Designed with the aesthetics of the surrounding neighborhood in mind, the 46 feet high, the 6,000 SF facility is nestled near the southwest corner of the new Events Center and is meant to simply fit in. Using the Integrated Project Delivery system, all the key players were involved in the decision making from the very start and saved OUC over $100,000.
At 4,000-tons total cooling capacity, this central energy plant was designed specifically to handle the cooling needs of the new arena, however, it is also connected to the Orlando Utilities Commission downtown chilled-water distribution system and can supplement its cooling needs if necessary.
The chilled water plant in its current state features three 1,000-ton Trane centrifugal chillers piped in series (the piping, pumps and condenser water system are in place for four chillers, the fourth chiller will be added at a later date), a five cell 4,000-ton Marley cooling tower, two 6,525 GPM vertical inline chilled water pumps, two 4,500 GPM vertical inline condenser pumps, a high capacity side stream water filtration system, a custom built fully automatic chilled water expansion system, 20” condenser pipe headers and 16” chilled water pipe headers.