Renovations and Upgrades
The Heating Plant has been upgraded or expanded a number of times.
In 1963, the original building was expanded. In the 1970s, a new wing was added to the building, bordering College Heights Blvd.
More recent upgrades to the facility have focused on the internal equipment used for steam generation. A project undertaken in 2002 focused on upgrading the boilers in the building, while another undertaken in 2006 focused on ancillirary equipment and emissions control at the plant.
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