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There’s a huge effort underway on the South Campus that has the potential to help UB take a big step forward in its goal to decarbonize the campus — and much of that work will take place in the tunnels and equipment spaces that house UB’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) infrastructure.
The groundwork for all this came in the form of a Clean Energy Master Plan for the South Campus that takes stock of how the campus uses energy (and from what sources), the infrastructure that’s used and how energy is consumed within buildings; identifies the challenges involved; and then proposes solutions that will enable UB to achieve its carbon-neutrality goals.
It’s all about decarbonization.
Funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) allowed UB to contract with architecture, engineering, energy efficiency and construction management firm Wendel Companies to develop the energy plan. Wendel worked with UB Facilities and UB Sustainability to conduct a detailed assessment of energy usage on the South Campus. That resulted in a massive amount of data aimed at understanding how every building on the South Campus is set up in terms of heating and cooling.
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