Utilities and Energy Monitoring

Utilities and Energy Management is responsible for managing and providing efficient and reliable utilities to the University. This includes the acquisition, generation, distribution and energy monitoring of utilities and infrastructure that provide the following services for our campus.

What We Do
Electricity

• Provide maintenance and operations to 3 substations (69kV to 12kV)
• Provide maintenance and operations to 60 breakers in all 3 substations
• Provide maintenance and operations to 5 12kV automatic switch gear
• Maintain 150 manholes, 95 underground 12kV switches, and all building transformer and high voltage switches
• Maintain miles of interconnected wire that supports the campus

Steam/Chilled Water

• Provide maintenance and operations to 3 heating and 4 cooling plants
• Provide maintenance and operations to 100 steam and 50 chilled water manholes and pits
• Provide high pressure steam to heat buildings and support research equipment
• Provide chilled water to cool buildings
• Heating plants can produce up to 410,000 pounds of steam an hour
• Cooling plants can produce up to 38,000 tons of cooling an hour
• Two 5,000 ton chillers at Cooling Plant 2 have the largest motors in the city of Lexington

Building Operation

• Provide routine and preventative maintenance practices daily
• Provide first response to buildings and customer emergencies
• Provide 24 hour/365 day coverage for assigned buildings and Auxiliary Services facilities on 3rd shift and alternate weekends
• Operate and maintain the facility management system (Delta Room) over 170,000 individual points
• Operate water quality team
• Operate building systems task force

Administration

• Utilities Contract
• Purchasing of Utilities
• Review Design of Utilities on Major Contraction
• Title V Air, Industrial Waste Water, and other permits requirements for Campus
• Energy conservation

Our Units

• Electricity
• Steam/Chilled Water
• Building Operation
• Administration