During the Fall of 2011, an exchange student visiting BCIT from University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria worked for a full term on BCIT’s Factor Four wood waste to energy project. The title of the student report was: “Biomass at British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) – Can wood waste be used to produce clean energy at BCIT?”
Austria is a leader in clean biomass to energy technology. The Factor Four team saw a great opportunity of tapping into the knowledge and network of our visiting student. The report compares regulation from Austria to regulation in Metro Vancouver and reviews / discusses technologies to reduce emissions (i.e.: Electrostatic precipitator, Fabric Filters, Cyclones and Multicyclones) to the levels prescribed by the above regulations.
This is another example of Factor Four as a living lab!
For more info, please contact Alexandre Hebert at: alexandre_hebert@bcit.ca
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