Posted Feb 10, 2018, 7:08 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: The Zoo, Michigan
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Some news from neighboring Ypsi / EMich:
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EMU nearly energy self-sufficient with new cogen plant
Tracy Samilton | Michigan Radio
February 09, 2018
Eastern Michigan University flipped the switch on its new co-generation plant Friday, making the university the first in Michigan to meet close to 100% of its campus energy needs...John Donegan is vice president in charge of facilities. He says the plant will be able to produce 98% of the heat used on campus, and 93% of the electricity...Even though EMU will have to pay $500,000 every year to DTE Energy to be on standby in the event of a plant failure, the university will still save a lot of money -- $50,000 a week in energy costs, for an annual savings of $2.8 million. That will bring EMU a return on investment in just under nine years...
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Eastern Michigan University, Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, Integrated Healthcare Associates to collaborate on new health center on EMU campus
EMU Press Release
February 09, 2018
YPSILANTI – Eastern Michigan University (EMU), Saint Joseph Mercy Health System (SJMHS) and Integrated Healthcare Associates (IHA) will collaborate on a new health center on the EMU campus under a plan approved today by the EMU Board of Regents. The health center will be located on the northwest end of campus on open land off Huron River Drive and Oakwood Street, near the present headquarters of the EMU Department of Public Safety...
...The collaboration will include the construction and operation of a new 25,700 square foot facility, with the construction costs of nearly $6.6 million to be funded by IHA/SJMHS. The University will fund the construction of a $1.8 million roadway to the facility. Eastern will occupy slightly more than half the facility, 14,500 feet, and IHA will occupy 11,200 square feet...
Image Source: EMU
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