Plant Operations, Engineering and Utilities
Keeping people warm in the winter and cool in the summer, plus keeping the lights on and water flowing are just the simple ways to describe some of the responsibilities of Plant Operations, Engineering and Utilities. Put more technically, this division of Operations maintains the heating and cooling systems on the various campuses as well as all electrical and fire safety systems, conducts energy audits, tracks energy use and leads future planning and ongoing projects.
On the Manhattanville campus, the Central Energy Plant provides chilled water, high pressure steam and electric power across the Manhattanville campus. The plant, located below the Jerome L. Greene Science Center and Lenfest Center for the Arts, includes energy efficient dual-fuel boilers, chillers and piping distribution under city streets.
Plant Operations, Engineering and Utilities plays a large role in developing the University’s 20-year master plan. It is responsible for leading the planning process for numerous elements, including the following:
- Chilled water
- Steam
- Combined heat and power
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, a control system architecture that uses computers, networked data communications and graphical user interfaces for high-level process supervisory management
- High voltage network expansion
- Thermal storage
- Emergency power
- Building infrastructure consolidation
- Metering