Central Heating and Cooling Plant

Address: 3550 - 24 Avenue NW
Building abbreviation: HP
Building number: 9

The addition of a Cogeneration System – a natural gas-powered turbine – to the Central Heating and Cooling Plant provides a modern, greener technology to generate 75% of the yearly campus power requirements and to meet the entire heat demand for the university’s campus throughout the year using the system’s natural heat by-product.

Central Heating and Cooling Plant

What's inside?


Cogeneration facility


Building Construction

Completion Date

Original: April 1966
Expansion: December 1970
Modifications to chiller: December 1971
Second expansion: August 1973

Main Contractors

Original: Commonwealth Construction Co.
Expansion: Snyder & Boon Ltd.
Modifications to chiller: Lockerbie & Hole
Second expansion: Canadian Comstock International Ltd.

Lead Consultants

Architect

Original: Alberta Department of Public Works
Expansion: Eugene Bolstad Engineering Ltd.
Modifications to chiller: The University of Calgary
Second expansion: Eugene Bolstad Engineering Ltd.

Structural

Original: Alberta Department of Public Works
Expansion: Rekkin Illmayer & Co. Consulting Engineers
Modifications to chiller: Rekkin Illmayer & Co. Consulting Engineers
Second expansion: W.G. Hames Associates

Mechanical

Original: Cheriton Bolstad Engineering
Expansion: Eugene Bolstad Engineering Ltd.
Modifications to chiller: Eugene Bolstad Engineering Ltd.
Second expansion: Eugene Bolstad Engineering Ltd.

Electrical

Original: Cheriton Bolstad Engineering
Expansion: H.R. Barker & Assoc. Engineering
Modifications to chiller: H.R. Barker & Assoc. Engineering
Second expansion: The University of Calgary