District
Cooling Plant
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
Date: 1999
Cost: $2,200,000
Area: 2,600 GSF
The project consisted of a new single-story building for a new District
Cooling Plant, with an initial 1,500 ton plant size, with provisions
to expand plant to 7,000 tons. SBEC’s design incorporated a 1,500
ton centrifugal chiller (R-134a), stainless steel cross-flow cooling
tower, below-grade condenser water sump, vertical-turbine condenser
pump with soft-start, variable speed cooling tower fan control, variable
speed chilled water distribution pump, primary/secondary piping arrangement,
emergency building purge exhaust fan, refrigerant sensor/alarm, 24” chilled
water mains serving district distribution, campus building automation
system control, condenser water treatment system and a centrifugal
solids separator system installed in condenser water sump.
