2023 Environmental Stewardship Awards
These are awarded for superior performance in the operation/maintenance of the gas infrastructure leading towards a lower emission future.
Operating Practices
An award recognizing superior performance in the building, operating and/or maintenance of gaseous energy infrastructure including methodologies and techniques that can be shared industry-wide to help nationally in the preservation of Canada’s air, land and aquatic resources.
No nominations were received for 2023.
Innovation in Emissions Reductions
An award that would recognize superior performance in the reduction of overall emissions through increased efficiency in every-day downstream usage applications, the development and introduction of new innovative technologies for end-use, the role of gaseous energy in replacing other, higher emitting fuels in non-traditional areas and/or addressing fugitive or operationalized methane emissions both upstream and downstream of the traditional measurement meter.
Recipient:
Enbridge Gas Inc . – Steve Dinopoulos, Manager Construction, Design and Asset Management, Real Estate and Workplace Services
Installation of a Hydrogen Combined Heat and Power Facility in Markham
This Hydrogen Combined Heat and Power facility allows the burning of green hydrogen to provide heat and electricity to Enbridge’s Markham, ON, office and training center. The engine can run on various proportions of hydrogen and natural gas, up to 100% hydrogen.
The Combined Heat and Power facility allows Enbridge to showcase a future facing low carbon energy technology, while decreasing the carbon footprint of its facilities. The CHP unit is one of the first such installations in North America.
Notable nominee:
SaskEnergy – Tom Coleridge, Senior Engineer, Operations Planning and Nathan Bell, Engineer-in-Training, Operations Planning
Compression Monitoring Dashboard