Scale

12:00 PM - 12:25 PM EDT

1D 3 - Utah City: Breaking Ground on a Sustainable Future

Location: Salon 214/216

Presenter: – Corix

Co-Presenter: – Corix

1D - Integrating Systems at Scale

11:00 AM - 12:25 PM EDT

1E - System Development, Expansion, and Modernization

Location: Trillium Ballroom

11:00 AM - 11:25 AM EDT

1E 1 - From Legacy Equipment to District Integration: The Transformation of Houston Center

Location: Trillium Ballroom

Presenter: – CenTrio

Co-Presenter: – CenTrio

Submitter: – CenTrio

1E - System Development, Expansion, and Modernization

11:30 AM - 11:55 AM EDT

1E 2 - Executing the Next Chapter: SAWS District Cooling System Transformation

Location: Trillium Ballroom

Presenter: – Stanley Consultants, Inc.

Co-Presenter: – San Antonio Water System

1E - System Development, Expansion, and Modernization

12:00 PM - 12:25 PM EDT

1E 3 - One Team, One Mission: Lessons in Delivering a $500M+ Utility Infrastructure Program for a Major Healthcare Campus

Location: Trillium Ballroom

Presenter: – Burns & McDonnell

Co-Presenter: – Mayo Clinic

Co-Presenter: – Knutson Construction

1E - System Development, Expansion, and Modernization

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

IDEA Annual Awards Luncheon with special event – Signing Ceremony for a Global Memorandum of Understanding

Location: Ballroom, Westin Ottawa

2:00 PM - 2:40 PM EDT

Dessert and Coffee with Business Partner Exhibitors

2:00 PM - 2:40 PM EDT

DEWI Meet Up

2:00 PM - 2:40 PM EDT

Poster Presentations

2:45 PM - 3:40 PM EDT

2A - P3 Design, Construction, Commissioning

Location: Salon 205/207

2:45 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

2A 1 - Design Integration in a P3: Architecture, Innovation, and Public Experience

Location: Salon 205/207

3:10 PM - 3:20 PM EDT

2A 2 - Integrated Design, Construction Delivery & Commissioning Complexity

Location: Salon 205/207

3:20 PM - 3:25 PM EDT

2A 3 - Designing for the Long Term: Entering the Transition Phase

Location: Salon 205/207

3:25 PM - 3:40 PM EDT

2A 4 - Session 2 Q&A

Location: Salon 205/207

2:45 PM - 3:40 PM EDT

2B - Unlocking Energy Potential with Sewer Heat Recovery

Location: Salon 206/208

2:45 PM - 3:40 PM EDT

2B 1 - Unlocking Urban Energy: Sewer Heat Recovery for Surrey's District Energy Expansion

Location: Salon 206/208

Presenter: – Associated Engineering

Co-Presenter: – Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd

2B - Unlocking Energy Potential with Sewer Heat Recovery

2:45 PM - 3:40 PM EDT

2C - Rethinking Delivery: Financing and Business Models for District Energy

Location: Salon 213/215

2:45 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

2C 1 - Energy as a Service

Location: Salon 213/215

3:15 PM - 3:40 PM EDT

2C 2 - Driving Low‑Carbon Outcomes Through Sustainability‑Linked Finance

Location: Salon 213/215

Presenter: – Enwave Energy Corporation

2C - Rethinking Delivery: Financing and Business Models for District Energy

2:45 PM - 3:40 PM EDT

2D - Policy to Practice: How Codes and Municipal Decisions Shape District Energy

Location: Salon 214/216

2:45 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

2D 1 - The Coded Design: How Developing Building Codes May Drive System Design and Systems May Create New Building Designs

Location: Salon 214/216

Presenter: – Patterson-Kelley

Co-Presenter: – Carrier Corporation

2D - Policy to Practice: How Codes and Municipal Decisions Shape District Energy

3:15 PM - 3:40 PM EDT

2D 2 - Navigating District Energy Decarbonization Through Government Relations

Location: Salon 214/216

Presenter: – CenTrio

Co-Presenter: – CenTrio

2D - Policy to Practice: How Codes and Municipal Decisions Shape District Energy

2:45 PM - 3:40 PM EDT

2E - Heat Pumps at Scale: Technology and Deployment

Location: Trillium Ballroom

2:45 PM - 3:10 PM EDT

2E 1 - Future Ready High Capacity High Temperature Heat Pumps

Location: Trillium Ballroom

Presenter: – Johnson Controls

2E - Heat Pumps at Scale: Technology and Deployment

3:15 PM - 3:40 PM EDT

2E 2 - Harnessing the Air: World’s Largest Air-to-Water Heat Pump for District Heating in Helsinki Finland

Location: Trillium Ballroom

Presenter: – Everllence

Co-Presenter: – Everllence

2E - Heat Pumps at Scale: Technology and Deployment

3:45 PM - 4:25 PM EDT

Poster Presentations

3:45 PM - 4:25 PM EDT

Refreshment Break with Business Partner Exhibitors

4:30 PM - 5:25 PM EDT

3A - Transition, Operations and the Future

Location: Salon 205/207

4:30 PM - 4:50 PM EDT

3A 1 - Transition Phase: Operating Systems and Managing Customer Impacts

Location: Salon 205/207

4:50 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

3A 2 - Commissioning/Validation & What the Future Requires for Next-Generation DES P3s

Location: Salon 205/207

5:00 PM - 5:10 PM EDT

3A 3 - Closing - Looking Ahead: A Roadmap for Scalable Growth

Location: Salon 205/207

5:10 PM - 5:25 PM EDT

3A 4 - Session 3 Q&A

Location: Salon 205/207

4:30 PM - 5:25 PM EDT

3B - Finding the Heat: Mapping and Mobilizing Urban Waste Heat

Location: Salon 206/208

4:30 PM - 5:25 PM EDT

3C - District Energy at Scale

Location: Salon 213/215

4:30 PM - 5:25 PM EDT

3C 1 - District Energy at Scale

Location: Salon 213/215

4:30 PM - 5:25 PM EDT

3D - Planning and Modeling the Energy Transition

Location: Salon 214/216

4:30 PM - 4:55 PM EDT

3D 1 - Low-Carbon Energy for Beaver Barracks' Affordable Housing: A Decade of Impact

Location: Salon 214/216

Presenter: – Corix

3D - Planning and Modeling the Energy Transition

5:00 PM - 5:25 PM EDT

3D 2 - Bold Vision, Dynamic Planning, Balanced Energy: Rethinking Data Centres at Steelport

Location: Salon 214/216

Presenter: – Ecosystem Energy Services

Co-Presenter: – Slate Asset Management

Co-Presenter: – Hamilton Community Enterprises

Submitter: – Ecosystem Energy Services

3D - Planning and Modeling the Energy Transition

4:30 PM - 5:25 PM EDT

3E - Hybrid & Distributed Thermal Systems

Location: Trillium Ballroom

4:30 PM - 4:55 PM EDT

3E 1 - Supplying In-Suite Heat Pumps with District Energy: A Unique Approach

Location: Trillium Ballroom

Presenter: – Enwave Energy Corporation

3E - Hybrid & Distributed Thermal Systems

5:00 PM - 5:25 PM EDT

3E 2 - Extending Geothermal Performance with Hybrid Air-Source Integration in Land-Constrained Thermal Networks

Location: Trillium Ballroom

Presenter: – CHA Solutions

3E - Hybrid & Distributed Thermal Systems

5:30 PM - 6:15 PM EDT

YPG Happy Hour

5:30 PM - 6:45 PM EDT

Cocktail Reception with Business Partner Exhibitors

5:30 PM - 6:45 PM EDT

Poster Presentations