The Services We Provide

The primary responsibility of the Utilities Plant Operations department is to provide principal utilities generation and distribution to all university buildings as well as to monitor all building systems.  Visit the following links to learn more about the specific services:

 

We generate the following services:
 
High Temp Hot Water is made in the Co-Gen Plant

 
We distribute the following services:
 

High Voltage Electrical: primary and secondary electrical distribution wiring, meters, and monitoring devices.
 

Water and Sewer:  12 miles of storm sewers; 25 miles of sanitary sewers; 41 miles of water mains, and fire protection systems
 
Compressed Air:  major research facilities on the Busch campus are supplied with compressed air from the central plant.
 
Central Heating:  five central heating plants and 11 miles of high temperature hot water distribution piping, some as large as 12 inches in diameter.
 
Central Cooling: district cooling systems including major centrifugal, absorption and reciprocal chillers, distribution piping and exchangers.

 
We monitor operations through:
 
Energy Management Systems buildings on all three New Brunswick campuses are equipped with limited energy management controls.
 
Requesting Mark Out Services
Utilities Plant Operations
Welcome to Utilities Plant Operations
Interruption Notifications
Emergencies
Information for the Lay-Person



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