How the University’s Green is Getting Greener
Stanford’s world-class golf course is making water management a priority, teeing up golf to be a sustainable sport.
The east Green Library energy system has been updated through the Return Temperature Optimization Program (RTOP). This historical building utilized old-fashioned, pneumatic-controlled heating and cooling valves, and these were replaced with sustainable, pressure-independent electric control valves. Pressure-dependent systems lead to both excessive and insufficient space conditioning, given that the incoming pressure varies. Using pressure-independent valves in this renovation saves energy and increases thermal efficiency for hot and chilled water distribution to and from the Central Energy Facility.
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