2018 Ontario Climate Symposium
Integrated Community Energy and Harvesting Systems
Back to the 2018 Ontario Climate Symposium Program
TRACK 1
Thursday, October 11, 2018
1:30 to 4:30 pm | Room 554
Presented by McMaster Institute for Energy Studies
Integrated Community Energy and Harvesting Systems (ICE-Harvest) is a cooperative research project that brings together industry and academia. It uses a systems approach to integrate thermal and electrical energy production, storage, redistribution and consumption that reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
The ICE-Harvest system goes beyond traditional combined heat and power systems at the community level. Not only does it provide heat as a by-product of natural gas power plants, but it goes beyond a traditional District Energy approach because it harvests excess heat from our community for redistribution when and where it is needed.
By employing a combination of demand management technologies – heat pumps and absorption chillers coupled with thermal and electrical storage – to manage and balance the shifting electrical and thermal energy needs of our communities.
ICE-Harvest Team Members
 Yasser Abdelsalam Post-Doctoral Fellow: Energy Storage |
 Prof. Jim Cotton Principal Investigator |
 Vickram Lakhian Post-Doctoral Fellow: System Design |
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 Saber Mohamed Post-Doctoral Fellow: Community Energy Demands |
 Shady El-Batawy Post-Doctoral Fellow: System Control |
 Ryan Rogers M.A.Sc Candidate: Energy Distribution |
About McMaster Institute for Energy Studies
McMaster Institute for Energy Studies (MIES) provides a forum for cooperation and engagement and acts as a point of contact at McMaster for energy-related opportunities.
MIES encourages and fosters interdisciplinary systems-level solutions to energy problems, while innovating new technologies and providing advice to governments and industry of our current and future energy systems.