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on the campus. The small plant is located
in the southeast corner of the campus near
the production wells.
Data Center to Tap
Waste Heat
Estonian mobile telecommunications
company Elisa, in partnership with energy
supplier Fortum, is building a new data
center in Espoo, Finland, that will capture
heat generated by the facility’s computers
for use in the city’s district heating system. If
built as a traditional server center, Elisa says
the facility’s carbon dioxide emissions would
reach approximately 2,000 metric tons per
year; instead, this center is expected to
reduce CO2 emissions in the Espoo region
by about 7,500 tons annually. The service is
based on the joint production of cooling for
the server facility and district heating.
Hydraulic Institute Offers
Free Downloads
The Hydraulic Institute and its edu-
cational initiative, Pump Systems Matter,
are offering free educational materials on
optimizing pumping systems. The informa-
tion is presented as four separate Web
downloads: the Pump System Improvement
Modeling Tool™ software; the Life
Cycle Cost Guide; an executive sum-
mary of the popular guidebook Variable
Speed Pumping: A Guide to Successful
Application; and an executive summary of
the comprehensive Optimizing Pumping
Systems, a Guide for Improved Energy
Efficiency, Reliability & Profitability. To
access the complimentary downloads, visit
www.PumpSystemsMatter.org and click on
the Education/Tools menu.
Russian System Ready
to Expand, Upgrade
The European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (EBRD) is providing a
loan of up to 350 million rubles ($11.2
million) to Taganrog Teploenergo, a privately owned district heating company
in Taganrog, Russia, to finance the company’s investment program. The loan will
enable Taganrog Teploenergo to continue
