Main Library Steam Reduction Project
This project was to reduce the need for burning coal to fulfill the campus steam energy demand, by reducing the steam load at the Main Library. The Library’s annual utility expense is almost $1.3 million with steam accounting for $775,000 of it. Much of the steam distribution equipment is original and in need of replacement.
This project was initiated after the F&S Retrocommissioning (RCx) team completed RCx. The RCx report includes a nice summary of the Main Library’s systems: