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Session Abstract

The University of California Davis California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) has upgraded their aging steam boiler and chilled water systems with a new, state of the art central utility plant to align the CNPRC campus energy mix with the UC system’s Carbon Neutrality Initiative. 

The new central utility plant features a solar thermal collector field tied to a water source heat pump system as the primary means of heating the campus.  The output of the solar thermal heat pump system serves the campus buildings via a low temperature, 5th generation, hot water district energy system.  Excess solar thermal output during the peak radiation hours is stored in a hot water thermal energy storage tank for later use.

Presenters

Joseph Yonkoski, Associate Engineer, University of California Davis

Quindi Guiseppe, Associate Partner, Syska Hennessy