About the plants:
City and East Campuses are each served by a dedicated utility plant that produces steam and chilled water for campus heating and cooling needs. The total building area served by the utility plants is approximate 9.4 million gross square feet.
The combined heating and cooling capacity of both plants is sufficient to heat and cool approximately 5000 single family homes of 2000 sq ft area.
The simplified block diagram below shows the energy flows at the utility plants. Electricty is consumed in the production / distribution of chilled water and also distributed directly to campus buildings.
Natural gas or fuel oil is used to produce steam which is either used in the production of chilled water or distributed to campus buildings for heating.
Statistics
City Campus Utility Plant Capacities:
- 360,000 lbs of steam per hour
- 20,000 tons of air conditioning
- 636,000 Gallons of Fuel Oil Storage
East Campus Utility Plant Capacities:
- 220,000 lbs of steam per hour
- 7,000 tons of air conditioning
- 86,000 Gallons of Fuel Oil Storage
Utility Distribution Systems:
- 4.7 miles of tunnels
- 20.7 miles of chilled water piping
- 16.0 miles of steam piping
- 13.4 miles of electrical distribution system