The existing chiller plant did not have the capacity for necessary expansions, requiring the construction of a new remote plant to serve the campus.
KFI provided mechanical, electrical, controls, and structural engineering, as well as commissioning services for the University of Notre Dame’s new East Chiller Plant. In addition to meeting the increased demand, constructing a new plant gave the University the benefit of having another chilled water source and an additional injection point to boost system pressure. The project also included utilities serving the new building and the extension of the east campus tunnel and chilled water mains.
The remote plant includes a 32,000-square-foot building, which houses two new 2,000‑ton electric drive chillers, pumps, cooling towers, 2.3 million gallons (16,000 ton‑hours, 8,000-ton peak discharge) of thermal storage with pumps and thermal storage isolation heat exchangers.
