André-Olivier Piché

Pavement production is an industrial activity essential to today’s infrastructure, yet it requires a significant amount of energy. A number of energy efficiency solutions can optimize energy consumption and achieve significant savings while reducing greenhouse gas emissions from this process. … Read More

In May 2024, Groupe Galland and the City of Mont-Tremblant opened a transit line with compressed natural gas buses. In addition, the company has contracted renewable natural gas (RNG) to further reduce its fossil GHG emissions—a first in Quebec. In this … Read More

Introduction As residential, commercial and industrial sectors understand the essential nature of fresh air to the health and safety of the occupants in each of the buildings, technologies to recuperate energy from outgoing exhaust air for transfer to incoming cold … Read More

Paper manufacturing is an energy-intensive process, especially at the drying stage. But when used properly, a well-calibrated steam box can reduce the amount of energy needed to dry the paper and even speed up the process. In this article, you’ll learn how … Read More

In the institutional environment, as elsewhere, energy efficiency is an increasingly important strategy for reducing energy bills and the carbon footprint of buildings, while preserving the well-being of their occupants. Some organizations have understood this for a long time, like Montréal’s … Read More

The City of Montréal’s 2020–2030 Climate Plan has an ambitious target: to bring its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions down at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. To get there, the City is working on five areas, one of … Read More

Nova Steel Products specializes in the production of fasteners for Original Equipment Manufacturers in the construction equipment industry (buckets, shovels, loaders), as well as DELTABEAMs for the construction industry. As part of a major modernization project at its Saint-Hubert plant, … Read More

Ever heard of heat exchangers or heat recovery ventilators (HRVs) for livestock buildings? Still seldom used in Quebec, this innovative technology offers many economic and ecological benefits, in addition to promoting animal welfare and therefore productivity. In this article, we … Read More

Dual energy and the Demand Response (DR) Option are two particularly promising programs for businesses and property managers who want to optimize energy consumption and reduce their GHG emissions without influencing demand on the power system. In this article, we … Read More

Rotary kilns are sizeable pieces of equipment used in several industries for high-temperature heat treatments such as drying, gasification, heating, pyrolysis and calcination of granular materials. Rotary kilns use plenty of energy so they are particularly well suited to energy … Read More