Go to the interactive story “Toronto is home to the world’s largest lake-powered cooling system. ”

Visual explainer series of deep lake water cooling project in Toronto, a sustainable cooling process that taps into the coldness of Lake Ontario to provide air conditioning. The series is part of the Washington Post Climate Solution stories. The graphic accompanies a 2021 story written by Tik Root ” Toronto is home to the world’s largest lake-powered cooling system. Here’s how it works.”

I created five sketch ideas to put the process in the context of a storytelling experience. I then tightened up these sketches with digital tools, mainly using Photoshop® along with Sidecar® for iPad for the illustrations.The final renderings were built on the base Illustrator drawings, with added drawing touches to bring some hand-drawn quality and sketch quality. I wanted these often sterile-looking building blocks to also have an illustrative warmth. Below are some snapshots of the process.

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