Lifting Kansas City’s Spirits With District Energy
Proper control of heat and an abundance of hot water is absolutely critical to the distilling process. For Lifted Spirits, a distillery located in the Crossroads Arts District of Kansas City, leveraging district energy was the...
Energizing a Historic Kansas City Apartment Building with District Energy
Adjacent to the KC Streetcar and within walking distance of the Power and Light District, the iconic but vacant Executive Plaza building was purchased and transformed into the luxury apartments, Flashcube. Originally served by...
Iconic Philadelphia Landmark Goes Green with Steam
An iconic skyscraper constructed of steel and blue glass, Two Liberty Place has been a mainstay of Philadelphia’s city skyline for over three decades. When it came under new management in 2016, it traded its electric boilers,...
Historic Philadelphia Hotel Turns to District Energy for Ultra Reliability
When COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 caused a decrease in revenue, combined with the failure of the facility's two legacy boiler systems, the hotel elected to transition to 100% district energy. This decision has yielded increased...
Philadelphia hospital benefits from reliable cooling via a chilled water plant owned and operated by Vicinity
Vicinity Energy’s development and ongoing operation of a 7,000-ton central chilled water plant helps Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals and Thomas Jefferson University, a 925-bed hospital and teaching university, meet its...
Reliable energy supports Baltimore’s professional football and baseball teams
‘Green steam’ and O&M of an onsite chilled water plant provide reliable energy at M&T Bank Stadium and the Oriole Park at Camden Yards – the home stadiums of the Ravens football and Orioles baseball teams. Scope Since...
Sustainable infrastructure supports cancer and Parkinson’s research
Providing 24/7 steam for a 400,000 square foot, LEED Platinum-certified biomedical research and science education facility. Scope Overlooking downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, Van Andel Institute (VAI) is a world- class...
Sustainable partnership with Vicinity Energy helps cool aquatic treasures
“Through this partnership with Vicinity Energy, we are able to maintain the comfort of our visitors and support the delicate air and water temperature requirements of our aquatic plants and animals,” said John C. Racanelli,...
Reliable district cooling frees up valuable amenity space
By tapping into Vicinity’s Baltimore District Energy network, this historic apartment complex is meeting its heating and cooling needs, reducing its carbon footprint and providing residents with unique recreational space....
Heating Maryland’s oldest cultural institution
‘Green steam’ supplies reliable energy to a historic Baltimore landmark, while condensate is recycled to an exterior water feature – a creative solution that is helping to conserve water and reduce costs. Scope For over 30...
Energy operations for a CHP plant at an innovative clinical care and medical research facility
Through a long-term operations and maintenance (O&M) agreement, Vicinity Energy is ensuring the delivery of 24/7 heating, domestic hot water and electricity to support the hospital in its mission to provide top-quality...
‘Green steam’ heats a historic commercial building in Downtown Crossing
Vicinity’s upgrade to the original heating infrastructure is saving this historic building thousands in energy costs per year. Scope For over 40 years, the Boston district energy system has supplied steam to this iconic former...
Microgrid O&M solutions for the headquarters and research campus of a global biotechnology company
The central cogeneration plant produces electricity and steam that serves a 6-building campus with over 1.1 million square feet of laboratory, research and office space. As the operations and maintenance (O&M) provider of the...
Cogenerated ‘green steam’ is driving efficiencies and reliability, while reducing carbon footprint
Vicinity Energy owns and operates combined heat and power (CHP) systems that generate low-carbon ‘green steam’ energy across the United States. In both its Philadelphia and Boston-Cambridge energy districts, CHP is supplying...