University Ridge at East Stroudsburg University Matthew Carr

University Ridge at East Stroudsburg University

• Matthew Carr

• Spring 2007

• Mechanical Option

• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Freihaut

University Ridge at East Stroudsburg University

• Outline

• Project Team
• Building Information
• Existing Mechanical Conditions
• Redesign Goals
• Mechanical Redesign
• Redesign Analysis
• Photovoltaic Breadth
• Recommendations & Conclusions
• Acknowledgements
• Questions

• Building Name:

• University Ridge at East Stroudsburg

• Building Owner:

• University Properties Inc.

• Building Developer:

• Capstone Development Corp.

• Architect:

• Design Collective Inc.

• Engineers:

• Greenman-Pedersen Inc.

• Location:

• East Stroudsburg, PA on the East Stroudsburg University Campus

• Building Statistics:

• Student Residence – Apartments
• 541 Beds – 136 Units
• 3 stories plus an occupied walk in basement
• 140,000 square feet – 10 Buildings
• Development Cost: $27,200,000
• Construction Cost: $15,750,000
• Construction: August 2004 – August 2005

• Heating System:

• Hot water coil duct furnaces – Dedicated unit for each housing unit
• Hot water supplied by a dedicated residential hot water heater
• Electric unit heaters for unoccupied spaces.

• Combined Heat & Power Goals:

• Reduce emissions while increasing overall fuel usage for producing power
• Provide space heating using waste heat from power production
• Provide chilled water with absorption cooling which utilizes the waste heat from power production
• Reduce fossil fuel usage
• Determine feasibility of a payback period
• Decrease annual operating cost