In partnership with a team of engineers, Baker and Shanks designed and built their Water Energy Thermal System (WETS) to capture and reuse both water and heat generated through the distilling process. The system has been featured in a variety of publications, including Popular Mechanics.
A typical distillery, according to Shanks, uses millions of gallons of both hot and cold water, which in most cases is discharged into the sewer. But Marble’s WETS captures hot water from the distilling process and stores it for reuse; pumps and heat exchangers capture energy for reuse in the domestic hot water and for heating the building, leaving cold water behind for reuse in the distilling process. And when there is excessive heat, it is used for exterior snowmelt in the Colorado Rockies; likewise, additional cold water is used to condition interior spaces for the distillery as well as the guest suites for their onsite Inn.
