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.
