Photo courtesy of Biomant Energie
Recently installed architectural lighting has helped put a spotlight on an industrial building in Montreal.
The lighting was designed by Concept Illumination and the installation was completed by Valeco Energie Québec Inc., a renewable energy development company found on the edge of Frédérick-Back park in Montreal. Valeco Energie Québec Inc. acts as the operators of the Biomont Energy cogeneration plant in the Saint-Michel environmental complex, which recovers biogas from the former landfill site and transforms it into green energy. The designers of the lighting
The area has recently seen significant aesthetic investment from the City of Montreal in hopes of making it more appealing to residents. As a result of the City?s rejuvenation efforts, Biomont was approached with an architectural façade lighting design. The design proposal featured lighting from above of the building?s vertical blue channels with white light. This was partnered with a wash of blue light for the north-face (park-side) of the facility?s flare. Photo courtesy of Biomant Energie
?The park used to be a quarry,? said Clément Rocher, operations manager with Valeco Energie. ?When it stopped functioning as a quarry, it was used as a landfill.?
The site was converted in the ’90s by the City of Montreal. This included all domestic waste being buried and sealed, having wells installed to gather the biogas released from decomposition, and slowly modifying the area in...