Representative District Energy Projects
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Unicom Thermal Technologies, Inc. (1993 - 2001) – Brady Consulting was the lead design and commissioning consultant for district cooling systems that were developed by Unicom from 1993 through 2001. During that time Unicom completed construction of 6 district cooling plants for its district cooling systems in Chicago, Illinois. The DC system currently serves more than 100,000 tons of building cooling loads and is planned to eventually serve more than 220,000 tons of building load. The Unicom system is currently the world’s largest fully interconnected district cooling system. |
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Public Service Company of Colorado, Denver (1996) – Brady Consulting provided business planning and conceptual design services as well as design oversight during construction and initial operations. The first district cooling plant in Denver is able to provide 20,000 tons of cooling with ice-based thermal storage for a system that will eventually serve a 30,000-ton District Cooling System. |
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Energy Thermal District Cooling Plant, New Orleans, LA (2000) - Brady Consulting provided business planning, conceptual design services, and preparation of design & build documents. This district cooling and emergency electric power plant is able to provide 32,000 tons of cooling with 52,800 ton-hours of ice-based thermal storage and 8 mW of engine generator. The DC plant serves New Orleans Regional Medical Center (NORMC) hospital complex. |
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Northwind Houston District Cooling System (2000) - Brady Consulting provided business planning, conceptual design services, and preparation of design & build documents. This district cooling plant is able to provide 32,000 tons of cooling with 88,000 ton-hours ice-based thermal storage. This first district cooling plant in Houston serves the Houston Astros ballpark, Minute Maid Park and eventually an 80,000-ton District Cooling System. |
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King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah KSA Central Utility Plant #2 (2002-11) – Brady Consulting provided all phases of design and commissioning for this 60,000 ton district cooling plant that has the largest ice-based thermal storage system in the world. This plant improved the efficiency of water chilling at the campus by over 30% and reduced the connected electric power requirements by over 20mW. |
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Northwind Phoenix District Cooling System (2000-Present) – Brady Consulting was the lead design and commissioning consultant for district cooling system that was developed Northwind Phoenix since the year 2000. During that time Northwind completed construction of 3 district cooling plants for its district cooling systems in Phoenix, Arizona. The DC system currently serves more than 30,000 tons of building cooling loads and is planned to eventually serve more than 60,000 tons of building load. This district cooling system serves the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball stadium, the in-city biogenetics campus, the Phoenix Convention Center, and many of the office & government buildings in the area. |
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Mr. Brady is an owner and member of the Board of Directors of a district cooling system that serves the high technology zone in Beijing, China. Brady Consulting was responsible for complete design and commissioning as well as establishment of the district cooling service business. This first district cooling system in China provides 12,000 tons with a combination of ice-based thermal storage and electric chillers. The system was placed into commercial service in April of 2004 and can eventually serve 35,000 tons of building cooling loads. |
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Comfort Link district cooling system in Baltimore, MD, USA (1995). Brady Consulting provided business planning, conceptual design, and commissioning services to the owners of the 3 plants which serve the district cooling system in Baltimore, MD. This system is able to provide 37,000 tons of cooling with a combination of ice-based thermal storage and electric chillers. It will eventually serve 50,000-tons of customer cooling load and currently provides cooling to office and government buildings as well as the Camden Yards and Ravens athletic facilities. |
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Solaris Dutamas District Cooling system. Brady Consulting provided all phases of design and commissioning for this 16,000 ton district cooling plant that serves a combined Office, Retail and Residential Condominium complex in the Mont’ Kiara region of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Cooling is provided at 1.1ºC by a combination of ice-based thermal storage and electric chillers. The system began operation in 2009. |
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Pearl River Zhu Jiang District Cooling Plant, Guangzhou, China, Brady Consulting was contracted to provide the conceptual design and commissioning services for Guangdong Revenco Enterprises Co. Ltd. at its Guangzhou New Town Energy Co. Ltd cooling plant. The DC system will provide 20,000 tons of cooling with a combination of 56,000 ton-hours of ice-based thermal storage and electric chillers. It began operation in 2010 and serves public and commercial office buildings |
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Shanghai Caohejing Hi-Tech Park DC Plant, Shanghai, China, Brady Consulting was engaged with Beijing Imux to provide design, commissioning and operation support for the district cooling and heating plant that began operation in late 2009. The DC system will provide 11,300 tons of cooling with a combination of 33,500 ton-hours of ice-based thermal storage and electric chillers. |
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Arizona State University Combined Cooling, Heating & Power Plant, Tempe, AZ, USA, Brady Consulting was contracted by Northwind Phoenix to act as its representative for the construction of the second district energy plant at the main campus of Arizona State University. Brady Consulting also provided full commissioning and performance testing services for the 24,000 ton cooling, 280,000 pound steam heating and 17mW electric power plant which began operation in 2005 |
Other District Energy System Installations
This is a partial list of some of the other District Energy Plant projects on which Thomas Brady has played a design and/or development role.
- USF&G Insurance Company, Mt. Washington, MD, USA, 5,600 cooling tons, 1990
- US Army Research Center, Adelphi, MD, USA, 12,000 cooling tons with High Temperature Heat Water System,1992
- Advanced Photon Source Campus, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA, 6,000 cooling tons, 1996
- Back Bay District Energy Center, Boston, MA, USA, 9,600 cooling tons, 1999
- Thermal Energy Cooperative, Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA, 60,000 cooling tons, 20 mW electric generation, 2003 – 2005
- Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino District Cooling Plant – Northwind Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 14,000 cooling tons, 2000
- Windsor Hotel & Casino District Cooling Plant – Northwind Las Vegas, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 5,200 cooling tons, 8 mW Electric Power, 1997
- Stanford University Central Utility Plant, Palo Alto, CA, USA, 23,000 cooling tons, 1999
- Heathrow Air Port, Terminal 5, London, Ammonia refrigerant 12,000 ton cooling system with chilled water thermal storage, 2008
- Bandar Baru Perda District Cooling, Penang, Malaysia, 18,000 cooling tons, 2005
- The Curve Retail, Hotel & Entertainment District Cooling Plant, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7,400 cooling tons, 2004
