The province has issued a request for proposals to convert five buildings to heating systems that use local wood products. One of the buildings on the list is St. Martha’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish.
Also on the list include three other hospitals; Roseway in Shelburne, Digby General and Soldiers Memorial in Middleton as well as the NSCC’s Kingstec Campus in Kentville.
Biomass being used at Nova Scotia Agricultural College, 2012.
The deadline for submissions is June 24th. This is the first major project under the government’s wood initiative announced in July, 2025.
Public Works Minister Fred Tilley says a number of provincial buildings have made the switch to wood.
As for the timing of the conversion of these properties to wood heat, Tilley says that will become clearer after the RFP deadline closes in June.
To learn more about how one of these heating seasons work, follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baLaDzXNXlI