The All West Bio-Industrial Park (AWBIP) is an industry lead bio-industrial facility located at 6415 75 Street NW, Edmonton. The park provides space and resources for companies aimed at adding value to waste streams, with a special focus on residual biomass. The site is currently home to All West Demolition (AWD), a prominent Edmonton based demolition company. In order to maximize the value of their waste streams, generate additional revenue and minimize their impact on the environment, AWD is bringing together a consortium of technology providers, researchers and engineers. Working with the waste streams generated by AWD the core objectives for the facility include:
(1) the development of value added applications/products from waste streams through field trials leading to full commercialization,
(2) the acceleration of demonstration stage technologies and processes through field trial activities,
(3) access to essential engineering, software, and consulting resources for pre-commercial SME’s who have viable technologies/processes applicable to this sector, and
(4) working closely with research organizations and academic institutions to resolve industry challenges and train high quality personnel utilizing the Challenge Dialogue System® methodology.
This park is an integral part of the development of the bio-industrial sector in the Edmonton area and is leveraging the experience and expertise of industry stakeholders in a collaborative environment to expedite market entry for the park’s participants in their respective sectors. Technologies on the thermal treatment spectrum have been selected as feasible solutions for the thermal processing of residual wood biomass. The gasification and pyrolysis process are the heating of material in reduced oxygen environments resulting in liquid, gas, and solid by-products. The liquid and gas by-products will be utilized on site as an energy source for a variety of technologies, while the solid charcoal (biochar) will be a critical feedstock for down stream value-added products.
Research teams and companies with pre-commercial technologies or bio-products that compliment or can integrate with innovative waste management practices, thermal treatment processes, and/or the associated by-products from these activities are encouraged to contact the AWBIP.
Industry stakeholders, through the park’s advisory board, will dictate outcomes for this facility and will focus on the successful acceleration of the bio-industrial sector and the improved management of AWD’s waste streams.
The facility will allow AWD the opportunity to divert specific waste streams from landfills and towards the technologies/processes as a feedstock to create value-added products. The park provides opportunities for SME’s, research organization, academic institutions, and industry associations to bring high quality personnel into the facility to solve key industry challenges with the intent of employing these personnel both directly and indirectly. These outcomes are monitored by the advisory board, which is industry lead and formed by the founding members of the AWBIP; the intent of the ABWIP will be to attract and support commercially viable technologies/processes and/or products that have enticing market pull, while allowing each company to gain access to the necessary infrastructure and resources required for their work without limiting their ability to pursue their business development strategies.
