Centennial Campus Energy Projects
Additional energy infrastructure is vital to meeting the needs of a growing Centennial Campus. Through spring 2019, several energy grid enhancement projects are underway to create capacity for growth, unparalleled reliability and cost savings.
A planned utility outage in spring 2019 is necessary in order to complete this project. This one-day outage will be on Sunday, June 2. Steam and chilled water outage will begin at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 1, and electricity outage will begin at approximately 7:30 a.m. on June 2. All utilities are expected to be restored by 5:30 p.m. on June 2. Town Hall meetings are being held to gather information about the impact of the outage. The meetings are on Wednesday, March 13, 9 – 10 a.m. (Hunt Library – Duke Energy Hall B) and Thursday, March 14, 2 – 3 p.m. (Hunt Library – Duke Energy Hall C). The table below details which buildings will be impacted by the outage.
| Building | Impacted by campus steam outage? | Impacted by campus chilled water outage? | Impacted by campus electricity outage? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance 1 | No | No | Yes |
| Alliance Deck | No | No | Yes |
| BTEC - Golden Leaf Building | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Centennial Campus Utility Plant | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Centennial Campus West Deck | No | No | Yes |
| Center of Technology & Innovation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CTI Deck | No | No | Yes |
| Conference and Conventioin Center Parking Deck | No | No | Yes |
| Constructed Facilities Lab | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Engineering Building 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Engineering Building 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Engineering Building 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hunt Library | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hunt Library Parking Deck | No | No | Yes |
| Keystone Building | No | No | Yes |
| Landscape Construction Services Bldg | No | No | Yes |
| Lonnie Poole Golf Clubhouse | No | No | Yes |
| Lonnie Poole Golf Maintenance | No | No | Yes |
| Lonnie Poole Golf Pumphouse | No | No | Yes |
| Monteith Research Center | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Monteith Deck | No | No | Yes |
| Oval West Parking Deck | No | No | Yes |
| Park Alumni Center | No | No | Yes |
| Partners 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Partners 2 | No | No | Yes |
| Partners 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Partners Way Parking Deck | No | No | Yes |
| Poulton Building | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Poulton Deck | No | No | Yes |
| Research 1 | No | No | Yes |
| Research 2 | No | No | Yes |
| Research 3 | No | No | Yes |
| Research 4 | No | No | Yes |
| Re-use Water Pumphouse | No | No | Yes |
| State View Hotel | No | No | Yes |
| Streetlights (All) | No | No | Yes |
| Textiles | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Point - Chancellor's Residence | No | No | Yes |
| Toxicology Building | No | No | Yes |
| Toxicology Parking Deck | No | No | Yes |
| Wolf Ridge Residential | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Centennial Campus Magnet Middle | No | No | No |
| Friday Institute | No | No | No |
| 1801 Varsity Dr | No | No | No |
| 1801 Varsity Dr Parking Deck | No | No | No |
| The Greens Apartments | No | No | No |
| The North Shore Condominiums | No | No | No |
| Venture 1 | No | No | No |
| Venture 2 | No | No | No |
| Venture 3 | No | No | No |
| Venture 4 | No | No | No |
| Venture Place | No | No | No |
| Venture Deck | No | No | No |
| Wildlife Resources Center | No | No | No |
| WRC Parking Deck | No | No | No |
Enhancing The Grid
The energy upgrades on Centennial Campus will include efficiency-boosting technology that will reduce costs while also enhancing reliability and adding capacity.
| Upgrade | Benefits |
| Electrical Circuit and Transformer | This improves reliability by distributing energy on multiple circuits, providing redundant power and creating capacity for campus growth. |
| Cogeneration at Central Utility Plant | This enables energy generation on campus. By recovering waste heat and converting it to steam, efficiency increases by 40%. |
| Thermal Energy Storage Tank | This allows chilled water to be created when electricity is cheapest and stored for use when electricity is most expensive. |
| Thermal Distribution Upgrades | This connects additional campus buildings to steam and chilled water supplied by the Central Utility Plant. This creates long-term savings and efficiency. |
