Name: 蘇格蘭一傢俱樂部如何將人體熱量轉化為能源 (How a Scottish club turned body heat into energy)
Uploaded: 2025-10-09T18:41:30.000Z
Duration: 10 min 48 s

What if you could help the planet by sweating on the dance floor?

如果你能在舞池裡搖擺時，同時幫助地球，那會怎麼樣呢？

If we take the big venue, galvanizers, for example, you have 1200 people dancing and you're capturing the heat from those people dancing.

如果我們以這個大型場地，galvanizers，為例，有 1200 位舞客在跳舞，而我們能收集到他們跳舞產生的熱能。

You can heat about 70 houses with that heat.

你可以用這些熱能為大約 70 戶房屋供暖。

It's a solution born out of a collaboration between two business leaders in Scotland which mixes geothermal energy with a natural heat source.

這是一個源自蘇格蘭兩位企業領袖合作的解決方案，結合了地熱能和天然熱源。

Clubbers felt very kind of relatable, you know, and I love that.

舞客們覺得很有共鳴，你知道嗎，我超喜歡這點。

It's like you are actually participating in this.

感覺就像你真的有參與其中一樣。

It's not like this sustainability system that these smart people at some energy company have kind of come up with.

這不像某些能源公司裡的聰明人想出來的那種可持續性系統。

It's like, come here and dance, do what you do every Friday, Saturday night, and

就像是，來這裡跳舞，做你每個週五、週六晚上會做的事，然後

The first time I met Andrew was in late 2019.

我第一次見到 Andrew 是在 2019 年底。

I had been introduced by someone who I knew through a mutual friend.

我是透過一位我認識的共同朋友介紹認識的。

He is such a great ideas guy and he has a really strong ambition for SWG3 to get to net zero by 2025.

他是個很棒的點子王，而且他非常有企圖心，希望 SWG3 在 2025 年達成淨零排放。

So I got introduced to David, not really knowing where that conversation was going to lead.

所以我就被介紹給 David，我其實不知道那段對話會導向哪裡。

We chatted for 20 minutes about this wonderful space.

我們聊了 20 分鐘，聊到這個很棒的空間。

She's obviously got a love for music and I do remember very vividly.

她顯然很熱愛音樂，我記得非常清楚。

And he kind of got stopped in his tracks and just started to think through it occurred to me that all this heat that people are generating when they're dancing is a source of renewable energy.

他好像突然停下來，開始思考，我突然想到，舞客們跳舞時產生的所有熱能，其實都是再生能源的來源。

We can capture this, we can store it in the ground and we can use it again for heating the next day or the next week or the next month or even later.

我們可以收集這些熱能，將它儲存在地下，然後在隔天、下週、下個月，甚至更久之後再拿來供暖。

Literally during that conversation, the concept for Body Heat kind of emerged.

就在那次對話中，Body Heat 這個概念就這樣誕生了。

We both got really excited about this concept and he said, how do we make this happen?

我們倆都對這個想法感到非常興奮，他說：「我們要怎麼實現它？」

The Body Heat system is a heating and cooling system that captures heat from a venue.

Body Heat 系統是一個供暖和製冷系統，它能收集場地的熱能。

Here, SWG3 cools down the space, keeps everyone the right temperature by taking that body heat out through some heat pumps in a plant room and then into an array of boreholes, charging up those boreholes as a big thermal battery in the ground.

在這裡，SWG3 透過機房裡的一些熱泵，將熱能導向鑽孔，將這些鑽孔充滿電，就像地下的巨大熱能電池一樣，藉此為空間降溫，讓大家保持在舒適的溫度。

And then during the week, during the day, when the venue needs heating, we pull the heat back out through the heat pumps and back into the venue.

然後在接下來的一週、白天，當場地需要供暖時，我們再透過熱泵將熱能抽出來，送回場地。

A lot of businesses perhaps are very focused on their profit margins.

很多企業或許非常專注於他們的利潤率。

Andrew's business is independent and therefore able to have a really strong social and environmental focus.

Andrew 的公司是獨立的，是以能夠有非常強的社會和環境重點。

And I never started Town Rock Energy with the view of, right, we have to make lots of money, we have to make lots of profit.

我創立 Town Rock Energy 時，從來沒有想著「好，我們要賺很多錢，要賺很多利潤」。

It's really about we want to find great solutions to the energy transition.

這其實是關於我們要為能源轉型找到很棒的解決方案。

When I found out that there was an owner of a very cool, very famous venue that I had been to many times who wanted to get to net zero carbon emissions by 2025 and this is so ahead of the curve, I knew that I was going to get along with him.

當我得知一個我常去的、非常酷且非常知名的場地（venue）的業主，希望在 2025 年達成淨零排放（net zero carbon emissions），而且這比大家超前很多，我就知道我們會很合得來。

We're obviously in very different fields.

Our kind of ambitions are actually quite aligned.

I certainly felt a responsibility, you know, I think we all did going back to Covid and just seeing the world just fall away.

我當然覺得有責任，你知道，我想我們在新冠疫情期間都這麼覺得，看到世界就這樣崩壞。

And it was a bit of a reminder that we live at such a fast pace, kind of forget where our priorities are.

這也提醒了我們，我們生活步調太快，常常忘記了我們的優先事項是什麼。

So I'm a dad, so I've got kids obviously and you know, I'm just thinking about what music venues are going to look like for them in 10, 20 years time.

所以我是個爸爸，我有小孩，你知道，我只是在想，10 年、20 年後，音樂表演場所對他們來說會是什麼樣子。

So for me it's really important that this place and others are around for people to enjoy that side of life.

所以對我來說，這個地方和其他地方能讓大家享受生活的那一面，一直都在，這真的很重要。

It was quite a big commercial commitment.

It was definitely the right move at the right time.

這絕對是正確時間點做出的正確決定。

Total range of anything from 40, 50 person kind of intimate gigs in the poetry club through to 2000 cap clubs and in the yard we do 4000 capacity outdoor shows in the summer which is a kind of real focal point of the music program.

活動類型非常多元，從詩歌俱樂部裡 40、50 人的小型演出，到能容納 2000 人的俱樂部，還有夏天在戶外場地舉辦能容納 4000 人的大型表演，這也是音樂節目的一大重點。

So yeah, total range of events that we do here.

所以，我們在這裡舉辦的活動種類真的很多元。

These events as well as hiring out the venue are the main sources of revenue for SWG3.

這些活動以及場地租借，是 SWG3 的主要收入來源。

But a project this size can be difficult to self fund so the club also secured outside investment.

不過這麼大規模的計畫，要靠自己籌措資金有點難，所以俱樂部也爭取到了外部的投資。

We were going through a large capital investment at that time anyway which totalled about 5 million.

當時我們本來就在進行一項大型的資本投資，總金額大約是 500 萬。

So we were raising a lot of money and the total capital outlay was about 600,000 give or take 10 around the project.

所以我們籌集了很多資金，而這個計畫的總資本支出大約是 60 萬左右。

We scaled up the team at the time so we also acquired some innovation funding to support that growth which meant we were in a two month period, we hired seven new staff and we suddenly had capacity.

那時候我們擴編了團隊，也獲得了一些創新基金來支持這個成長，這意味著在兩個月內，我們聘請了七位新員工，而且我們的負荷能力也跟著提升了。

A concert attended by 1200 people produces 800 kilowatt hours of heat in the 6000 square foot space.

一場有 1200 人參加的演唱會，能在 6000 平方英尺的空間裡產生 800 千瓦小時的熱能。

Figuring out how to reutilize that however, wasn't an easy venture.

然而，要找出如何再利用這些熱能，並不是一件容易的事。

Despite Town Rock Energy's experience in the industry.

儘管 Town Rock Energy 在業界經驗豐富。

This building is 13,000 square foot and next door is 10,11,000 square feet.

這棟建築有 13,000 平方英尺，隔壁是 10,000 到 11,000 平方英尺。

So huge area, huge demand for heating, cooling, especially during the night when the events are on.

所以空間很大，供暖和製冷需求也很高，尤其是在晚上活動進行時。

So Friday night's going to be very busy in here in about three, four hours.

所以週五晚上，大約三、四小時後這裡會非常熱鬧。

But you'll feel the temperature rise very quickly so that cooling load will come in.

但你會感覺到溫度很快就升高，所以製冷負荷就會進來。

One of the challenges, you know, one of the big cost items here is that it's an old building that has been retrofit.

其中一個挑戰，你知道的，這裡的一大筆開銷是這棟老建築經過了翻新。

Then you're putting new plumbing in through very old walls, New electrical through very old walls.

然後你得在新牆壁裡鋪設新的水管，在新牆壁裡鋪設新的電線。

So we put the plant room in a shipping container outside the building.

所以我們把機房放在建築外面的一個貨櫃裡。

We were installing it just as we were getting back trading.

我們是在開始恢復交易時才安裝的。

So we were obviously very reluctant not to shut down again.

所以我們當然很不願意再次關閉。

So our business was just slightly on its knees.

所以我們的生意可說是岌岌可危。

With cultural programming shut down across the country, the sector saw revenue plummet.

隨著全國的文化節目都關閉了，這個產業的收入銳減。

This also impacted energy bill projections for SWG3.

這也影響了 SWG3 的能源帳單預測。

Concrete data on savings will be available next year.

節省的具體數據要到明年才能得知。

But for now, the club says it is meeting its renewable targets and is on track for its 20, 25 net zero goals.

但目前，這間俱樂部表示他們正達成再生能源目標，並有望實現 2025 年的淨零排放目標。

We could have constructed it quickly, but we actually decided that we could not disrupt the space.

我們本來可以快速建造好，但我們其實決定不能破壞這個空間。

So the business stayed open as usual the entire time.

所以這段期間生意還是一如往常地在營業。

And then plumbers, electricians, drillers were coming in in the hours around that.

然後水電工、電工、鑽孔師傅們都會在那段時間進來。

So that it didn't affect the business at all.

There's been many challenges with the body heat design.

這個人體熱能的設計遇到很多挑戰。

So you know, it's been designed, it's been redesigned, it's been costed.

所以你知道，它被設計過、被重新設計過、也被估算過成本。

We've all gone, oh no, we can't do that, we've gone reback in.

我們都說，噢不，我們不能這樣做，我們得退回去重想。

I mean, I didn't know anything about geothermal engineering before meeting David.

我意思是，在認識 David 之前，我對地熱工程一竅不通。

I really admire Andrew's culture that he's built.

我真的很佩服 Andrew 所建立的文化。

It feels like he's both in charge and leading his organization, but

感覺他既是領導者，也是組織的掌舵者，

also close friends with a lot of the people he works with.

同時也跟許多共事的夥伴們是好朋友。

And that just creates a really motivating culture.

這真的造就了一種很激勵人心的文化。

Tanrok energy has worked on similar projects using a mix of geothermal energy and existent heating and cooling solutions.

Tanrok energy 曾運用地熱能和現有的供暖和製冷系統的組合，來執行類似的專案。

For example, in Inverness, the company developed a system to produce warm water from sediments next to the river ness in order to heat a 150 room hotel.

舉例來說，在 Inverness，該公司開發了一套系統，從 Ness 河旁的沉積物產生溫水，用來為一家有 150 間客房的飯店供暖。

Another venture involved Lenchester Wines where the teams worked on two large mine water heat pumps, recovering warm water from a flooded coal mine.

另一個專案是 Lenchester Wines，團隊在那裡操作了兩臺大型礦水熱泵，從淹水的煤礦中回收溫水。

To adjust temperatures in the warehouses.

The hardest part to navigate is the very start.

這就是我們想提供協助的地方。

You know, we want to sit down and look at the geology, look at the building, look at the plans for the building and just say, look, these are the options and make that really, really low entry cost to give those answers.

我們希望能坐下來，一起檢視地質、檢視建築物、檢視建築物的規劃，然後說，看，這些是你的選項，並讓這個入門成本變得非常、非常低，來提供這些答案。

So what does the finished product look like?

那最後完成的產品看起來是什麼樣子呢？

We got a tour Here we have several cassette units in the ceiling and they are providing warm or cold air into the venue.

我們參觀了一下，這裡天花板有幾個嵌入式冷暖氣機，它們會將暖氣或冷氣送到場地。

Just by cooling down the air in the venue.

The heat then goes through these pipes which carries a refrigerant loop back to the plant room.

熱氣接著會通過這些管路，將冷媒迴路送回機房。

Down this side, they are providing heating and cooling to the venue via these pipes.

在這一側，它們透過這些管路為場地提供供暖和製冷。

And then via this pipe, it's sending the heat or pulling the heat from the boreholes in the community garden.

然後透過這根管子，它將熱氣送出或從社區花園的鑽孔中抽取熱氣。

The main pipes from the plant room come underneath here and then connect into the manifold which is just up here.

機房的主管路從下方過來，然後連接到這裡的集管。

So they're taking all the flow to and from the plant room and then inside this manhole chamber, it's splitting across all 12 boreholes and we can see the temperature of each borehole.

所以它們負責將所有管路從機房來回輸送，然後在這個人孔室內，再分配到所有 12 個鑽孔，我們可以查看每個鑽孔的溫度。

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