Oceanis International was pleased to contribute to the World Geothermal Congress 2026 in Calgary, Canada, where the global geothermal community came together to share knowledge, project experience and technical insight across the future of geothermal energy.
Representing Oceanis, Ken Shular presented on geothermal surface infrastructure for aquatic facilities, drawing on Oceanis’ work connected to the City of Regina’s new Indoor Aquatic Facility.
The project reflects an important direction for aquatic facility design: integrating geothermal energy with complex aquatic heat demands to support more efficient, resilient and future-ready community infrastructure.
Geothermal Insight for Aquatic Facilities
The paper focused on the City of Regina’s new Indoor Aquatic Facility, where geothermal energy is being considered to support the high and consistent heating demands of a major aquatic and recreation facility in a challenging Canadian climate.
For aquatic centres, geothermal presents a practical opportunity to reduce reliance on conventional heating systems, improve year-round energy performance and support long-term infrastructure planning.
The conference also reinforced the value of integrated thinking across geothermal sources, surface infrastructure and facility heat demands, particularly for projects where reliable thermal performance is critical.
City of Regina Indoor Aquatic Facility
Oceanis is pleased to be working alongside Rockwater and MacPherson Engineering on this significant community infrastructure project for the City of Regina.
For Oceanis, the project highlights the importance of bringing aquatic design knowledge into broader geothermal and mechanical system planning. Aquatic facilities have distinctive operational requirements, including continuous heating demand, water quality considerations, air handling needs and long-term maintainability.
By contributing this work to World Geothermal Congress 2026, the team was able to share practical insight from the aquatic facility sector with the wider geothermal community.
Geothermal Heating Capability
Oceanis has long-standing experience supporting geothermal heating solutions for aquatic centres and other water-based facilities. This includes specialist input into aquatic heat demands, surface infrastructure coordination and practical system integration for pool and recreation environments.
As councils, facility operators and project teams look for ways to reduce emissions, improve energy performance and plan more resilient public infrastructure, geothermal heating remains an important opportunity where site conditions and facility requirements are well aligned.
Oceanis supports clients and design teams in assessing geothermal heating opportunities for aquatic facilities at a safe, practical and project-appropriate level.
Contact Oceanis International to discuss geothermal heating opportunities for aquatic centres and specialist water-based facilities.