Pinellas County Central Energy Plant - expected to save $1M in operating costs and more than $4M in equipment replacement cost avoidance
Pinellas County Central Energy Plant - expected to save $1M in operating costs and more than $4M in equipment replacement cost avoidance
2 PagesC ase S tudy November 2015 Challenge HVAC equipment in seven Pinellas County government buildings was ine cient and reaching the end of its useful life. The county wished to upgrade the systems to improve energy e ciency and reduce operational costs, without compromising service to its building occupants. With much of the obsolete equipment located in building basements, the county knew that replacing it would be a challenge. S olution Trane responded to the county’s request for proposal (RFP) with a creative solution to keep the 700,000 sq of government o ce space comfortable, using a downtown district cooling, central plant design rather than operating seven individual building systems. The Central Energy Plant (CEP) would include pre-insulated steel piping,
