Electrification & Energy Recovery in Student Residence: Commercial Kitchen Typology

When the University of Toronto committed to go all-electric for its new student residence building, one of the biggest challenges to hit Passive House certification would be integrating the full commercial kitchen required.

This Construction Tech presentation by David MacKeracher and Melissa Light of Toronto-based MCW Group of Companies reveals unique strategies incorporated in the mechanical systems design to recover thermal energy from the building’s waste-water and the kitchen’s exhaust air. View the presentation to learn about Passive House performance methods to implement in your next commercial kitchen project.