The fuel cell at UTC Power’s headquarters is a clean energy source for the facility and a source of pride for the employees who designed, built and installed the system.
A new fuel cell at UTC Power’s headquarters in South Windsor, Conn., is not only a clean energy source for the facility, it is also a source of pride for the employees who designed, built and installed the unit. The PureCell® System Model 400 – which is the company’s flagship product – is prominently located at the main entrance and delivers up to 50 percent of the building’s electricity needs. UTC Power installed the Model 400 in the summer of 2011, replacing an earlier- generation PureCell unit the company had used since the mid 1990s. The new fuel cell provides 400kW of clean, reliable power to the building and…
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Source: Buildings Magazine
Fuel cells gain popularity as more industries strive to find ways to defray their utility costs. Architect Bruce Becker, president of Becker + Becker, appreciates today’s fuel cells’ longer lifetimes, shorter payback periods, and increasing affordability as he deployed 400kW fuel cells for both power and heat at two of his firm’s properties. “I’m surprised that more owners and architects haven’t been using fuel cells because they’re such a green, economical solution,” Becker said. “In an age when there’s such an importance placed on the environmental impact of energy use, there’s nothing that comes close to the environmental superiority of fuel cells.”
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Source: CBIA.com via Green Business Center
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center received their second PureCell Model 400 in Hartford, CT on Friday, January 27th, 2012. The fuel cell system will provide clean, reliable on-site power at its Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital campus, serving nearly half of its electrical needs and harnessing its thermal energy to serve the hospital’s heating loads. Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center has been a pioneer in the successful incorporation of fuel cells.
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