(Jim Irving Speaks at a News Conference at Pulp and Paper Mill)
(Photo by Jim Hennessy)
J.D. Irving says since 2008 and up until next year, the company will spend $69 million dollars on energy efficiency projects.
Jim Irving says they are working on a project that could benefit their neighbours on the West Side as well.
It's a possible district heating operation where surplus heat from the mill will help keep it's tissue plant warm.
The pipe is already underground and could also provide surplus heat to Mooseheads Breweries and the T.S. Simms Brush Company as well.