Campuses are small cities. Universities often run central plants that send steam, heating water and chilled water through tunnels to dozens of buildings, and school districts replace HVAC systems during short summer breaks.
A campus is a small city: classrooms, labs, dorms, gyms and kitchens, often fed by one central plant. Work is scheduled around the academic calendar so students can keep learning.
Many campuses make chilled water, hot water or steam centrally and pipe it underground to buildings.
Teaching labs, residence halls, kitchens and athletic facilities each need different systems.
Major replacements are often squeezed into breaks when buildings are empty.
Rooms full of people need steady outdoor air and good filtration.
Boilers, chillers and cooling towers with steam, heating water and chilled water piping run through tunnels or buried.
Ventilation upgrades, rooftop units, unit ventilators and DOAS for classrooms.
Teaching labs with exhaust and lab plumbing, and residence halls with heat pumps or fan coils.
Campus-wide building automation systems tied back to a central operator.
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