Equipped with a solid fuel (wood) boiler and two liquid or gas-fired boilers, our test platform can be used to compare and fine-tune combustion and emissions treatment systems for various types of fuel.

Our work mainly focuses on maintaining cogeneration facilities at their optimum performance level, for example through selecting the right filtration system for gas turbine combustion air or reducing heat exchanger fouling.

These types of energy consist of unused energy or energy products generated by the customer's process that are not usually recovered. Specific recovery methods have to be developed, such as dedicated thermodynamic cycles for unrenewable heat.

Unrenewable and waste energy are attractive substitutes for fossil fuels, allowing significant reductions in carbon dioxide emissions.

Biomass is one of Dalkia's main research avenues for industrial-scale solutions to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

Our research covers fuel quality, ash recovery and smoke treatment as part of our efforts to enhance the performance of wood-fired facilities. We are also looking at how biomass can be converted to gas or methane to produce electricity and are investigating diversification of supply sources.

In addition, we are investing in solar energy as part of a process to design end-to-end environmental engineering systems for buildings, encompassing heating, air conditioning and ventilation. This research contributes to a broader movement to identify and develop the technologies and materials for tomorrow's "green" buildings.

Chilling systems are the focus of a number of research projects, including lab testing of production optimization technologies, the feasibility of cold transport, and measurements and simulations to devise the most cost-effective solutions.

A promising technology for enhancing primary energy efficiency and thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions, fuel cells are the subject of a wide range of field tests that are coming on stream with minimal environmental impact.

In response to the challenge of identifying contaminants that may be present in HVAC networks and developing appropriate treatment solutions, we are developing decontamination expertise using cold plasma, filter system and risk prevention technologies.