Courtesy Holland Performing Arts Center.
Holland Performing Arts Center
1Energy Systems Co.
Omaha, Neb.
System started: 1968.
Services provided: Steam for space heating,
humidification, laundries, process; chilled water for
air conditioning and critical-load data processing
centers, hospital surgery suites, communications
equipment; also serve as heat rejection system
for heat pumps for two customers (one a school).
Buildings on system: 81, totaling 13. 7 million
sq ft of space. Another 336,000 sq ft in 2007.
Most unique building on system: Holland
Performing Arts Center. Completed in 2005,
houses 2,000-seat Peter Kiewit Concert Hall, smaller
recital hall, and semi-enclosed outdoor performance and event garden. Customer with most
unusual use of space: 20,000-sq-ft single-story
day care and preschool for children of Union
Pacific Railroad employees.
Best area tourist attraction: Qwest Center
Omaha, a steam and chilled-water customer, is
a 17,000-seat arena hosting concerts and sports
events, including NCAA’s women’s volleyball Final
Four in 2006 and the 2008 U.S. Olympic swimming
team trials. Fifth-largest arena in attendance in
U.S., with more than 3 million visitors each of
past two years, drawing regularly from six states.
Courtesy of the Nebraska Capitol Collections.
Nebraska State Capitol
2University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb.
System started: Steam, approximately 1907;
chilled water, 1960s.
Services provided: Steam for space heating
and process needs; chilled water for space conditioning; tower water for serving more than
800 heat pumps.
Buildings on system: Steam, 117; chilled water,
104; electrical through 157 substations on both city
and east campuses.
Most unique building on system: Memorial
Stadium, home of UNL Cornhuskers football
team, winner of 43 conference titles and five
national championships. (Go Big Red!) Built in
1923, recently expanded stadium complex houses
strength and athletic medicine center, indoor
practice field, players’ lockers and coach and
administration offices. Held 85,181 fans during
first game of 2006 season.
Best area tourist attraction: Nebraska State
Capitol, a chilled-water customer. With its 400-ft
tower, it is tallest structure in Lincoln. Ornamental
interior features marble-columned chambers with
vaulted polychrome tile ceilings, marble mosaic
floors and murals depicting state’s Native
American and pioneer cultures.
4Trigen-Tulsa Energy Corp.
Tulsa, Okla.
Courtesy Trigen-Tulsa.
System started: 1970.
BOK Center
Services provided: Steam for space heating,
domestic hot water, kitchen and laundry; chilled
water for air conditioning; some electricity for
internal use.
Buildings on system: Approximately 30 use
both steam and chilled water.
Most unique building on system:
Petroleum Club of Tulsa, a landmark high-rise
Downtown Arena Design Team
Sprint Center Arena
3Trigen-Kansas City Energy Corp.
Trigen-Missouri Energy Corp.
Kansas City, Mo.
System started: Steam, about 1903; chilled
water, 1997.
Services provided: Trigen-Kansas City provides
steam for space heating and agricultural process
use. Trigen-Missouri provides chilled water for air
conditioning. Electricity also cogenerated.
Buildings on system: Steam, 60; chilled water, 11.
Most unique building on system: Sprint
Center Arena, a world-class sports and entertainment venue currently under construction.
Will utilize district steam and chilled water,
including low-temperature chilled water for
fog/humidity control and as condenser circulating
water for venue’s ice-making plant.
Best area tourist attraction: Liberty Memorial
Museum and National World War One Museum,
only public museum in U.S. dedicated to World
War I history. Built by city with funds raised within
a matter of months following ‘The Great War.’
Site dedication was attended by Marshal Ferdinand
Foch and Gen. John ‘Black Jack’ Pershing.
private club offering lunches, fine dining and
meeting facilities. One of few buildings in U.S.
with three-pipe internal chilled water/hot water
system. Trigen-Tulsa implemented method to
prevent/reduce mixing of chilled and hot water.
Best area tourist attraction: Gilcrease Museum,
which houses world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of art and artifacts of the
American West; an extensive collection of Native
American art and artifacts; and historical manuscripts, documents and maps. Upcoming attraction: BOK Center, 18,000-seat facility to open in
2008, will be a Trigen-Tulsa customer.
