PHASE I

Construction of two new Central Plants. 

The Central Plants are expected to save the campuses over half a million kWh in energy consumption, reduce approximately 356 Metric tons of CO2 emissions and save an estimated $60,000 a year in operating and maintenance costs. Other benefits include: 

• Reduced operating and maintenance costs,
• Reduced peak electrical demand,
• Lower emissions – improved environmental impact,
• Maximized assignable space utilization for new buildings,
• Reduced electrical capacity requirement at each of the future building,
• Improved overall facility operational efficiency and quality of service,
• Provided a greater opportunity for control optimization including chiller load management and optimal sequencing to substantially reduce long-term energy costs.

L.A.C. Campus.
The new Central Plant at the L.A.C. campus was designed to have two 600 ton centrifugal chillers and 300 ton chiller with space for a future 600 ton chiller. The chillers were selected to achieve maximum efficiencies both at part load and full load conditions. The cooling towers were designed with consideration for residences on the east side of the building with an emphasis to limit noise due to their close proximity.  The Central Plant is designed to serve all of the existing buildings and approximately ten new buildings at the campus. The plant not only reduces the peak electrical demand at the campus but also offers lower emissions thus reducing the impact on the environment. 

P.C.C. Campus.
The new Central Plant at the P.C.C. campus was designed to have two 300 ton centrifugal chillers and one 300 ton multi-stack chiller.  Centralizing the chillers afforded the college, an opportunity to realize a 65% - 75% diversity factor at both campuses using a system based on variable primary flow to achieve maximum efficiency. The cooling towers were designed with consideration for residences on the north and south sides of the building with an emphasis to limit noise due to their close proximity.  The Central Plant is designed to serve most of the existing buildings and approximately three new buildings at the campus. The plant’s not only reduce the peak electrical demand at each campus but also offers lower emissions thus reducing the impact on the environment.