Feasibility Study Services

The Vendor is required to provide feasibility study services for include:
• Visit the site and perform technical surveys.
• Verify the needs of clients, occupants and users.
• Analyze the program and project requirements.
• Analyze the drawings and documents provided by the department.
• Carry out an analysis of the dairy complex to determine the existing ventilation.
• Identify the thermal requirements of the dairy complex (heating and air conditioning).
• Analyze livestock housing conditions in the dairy complex, including air change rates and animals’ sensitivity to heat stress
• Analyze local climate data
• Assess the passive geothermal potential of the site
• Identify site-specific environmental constraints (e.g. Floodplain)
• Conduct a geotechnical analysis of the soil and site conditions (type, thermal conductivity, depth, stability, presence of groundwater, etc.)
• Carry out a preliminary assessment and determination of the characteristics of the ground-coupled heat exchanger system (dimensions and length of buried ducts, optimal burial depths, ventilation airflows, temperature differentials, location of air intakes, compatibility with the existing ventilation system of the dairy complex, etc.).
• Prepare class d cost estimates for capital costs, including construction work, materials and equipment.
• Assess potential energy savings and reductions in emissions.
• Assess the financial viability of such a project (return on investment).
• Assess available funding programs that may be applicable to such a project.
• Applicable agricultural and environmental standards.
• Identify applicable legislation, regulations, codes and standards.
• Required approvals should the project proceed to construction.
• Conduct a health and technical risk analysis related to the installation of a ground coupled heat exchanger.
• Maintenance plan for a ground-coupled heat exchanger system.
• Propose different implementation scenarios and recommendations.
• Prepare a detailed report, including conclusions and recommendations for the next steps of the project (the report must include, but is not limited to: preliminary layout drawings of the ground-coupled heat exchanger, a single-line diagram of the ground coupled heat exchanger installation, preliminary installation details, calculations of energy savings and emission reductions, economic feasibility and profitability calculations, etc.).