Commercial Projects

1005 Langley Street, Victoria, British Columbia

1005 Langley Street

1005 Langley Street is GeoTility's first heritage building retrofit featuring the Geo Mole 5.1. In this installation to a 100 year old building in down town Victoria, GeoTility was able to drill and install the ground heat exchanger within the foot print of the building with our custom hybrid drilling platform. It is estimated that there will be a savings of nearly $10,000.00 in operating costs the first year and an annual reduction of 26 tons of green house gas emissions.

Adams Road Elementary School, Surrey, BC

Adams Road Elementary School

This new School Disctrict #36 facility incorporates numerous sustainable strategies including geothermal heating and cooling, displaced wentilation, solar hot water heating measuement and verification and best practices commissioning low VOC materials. The Adams Road Elementary School is targeting LEED Gold certification.

BCIT Aviation Technology Campus, Richmond, BC

BCIT Aviation Technology Campus

The new BCIT Aviation Technology Campus is Canada's largest Aerospace Technology School. This world class facility consisting of over 285,000 sq/ft, including a 45,000 sq/ft hanger features geothermal heating and cooling and was constructed by Ledcor Construction Ltd. This facility has been built to a LEED Silver designation.

BCIT Gateway Project, Burnaby, BC

BCIT Gateway Project

The BCIT Gateway Project is a $39.1 million revitalization of the SW1 complex targeted to be registered as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold project. Some of the environmental features include: use of enhanced daylight capture technology, energy efficient heat pumps technology – geo-exchange system plus extensive heat recovery, energy efficient lighting and equipment, use of recycled material and use of a micro-electrical grid.

Carmel of St. Joseph Monastery, Armstrong, BC

Carmel of St. Joseph Monastery

The Carmel of St. Joseph Monastery is an 18,500 sq.ft. working monastery situated in the farming community of Armstrong, BC. Built entirely through the generous donations of private citizens, the building is a mix of both private and public space. The Monastery was designed and built to meet the needs of the Sisters daily lives from their sleeping quarters to their Chapel. Green technology has been used throughout the building, from energy efficient lighting to the use of geothermal heating and cooling. Landing Construction Ltd. has managed the construction.

Centre for Urban Waters, Tacoma, Washington

Centre for Urban Waters

The pride of GeoTility's Seattle operations, Tacoma's Centre for Urban Waters is a $37 million project that has attained a L.E.E.D. Platinum designation. This facility will house an environmental services and research lab, environmental compliance officers and the Puget Sound Partnership, a state agency charged with cleaning up the Puget Sound. GeoTility installed a high efficency geoexchange loop consisting of 84 boreholes to a depth of 282 feet.

Coastal Ford, Vancouver, BC

Coastal Ford

Coastal Ford takes the lead on sustainablility on the auto industry with this state-of-the-art facility is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified as a "green building" featuring a geothermal system installed by GeoTility.

Coldstream Elementary School, Vernon, BC

Coldstream Elementary School

This $13.4 million Vernon District school featuring geothermal technology has been designed to meet the LEED Gold standard for sustainability, innovation and design, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, water efficiency and indoor environment quality.

Crofton House School, Vancouver, BC

Crofton House School

Crofton House School located in the Kerrisdale area of Vancouver was built in 1898 and is one of the oldest private schools in Vancouver. The 64,300 sq/ft expansion was designed by Cornerstone Architecture and managed by Haebler Group. GeoTility was contracted to drill and install the ground heat exchangers as designed by Stantec Consulting.

Hesquiaht School, Vancouver Island, BC

Hesquiaht School

The Hesquiaht School is a First Nations community located in a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve. Multiple sustainable building practices were utilized, including a geothermal pond loop heat pump system designed and installed by GeoTility.

London-Steveston School, Richmond, BC

London-Steveston School

GeoTility was selected by Ridgeway Mechanical to drill and install 22,000 feet of a vertical borehole ground heat exchanger as well as install and commission heat pumps.

Mount Pleasant Community Centre, Vancouver, BC

Mount Pleasant Community Centre

The Mount Pleasant Community Centre is located in the Mount Pleasant district of Vancouver. GeoTility was selected to drill and install 25,000 feet of a vertical borehole ground heat exchanger for Vanbots Construction.

Rutland Elementary School, Kelowna, BC

Rutland Elementary School

Like most schools, Rutland Elementary has a playing field on the school grounds, which provided the perfect location to install a horizontal ground loop for their geothermal system. The 3100 m2 (33,500 ft2) school is heated and cooled by a 60 ton central heat pump / fan coil system. Rutland Elementary is the first school in the district to use a geothermal system, but with the substantial operating cost savings, the other schools will undoubtedly upgrade to geothermal systems in the future.

School District # 23, Okanagan, BC

School District # 23

GeoTility has completed geothermal installations to the Rutland Elementary, Dr. Knox Jr. High and Penticton High Schools. School District #23 has been a leader in reducing the operating costs of new schools while significantly reducing the ecological footprint of our educational institutions

South Surrey Recreation Centre, Surrey, BC

South Surrey Recreation Centre

GeoTility was selected to install the ground heat exchanger at the recreational facility. The South Surrey Recreation Centre was designed by Quadra Pacific Consultants .

Sparkling Hill Resort, Vernon, BC

Sparkling Hill Resort

Sparkling Hill Resort and Wellness Hotel is a European inspired 152 room hotel specializing in Whole Body Wellness. The resort is located in Vernon in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. Sparkling Hill Resort is the neighbor of Predator Ridge Golf Resort permitting guests to indulge in wellness, relaxation and championship golf during their stay. Sparkling Hill Resort will offer a full range of over 100 treatments; each specifically designed to refresh and rejuvenate the body. Some examples of traditional treatments that will be offered are hot stone massage, moor mud wraps, reflexology, aromatherapy and a complete aesthetics program.

Sunset Community Centre, Vancouver, BC

Sunset Community Centre

GeoTility has been selected by Habler Construction to drill and install 7,000 feet of a vertical borehole ground heat exchanger. This beautiful and functional building is an example of  the exceptional design capabilities of Bing Thom Architects. The Sunset Community Centre is located in South Vancouver.

Surrey School District Education and Conference Centre, Surrey, BC

Surrey School District Education and Conference Centre

The Surrey DECC continues to move forward, with phase 1 construction well underway. The $40 million LEED Gold project will consist of a four-storey, 125,000 sq. ft. building that will house administration, district education programs, and meeting spaces. Phase 2 will consist of the conference centre

Tekmar Building, Vernon, BC

Tekmar Building

Tekmar Control Systems Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of control equipment for hydronic heating systems. GeoTility installed one of the largest horizontal loops in Canada at their Research and Development facility in Vernon , BC. Tekmar chose GeoTility specifically for the energy efficiency and versatility of the geothermal systems we provide. The manufacturing, research, and office areas of the building are conditioned by a combination of hydronic heating and forced air heating and cooling.

The Terminus , Vancouver, BC

The Terminus

GeoTility selected by the Haebler Group to install 7200 feet of a vertical borehole ground heat exchanger for a mixed use residential/retail building. The Terminus building is located in the Gas Town District of Vancouver and is owned by The Salient Group..

Tsawwassen Golf Course Apartments, Delta, BC

Tsawwassen Golf Course Apartments

Some of the numerous sustainable features that will be incorporated into this development include:

  • Obtaining a minimum of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Certification for the golf course clubhouse and apartment buildings;
  • Using geothermal energy to heat and cool the buildings in the development, as well as to provide domestic hot water;
  • Reducing the amount of storm water leaving the site through the extensive use of retention ponds and bioswales;
  • Using recycled storm water to irrigate the grounds of the entire development; and
  • Designing the golf course in accordance with the principles of sustainable resource management as set out by the Audubon International Cooperative Sanctuary Program, which would include the placement of native vegetation throughout the golf course to provide a natural habitat for birds and wildlife.

UBC and Interior Health Clinical Academic Campus, Kelowna, BC

UBC and Interior Health Clinical Academic Campus

The new UBC and Interior Health Clinical Academic Campus is located on the grounds at KGH, and is a 34,000-square-foot stand-alone facility (including a multi-level parkade), which includes a 180-seat lecture theatre, and a library created for both hospital and academic use, plus videoconferencing suites and clinical skills and resource rooms for medical undergraduates and post-graduate residents. Up to 40 medical students are expected to begin using the campus immediately, including residents in family medicine and specialty training as well as postgraduate rural family medicine students.

Westjet Calgary Headquarters, Calgary, Alberta

Westjet Calgary Headquarters

The new Westjet Campus in Calgary, Alberta that opened in May of 2009 is a 321,000 sq/ft state of the art facility built to a LEED Gold Standard that is 35% more energy efficent than comparable market constrcution projects and houses up to 2,000 employees and trainees on any given day. In this project the ground heat exchanger (loops) were incorporated into the thermal mass of the piles.

Wildfire Coordination Centre, Kamloops, BC

Wildfire Coordination Centre

British Columbia's new state-of-the-art Provincial Wildfire Coordination Centre is a $4.5 million facility that has been constructed to meet at LEED Gold standard.


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Public buildings have a 50-70 year lifecycle making geothermal the obvious choice to maximize the return on investment potential.

  - Rick Nelson - General Manager