Case Study
Dual Boiler Installation Atop A Highrise Urban Building
BOILER CASE STUDY Equity Office San Jose, California New Boiler System CUSTOMER APPLICATION AND KEY CHALLENGES Equity Office owns and manages a port- folio of more than 59 million square feet of office space, with a high percent- age of signature properties in leading gateway markets throughout the United States. Many of their properties contain boilers under 5 and 10 million BTUs. These relatively small commercial use boilers were previously not regulated by the air district, but with the new and tougher air quality control standards smaller boiler systems must now meet certain levels of emissions as well as operating and maintenance standards. R.F. MacDonald Co. was approached by Equity Office regarding several specific building systems that did not meet the BAAQMD requir