ACCO

Many campus environments, both office and educational, were built with cost effectiveness rather than energy efficiency in mind. These properties often use low cost "packaged" air conditioning systems distributed throughout the buildings and rooftops, or may have small chillers and boilers located in each building.

As these systems age and need to be replaced, a better solution may be a Central Plant. Central Plants provide savings, both in terms of energy efficiency and maintenance costs, by utilizing the economy of scale. A large chiller is more efficient than a small one, as is a large pump, a large cooling tower and a large boiler. When a single centralized system replaces several small distributed systems, overall system efficiency is improved. When loads are combined into a central location that services them, the resulting equipment sizes are smaller than what would be required if the systems were distributed. This is because loads do not all peak at the same time. Distributed systems must all be designed for the individual peak loads. A combined central system is designed to handle only the "diversified" combination of the individual loads.

Along with your new Central Plant, ACCO can retrofit your airside systems to improve energy efficiency and comfort. From more efficient motors and variable speed drive systems, to enhanced heating and cooling coils, ACCO can help fine tune the performance of your air handling system to match your heating and cooling demands, and properly interface to your Central Plant system for optimum performance.

ACCO has designed and built many Central Plants, both as a mechanical subcontractor and as a prime contractor, design/build and plan/spec. Contact us now to find out how we can help you build your new Central Plant!