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UAF construction capital status
• Margaret Murie Building – Life Sciences
• Engineering
• Wood Center
• Deferred Maintenance
• Combined Heat and Power
Research & teaching excellence
• Margaret Murie Building (Life Sciences)
– Ribbon Cutting next Thursday - August 22, 2:00 pm
Breaking ground 2013
• Wood Center P-3
– 34,000 square-foot
expansion project
– Fall 2014
• College of Engineering &
Mines
– 120,000 square-foot
modern classroom & lab
space for engineering &
research programs
Wood Center – current status
Engineering
Engineering – current status
Deferred maintenance and R&R
completion status
FY09-FY13: 84% of projects complete to date
Fiscal
State
# of
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Year Funding Projects Complete
FY09
FY10
FY11
FY12
$26.1 M
$ 2.1 M
$23.8 M
$23.4 M
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100%
99%
100%
87%
FY13
$23.5 M
12
48%
FY14
$17.4 M
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new
FY15 Capital Budget request
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Deferred Maintenance / R&R: $23M
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Cogen Heating Plant upgrades
Critical electrical distribution
Fairbanks campus main waste lines, roof replacement
West Ridge facilities
ADA code compliance; elevators & alarms
Lower campus backfill
Patty Center revitalization
Campus infrastructure
Tilly Commons demolition
Wood Center student services renewal
Kuskokwim Campus voc-tech renewal
FY15 Capital Budget request
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Engineering building completion
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$33 million general fund
$10 million UAF bonds (paid by research indirect)
Combined heat and power plant
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$200 million general fund
$ 45 million UAF bonds (paid by fuel savings)
Energy is the foundation
• 3.1 million square feet of academic, research, office
and housing space
• Average age of building: 34 years
• More than 170,000 square feet coming online by 2015
• All these things need heat and power
Atkinson plant
Two coal boilers (1964)
One oil boiler (1970)
One oil & gas boiler (1987)
Creates
Steam: to heat campus
Runs turbines
to create
Electricity
We also have:
•10 megawatt diesel generator
•Electrical distribution system
UAF energy sources
$9.8 million annual fuel cost
• 71,000 tons of coal
• 678,000 gallons of oil
• 51 million cubic feet of natural gas
Current fuel costs per million BTU
• Biomass and piped
gas are unknown
What if the main boilers fail?
Enormous jump
in fuel costs that
could harm:
•The programs we provide
•The research we do
•The students we serve
Key considerations
• Risk of catastrophic failure
(current plant’s 50-year lifespan is almost over)
• Environmental responsibility
• Regulatory climate
• Political reality in Alaska and the nation
• The state’s uncertain energy future
• The economics for UAF and our programs and students
• Responsible stewardship of state funds
We studied the options
Solar and wind
• Can augment, but not replace, a heat and power plant
Hydro
• Must be 4 cents a kilowatt-hour to be feasible.
• Current estimates are significantly higher
• Not currently available nor imminent
Nuclear
• New technology still waiting for federal approval
Gasifiers
• Untested technology
A diversified energy portfolio
• Anchored by a new 17 megawatt circulating fluidized
bed (CFB) boiler
• Flexible solid fuel
• Coal with up to 15 percent biomass
• Replace oil boilers with gas or propane
• Purchase renewable energy, when available
• Energy conservation on campus
• Small renewable projects on campus
Flexible, sustainable, fiscally responsible
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Combined heat and power
The best choice
for efficiency
More than 500
schools and
universities have
their own heat and
power plants
Why not buy power from GVEA?
• We need electricity and heat.
• The current electrical grid cannot supply both our
power & heat needs at a reasonable price.
• GVEA can provide us electricity for lights &
equipment, but that does not heat the campus.
Closing our plant is not a viable option.
What about gas?
Capital cost
$120
Million
Fuel cost
Conservation measures
Retrofits
• Lighting and mechanical system upgrades to save $500,000 per
year (12-year payback)
• Converting street lights to LED
• Transition from electric to steam chilling on West Ridge
• Hess Village hot water conversion
New construction
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UAF design standards that exceed industry standards
Murie Building: 14 percent less energy than ASHRAE standards
High-efficiency lighting, motors and variable frequency drives
Innovative ideas: Sustainable Village
Using waste heat
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Replacement now is
fiscally responsible
• Aging plant and a growing campus
• More than $35 million in maintenance needed in the
coming years
• That doesn’t guarantee continued reliable operation
• About half of those projects are bandages not needed in
a new plant
We need energy solutions for our future,
not temporary patches.
Replacement now is
environmentally responsible
• Current plant: Coal and oil
• UAF’s new energy portfolio: Coal, biomass, gas or
propane, other solid fuels
• Augmented with solar, wind and other renewable options
that become available.
• Continued conservation measures
• Significant reduction in regulated emissions
A new plant will reduce emissions
Timeline
• Current: $3 million for preliminary design and
permitting
• FY15: Requesting $245 million for full design and
construction
o $200 M from the General Fund
o $45 M in UAF Bonding Authority
• Target completion and opening: Winter 2019
Priority
• Biggest capital project in UAF history
• Essential to future of Fairbanks campus
• We need community support