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Every UU building is connected to the Building Management System. This software controls the installations in the buildings. The coming months, the migration of the control technology of the Thermal energy plant is planned. This means that the gas engines in the Thermal energy plant that produce heat and electricity will be switched off for several weeks.

The maintenance you won't notice

In many of the buildings, the migration has already been carried out. This happens without you noticing anything. You won't notice anything about the update of theThermal energy plant either. This is because the energy supply in USP is redundant. Thus, education and research can always continue, even when a breakdown occurs at the Thermal energy plant. A trial was also run with the engines being switched off. This has not caused any problems.
When the gas engines in the Thermal energy plant are turned off for migration, the supply of electricity is taken over by Stedin. Heat is supplied by our own gas boilers. These can be deployed separately from the Thermal energy plant. There are two boiler houses East and North-West. These boiler houses can both provide sufficient heat separately in case of failure. The supply of heat is therefore not a concern. 

Precautions taken

Maintenance of the Thermal energy plant was deliberately scheduled in April because of the relatively mild seasonal conditions. In addition, several precautionary measures have been taken. These are necessary because, with the shutdown of the Thermal energy plant, there is no longer any backup.
The risks of power supply failure have been inventoried and mitigating measures identified. An emergency generator has been purchased to handle a peak load on the grid. Only when there is a structural overload on Stedin's electricity network, measures aimed at mitigating peak loads will be required. This will involve limiting the use of electricity in the buildings. All this is aimed at ensuring the continuity of our teaching and research. However, this is unlikely and has not occurred in recent years.

Planning of the work

On 3 April, preparations necessary for the maintenance of the Thermal energy plant will start. On 11 April, the Thermal energy plant will be entirely out of service for maintenance. If the migration goes as planned, the first engine in the Thermal energy plant will be restarted on 25 April and the Thermal energy plant will be fully operational again on 1 June.

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