Sustainability at Georgetown University

Sustainability at Georgetown University. Energy Efficiency at Georgetown. , Georgetown University's Heating and Cooling Plant provides efficient temperature control to 5.4 million square feet of buildings on the main campus. The plant uses centralized boilers and chillers to pipe steam and chilled water across campus to heat and cool buildings. This approach allows the university to achieve significant efficiencies through scale. Georgetown continually explores and pursues opportunities for further efficiency through centralized equipment upgrades., In one recent example, the University installed conductivity controllers, completing a boiler blowdown controls project that reduced emissions by 1136 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year and saved Georgetown over $187,000 dollars in energy costs each year., Through the energy-efficiency operations of the University's utility plant, Georgetown achieves significant energy conservation outcomes that contribute to our University-wide goal of reducing our carbon footbrint.