Washington State University
To date, McKinstry has completed major chilled water, lighting, boiler, and other projects on Washington State University’s Pullman campus. Chilled water work has included the installation of 3,000 tons of chiller capacity in Clark Hall, removing inefficient steam absorption chillers, extending the CHW campus loop, and providing new efficient cooling towers at the Central CHW Plant. The McKinstry team completed a campus-wide lighting retrofit that renovated lighting systems in over 4,000,000 sq. ft. within offices, labs, classrooms, and Beasley Coliseum, the primary indoor athletic and events venue on campus. Other projects McKinstry has completed include:
- Creating innovative fan walls that replaced aging axial vane fan systems in Fulmer Hall, Wegner Hall and FSHN
- Replacing two aging and inefficient boilers, crop drying facilities, heat recovery improvements, and traffic light retrofits.
Future projects under review include motor and VFD upgrades, a new 9000 Ton CHW Plant, additional fan wall work, retro-commissioning, and controls.
Project Benefits:
WSU has realized a significant reduction in energy use while improving key aspects of their facilities. Specifically, the University has reduced their annual electricity use by approximately 10,000,000 kWh, and reaped significant steam savings due to the removal of the absorption chillers. As a result, WSU has captured approximately $3,000,000 in utility rebates through Avista, helping offset the cost of these projects. The projects have replaced aging and failing systems, reducing the maintenance requirements for WSU staff.
