Documents
The University of Washington (UW) Energy Renewal Plan (ERP) provides a framework for a phased decarbonization of UW’s campus utility and energy infrastructure, with the goal of significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).
To fulfill the goals of UW’s Energy Strategy, the current campus heating system using fossil fuel-based combustion boilers with steam distribution to the buildings will be transitioned to an electrified system that uses heat pump technology to recover energy from sources within and adjacent to the campus and distribute the energy to the campus buildings through a new medium-temperature hot water system. The operation of this electrified system will be supported by the Seattle City Lights low carbon electrical infrastructure.
These documents detail the UW's Energy Renewal Plan:
- Energy Renewal Program Introduction (PDF, 800 kb)
- UW ERP Phase 1 - Baseline Assessment (PDF, 8.1 MB)
- UW ERP Phase 2 - Project Identification (PDF, 8.9 MB)
- UW ERP Phase 2 - Appendices (PDF, 18.7 MB)
- UW ERP Phase 3 - Implementation Plan (PDF, 17.5 MB)
ERP update presentation slides (9 MB)