Like-for-like plant controls upgrades: When are they an advantage?

By District Energy posted 04-16-2019 17:34

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This article was featured in the 2019 Spring/Summer Issue of District Energy Magazine.

Plants weighing a simple version update versus new system have several factors to consider.

District energy plant owners face growing demands to modernize their plant controls and electrical systems. When deciding whether and how to modernize, owners will usually look at a simple “stay-the-course” upgrade to the existing system. The other option is to do a more exhaustive search of the technology and the benefits that new solutions can or cannot provide. In many cases owners can preserve some of their existing capital base and still upgrade a portion of the system with new control technologies.