The Farm heat recovery group consists of five enthusiastic members who are Steven, Amit, Josh, Stephenie, and Vivan. All team members are second year civil engineering students.
Here is a picture of three of us
Steven – Is split between environmental structural and geotechnical engineering and is looking for a way to combine aviation and civil engineering.
Amit – Is a second year Civil Eng and third year UBC student who is interested in hydrotechnical and transportation engineering. He likes playing all kinds of sports. He also participates in various clubs at UBC and helps organize various events.
Josh – plays guitar and likes metal, he is also a part of the concrete toboggan team
Stephenie – is a second year civil engineering student who is interested in specializing in hydrotechnical or environmental engineering. She enjoys swimming and skiing in her free time.
Vivian – is interested in environmental and transportation engineering. She likes travelling and playing tennis.
Our goal of this project is to discover how heat is being wasted at the UBC Farm kitchen and to design a system to recycle this heat to help the UBC Farm be more sustainable. This system is required to be a passive system as we don’t want to use up more energy to save the heat from the kitchen. We would also like to explore the possibility of adapting our design so it can be easily used elsewhere.
Located in midst the 90-year old coastal hemlock forest and known for its ‘outdoor classroom’ learning, UBC Farm hold land area of about 24 hectares this includes forming rich cultivation land, orchards and many other things. On top of the immense amount of farmland, the UBC Farm also has classroom, kitchen, office, workshop, greenhouse, storage, and processing areas. The farm also takes initiative to encourage other faculties to take part in the research which could help the farm and 6 of the faculties already have research projects related to UBC Farm. The Faculty of Applied Science has teamed up with the farm to produce a mechanism with which bio-fertilizer will be produced. The UBC Farm is an organization which promotes innovative sustainability learning within their teaching.
Primarily, UBC Farm will benefit upon the projects completion since it will be able to use less energy for heating. However, similar kitchens can also benefit by implementing a system based on this projects design. The design may also be adapted to be used outside of the kitchen, making heating systems more efficient. Finally on a broader scale, recycling heat will also decrease the amount of energy used, hence saving environmental resources.
