Speakers:
Shana Weber, Associate Vice President for Campus Sustainability, University of Michigan
Kevin Morgan, Manager, Energy Management Program, University of Michigan
Description: To meet the University of Michigan’s carbon neutrality goal, the university is planning
extensive geo-exchange heating and cooling systems, deploying 25 MW of on-site solar, and will
participate in the construction of a new local off-site solar installation as part of a PPA. These actions will
result in the University sourcing all electricity from renewable sources. It also has established maximum
carbon-based standards for all new construction and major renovation projects costing more than $10
million. The decarbonization of all university campuses will be guided by a utility master plan. This
presentation will provide an overview of the planning underway for the Ann Arbor Campuses and
provide conceptual details for using utility scaled geo-exchange fields.
All new building and renovation projects are designed to be compatible with renewable energy-driven
heating and cooling systems. Current projects include 99 bores (700 ft. deep) for a geo-exchange
system at the Leinweber Computer Science and Information Building, 85 bores for the dining hall of the
Central Campus Residential Development, and 8 additional bores for the Ginsberg Center building on
Central Campus.
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