Kerr Wood Leidal and DEC Design Mechanical Consultants received the Peak of Excellence Award 2010 for the Whistler Athletes’ Village District Energy-Sharing System at the APEGBC Sea to Sky Branch’s awards dinner on May 13, 2010. The Whistler DESS is unique in that it extracts low-temperature ambient heat from treated sewage effluent from the nearby Whistler wastewater treatment plant, making it flexible enough to provide both heating and cooling. To see a video on the system, click here and forward the clip to 9 min. 17 sec.