SHARC Energy Supports King County and Seattle Pioneering Wastewater Energy Recovery - Seite 2

“Our new Sewer Heat Recovery program is a great opportunity for us to partner with King County commercial property owners,” Mark Isaacson, WTD Director, said in a Nov. 5^th statement. “This technology will lower a connected building’s carbon emissions, and help owners decrease their environmental footprint. Sewer heat recovery can also help owners and developers meet more stringent energy codes and give them a chance to leverage occupancy strategies that could attract tenants, buyers, and potential investors.” 

King County WTD is showcasing the ability to sell the wastewater flowing within their current sewer infrastructure through transfer fee agreements with the private sector. In Vancouver, the City of Vancouver Neighbourhood Energy Utility (“NEU”) is powered by a sewer heat recovery district energy system, utilizing two SHARC 880 systems for superior wastewater filtration, to sell 3 megawatts (MW) of heating and cooling to 5,750,000 square feet of residential, commercial and institutional floor area and has approval for a Federal and Provincial government subsidized 5-MW expansion to heat over 20,000,000 square feet of the city slated to begin in 2021. This expansion represents one of two sewer heat recovery district energy projects within the Greater Vancouver area being funded by the Federal and Provincial government.

King County is now at the forefront of wastewater heat recovery. They are now the first county or municipality in Washington State and the first in North America to establish a clear framework for private-sector partners to tap into the wastewater sewer system, a previously unutilized publicly-owned renewable energy resource.

The King County Strategic Plan has also set out an aggressive Healthy Environment plan to reduce countywide greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030. The proposed legislation also furthers its Strategic Climate Action Plan goal of reducing countywide sources of greenhouse gas emissions by supporting development of renewable energy resources.

About SHARC International Systems
SHARC International Systems Inc. is a world leader in thermal heat recovery. SHARC systems recycle thermal energy from wastewater, generating one of the most energy efficient and economical systems for heating, cooling & hot water preheating for commercial, residential and industrial buildings. SHARC is publicly traded in Canada (CSE: SHRC), the United States (OTCQB: INTWF) and Germany (Frankfurt: IWIA).