Energy & Utilities
Projects & Initiatives
- Collaborative Energy Procurement
The UMS Office of Strategic Procurement, worked with several campuses and locked fuel oil prices as a hedge against price volatility. Savings in excess of $230,000 were realized relative to the average spot market price that would have been paid for the associated quantities of fuel oil in the FY2012 heating season.
- UM Central Steam Plant: Boiler Replacement Project
A new 60,000 lb/hr boiler and flue gas economizer replaced the two oldest and least efficient boilers in the Central Steam Plant. Boiler 8 has dual fuel capability, is fired on natural gas with provision for renewable landfill gas.-
Expected annual heating fuels reduction of approximately 30,000 mmbtu (million BTU), which is equivalent to 216,000 gallons of #2 fuel oil per year, or the total energy consumption of approximately 230 New England households per year.
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Expected annual greenhouse gas emissions reduction of approximately 6,000 Metric Tons CO2e, the equivalent of taking in excess of 1100 passenger vehicles off the road.
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- President’s Climate Committment efforts to reduce UMaine’s carbon foot print
Year | Fuel Type | Metric Tons |
2005 | #6 Oil | 39,781 |
2009 | #6 Oil and Natural Gas | 30,006 |
2012 | 100% Natural Gas Conversion | 25,000 |
2015+ | Landfill Gas potential | 5,000 |
2040 | Presidents’ Climate Commitment | 0 |