The timing for the study was just the next step by HBS to enhance its central plant chilled water management plan. At the same time, this latest action went beyond typical master planning procedures, using hydraulic modeling to begin the process of analytically assessing the system's existing conditions, potential retrofit opportunities, and possible future system expansion needs.
Hydraulic modeling provided the facilities operations department with the ability to troubleshoot the campus' chronic chilled water problem with the existing primary-secondary-tertiary pumping system.