Enhancing Sustainability Performance in Aquatic Centres: A Life Cycle Approach

游泳是加拿大最受欢迎的锻炼和放松活动之一。加拿大大约有2700个公共游泳池，其中约35%是室内游泳池设施（isp）。互联网服务供应商需要大量的能源投入来保持良好的水和室内质量，因此对市政当局实现省和联邦温室气体减排目标构成了独特的挑战。该项目涉及学术界、工业界和市政当局之间的合作，以制定最佳管理实践，以最大限度地减少对环境的影响，降低总体运营成本，同时保持较高的水和空气质量标准。这需要发展水-健康-能源关系，以了解能源和资源投入、水和空气质量以及成本效益之间的相互依赖关系。该项目将分几个阶段完成，即：(1)监测和收集（isp）的水和空气质量相关数据；(2)利用基于逸度的综合计算流体动力学（CFD）模型建立预测模型，以了解水和空气质量参数的命运和传输；(3)通过不同背景设置下的连续监测，调查选定设施的能源和空气质量表现。(4)评估和优化水和空气质量、生命周期成本和ISP运营的环境影响，以评估使用WHEN达到净零状态（能源和碳排放）的可行性；(5)制定健康、经济上可行和可持续的池管理运营战略。这些目标将集成到“ePool”仪表板界面中，该界面将为操作人员实时监控池况。该工具将帮助ISP设施管理人员在良好的室内泳池环境（水和空气质量）和最佳运营策略（低经济和环境影响）之间进行权衡，以促进ISP的可持续运营。

Swimming is one of Canada's most popular activities for exercise and relaxation. Canada has around 2700 publicly owned pools, out of which > 35% are indoor swimming pool facilities (ISPs). ISPs require high energy inputs to maintain good water and indoor quality and thus pose a unique challenge for municipalities to meet provincial and federal greenhouse gas reduction targets. This project involves a partnership between academia, industry, and municipalities to develop best management practices to minimize environmental impacts and reduce overall operational costs while maintaining high water and air quality standards. This requires developing a water-health-energy nexus (WHEN) to understand the interdependencies between energy and resource inputs, water and air quality, and cost-effectiveness. The project will be completed in several phases, i.e., (1) monitor and collect data related to water and air quality in (ISPs), (2) Develop predictive models to understand the fate and transport of water and air quality parameters using integrated computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models with fugacity-based approaches, (3) Investigate the energy and air quality performance of the selected facilities through continuous monitoring under different background settings, (4) Assess and optimize water and air quality, life cycle costs, and environmental impacts of ISP operations to evaluate the feasibility of reaching net-zero status (energy and carbon emissions) using WHEN, and (5) Develop operational strategies for healthy, economically feasible, and sustainable pool management. These objectives will be integrated into an 'ePool' dashboard interface which will monitor pool conditions in real-time for operators. This tool will help ISP facility managers develop a trade-off between a good indoor pool environment (water and air quality) and optimal operational strategies (low economic and environmental impacts) to promote the sustainable operations of ISPs.