As the prime consultant, SBEC provided mechanical and electrical engineering for a new single-story building for new District Cooling Plant.
Specific scope of work included:
- Initial 1,500 ton plant size, with provisions to expand plant to 7,000 tons
- 1,500 ton centrifugal chiller (R-134a)
- Stainless steel cross-flow cooling tower
- Below-grade condenser water sump
- Vertical-turbine condenser pump with soft-start
- Variable speed cooling tower fan control
- Variable speed chilled water distribution pump
- Primary/secondary piping arrangement
- Emergency building purge exhaust fan
- Refrigerant sensor/alarm
- 24” chilled water mains serving district distribution
- Campus building automation system control
- Condenser water treatment system
- Centrifugal solids separator system installed in condenser water sump