Central Plant Controls Upgrade 

• This project will upgrade and replace antiquated control system devices and software and will provide valuable system feedback to the operators. Additionally, this would add monitoring of critical equipment, utilities, and process for energy optimization. This project will ultimately provide reliability and safety for the central plant operation, increasing overall plant efficiency. 

Central Plant – Multiple VFD Projects 

• This project would retrofit 15 pumps/fans of different size with VFD's at the Central Plant. The project will improve energy efficiency and operations for the central plant. 

LED Phase 2 

• This project will focus on retrofitting older lighting technology with energy efficient LED lighting technology within 5 campus buildings. 

"Save by the Meter" Program/Initiative 

• This program will place several electric smart-meters and several sub-metering systems across strategic campus locations/buildings. With these meters in place, energy baselines can be established, monitored, managed and efficiency can be optimized for greater energy savings, long-term. Network communications, dashboards, and integration to a centralized system for the meters are included.  

Campus Tunnels Steam Insulation 

• This energy efficiency project will focus on insulating steam and condensate piping lines throughout the 5 major campus underground tunnels.

Automated Boiler Blowdown 

• This energy efficiency project will focus on automating the boiler blowdown process at the Central Plant. This project will reduce the energy required to heat the system, reduce make-up water consumption and reduce overall boiler maintenance. Additionally, this will improve the safety and reliability of the process by eliminating manual intervention.  

Exhaust Fan VFD Retrofit

• This energy efficiency project will focus on adding VFDs into current building exhaust fans connected to Fume Hoods that are running at a constant speed.  By incorporating a VFD into the system, the exhaust fans can reduce their speed to match the air flow coming from the fume hoods rather than continuing to run at a constant speed.  This will reduce energy usage by reducing the amount of time the Exhaust Fans are running at higher speeds.

Replacing Chilled Water Valves

• This energy efficiency project will focus on replacing chilled water valves that are allowing excess chilled water to enter the cooling coils of a buildings chilled water system.  By replacing them with Belimo Energy Valves, sensors will reduce the amount of chilled water entering the cooling cools making them more efficient.  This reduces the amount of energy required to re-chill water in the campus chilled water loop.

Airflow Optimization for Lab Spaces

• This energy efficiency project will focus on changing certain lab spaces setpoints for "Air Changes per Hour" in the buildings control system.  These changes would be applied based on specific lab spaces and the time of day to reduce the amount of time the space has to continue cooling outside air.  Energy will be saved by reducing the amount of time outside air needs to be cooled when entering a building.

Occupancy Sensors for Fume Hoods

• This energy efficiency project will focus on adding occupancy sensors to fume hoods.  This sensor will reduce the speed at which the fume hood is removing air from the building to a standard setpoint in case it is left at a higher setpoint after experiments are completed.  Energy will be saved by reducing the amount of air conditioned air that is removed from the building from these higher setpoints.

Split Systems in Server Rooms

• This energy efficiency project will focus on adding in a system that will turn off certain air handlers and their exhaust fans connected to server rooms during non peak hours of the day.  During these non peak hours the server room will be reliant on the building's server room air conditioning without the air handlers.  Energy will be saved by turning off the air handlers during these off peak hours.