Branford CT High School “Going Green” with a natural gas fired “tri-generation system”
Branford High Schools new $1 million, natural gas fired tri-generation system works by making electricity for the same cost as purchasing off the grid, but they will be taking the heat that is generated as well – about 1.3 million BTU’s at any moment. This will enable the school to make their own heat and hot water and, in the warmer months air conditioning making Branford High the first in the State to do so.
The new system UTC “Power PureComfort Tri-generator will generate about two thirds of the high school’s power during most of the year. Branford is buying the system with the aid of a $450,000 state grant from the Department of Public Utility Control and being paid for through a lease-purchase agreement.
Similar systems are currently in use at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in San Francisco and at Butler Hospital in Providence R.I. and in a A&P supermarket in Mount Kisco N.Y.
I have not been able to find a photo of a “tri-generation system” if anyone comes across one and would like to share it with me, I would appreciate it.
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