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1 UMass Medical School Power Plant Expansion Presentation for the Northeast Clean Heat and Power Initiative March 24, 2015

2 John Baker Associate Vice Chancellor, Facilities Management Joseph Collins Chief Engineer Mark Armington Director Facilities Engineering and Construction Suzanne Wood Sustainability Director April 1, 2015

3 Agenda What is UMass Medical School? UMMS Power Plant History Goals of the expansion Plant Features April 1, 2015

4 UMass Medical School Worcester Campus - 60 acres - 3.5MSF of facilities Medical School - $1B Enterprise - 3,000 Full and Part Time Faculty - 1,000 students (Medical Education, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Grad School or Nursing) - Over $220M in annual research funding UMass Memorial Healthcare System - Full service healthcare system in central Mass - Lake Ave Campus has 400 Registered Beds, Lifeflight, 20 surgery suites, Emergency Department, Radiology, Oncology, Cardio Vascular, Ortho, etc. April 1, 2015 Presentation Title 4

5 The NCF Beginning Why Invest in New Facilities? Craig Mello 2006 Noble Prize how genes are controlled within living cells ribonucleic acid, or RNA new field of RNA interference, or RNAi. Governor Patrick s Life Sciences Bond Bill economic stimulus bill focused around the life sciences Enhance Bench to Bedside solutions UMMS receives Clinical Translational Science Award NIH Grant Grow Biomedical Research on the campus, provide updated flexible lab modules Provide state of the art facilities, coupled with exceptional science and collaboration to enhance researcher recruitment Respond to education needs, growth in the School of Medicine, Nursing and Biomedical Sciences Consolidate from Off Site Relocate science out of rented facilities Education at South St, Shrewsbury Shriver Program in Waltham Ma

6 Sherman Center Program ( ) $330M, 200KSF - Biomedical Research and Academic Support Building $40M 1700 Car Parking Garage $50M CHP Expansion $10M Utility Infrastructure Improvements, looped systems 6 Presentation Title April 1, 2015

7 The Albert Sherman Center Biomedical Research and Academic Support Building of 515,000 SF Nine Stories Home to 150 Wet and Dry Principle Investigators in Bioinformatics, Quantitative Health Sciences, Pathology, Microbiology, Cardio Vascular, and Diabetes. Inter Professional Center for Experiential Learning and Simulation simulation labs and standardized patient Construction Completed on 12/12/12

8 Schedule Craig Mello receives Nobel in Governor Patrick's $1B Life Science Bond Bill - $90M, nearly 10% to this project Summer 2008 campus and UMBA develop capital plan Fall 2008 project/program manager hired January Awarded architectural contract to ARC June 2009, Awarded construction contract, Berry - Suffolk Earth Day 2010, Break Ground Spring Topping Off Ceremony at Certificate of Occupancy Signed Jan- May Move in 700 employees

9 Power Plant Planning Vanderweil Engineers Campus Modeling, 2007 vanzelm/haywood CHP Plant study, 2006 Campus Master Plan Research Growth Student Growth Healthcare Delivery Improvements (single beds) and Growth (increased need as ED visits increased) 9 Presentation Title April 1, 2015

10 Power Plant Expansion Challenges Equipment Selection Budget Utility Energy Efficiency Rebates Alternative Portfolio Standard Impact NGrid Interconnection Agreement DEP Permitting Schedule 10 Presentation Title April 1, 2015

11 Project Management The Team UMass Building Authority Owner Project Manager PMA Consultants, Inc., Braintree, MA Engineer Waldron Engineering, Exeter, NH Construction Manager Skanska, Boston, MA Tools Laser Scanning 3D Modeling Full BIM360 Project Management Software Programming Assistance with Source One, Boston, MA 11 Presentation Title April 1, 2015

12 Plant History Original Plant Constructed in 1970 Served about 2msf of hospital and medical school Campus has an underground steam, chilled water and electricity distribution system. First CHP Expansion in 2000 Increased NIH Funding and Healthcare Delivery needs 1MS New Equipment: 5MW Topping Cycle Turbine (1100psi to 250psi) Two 1100psi, 115,000pph boilers 5,000 Ton Chiller, powered by 50psi steam Cooling Towers and Accessories

13 2010 Expansion Goals 1. Campus expansion, 1MSF a) Albert Sherman Center b) Hospital Bed Tower in planning c) Ambulatory Care Facilities 2. Energy and Economic Efficiencies 3. Reliability and Redundancy N+1 minimum a) Equipment b) Island Mode 4. Fuel Diversity Hour Utility Operations on Site 6. Efficiencies 7. Sustainability GHG Impact

14 Project Goals: Utility Load Increases Future Chilled Water Demand: 12,750 tons Future Electric: 12 MW Future Steam: 170,000 lb/hr (50 psig export)

15 Options Considered Condensing Steam Turbine Model With (1) Electric Drive, (1) Steam Drive Chiller [1A] With (2) Steam Drive Chillers [1B] Gas Turbine w/heat Recovery Model With (1) Electric, (1) Steam Drive Chiller [2A] With (2) Steam Drive Chillers [2B] Additional Considerations Natural Gas, Cooling Tower Capacity, Water Consumption, Electrical Distribution Impacts, etc.

16 New Equipment Installation Nominal 7.5 MW Combustion Turbine Natural Gas, No. 2 Fuel Oil Back-Up Nominal 60,000 lb/hr Heat Recovery Boiler Duct-Fired With Natural Gas SCR Type Emissions Control System 4,000-ton Electric Driven Chiller Supporting Equipment & Systems Operating Efficiency >66.3%

17 Annual Energy Cost Comparison of Energy Cost Purchased Elec Cost Fuel Cost 25 0 Condensing Turbine w/ Condensing Turbine w/ Taurus 70 w/ Hybrid Hybrid Chilling Steam Drive Chilling Chilling Taurus 70 w/ Steam Drive Chilling

18 Ton per Year CO2 120, ,000 35,991 Annual Carbon Dioxide Emissions (ton/yr) 18,653 7,124 7,699 Per EPA, lb CO2 per MWh of purchased electricity in New England region lb CO2 per MMBtu Natural Gas assumed in plant. 80, lb CO2 per MMBtu No. 6 Oil assumed in plant. 60,000 CO2 due to Purchased Elec CO2 due to Boiler Plant 40,000 80,497 97,863 87, ,811 20,000 0 Condensing Turbine w/ Hybrid Chilling Condensing Turbine w/ Steam Drive Chilling Taurus 70 w/ Hybrid Chilling Taurus 70 w/ Steam Drive Chilling

19 Prime Mover Integration Flow Diagram

20 Architectural View Building Expansion

21 Major Equipment General Arrangement

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26 Questions - Comments April 1, 2015 Presentation Title 26

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