Facilities Management
Central Utility Plant Replacement Project
Fresno State, in partnership with the Bulldog Infrastructure Group (BIG), a consortium of companies, developed and implemented the largest Public-Private Partnership Utility Infrastructure Project in the CSU network. BIG has modernized and will maintain Fresno State’s central utility infrastructure system and enacted several other energy conservation measures (ECMs) to maximize project savings.
BIG Partners
Lead Contractor and
Maintenance Provider
Lead Engineer
These ECMs include photovoltaic solar panels built over existing campus parking lots to generate clean energy and additional building system (internal) upgrades to reduce campus energy usage and the university's carbon footprint.
The replacement of the Central Utility Plant has contributed to carbon reduction goals. The improvement of central plant efficiency, the electrification of campus heating, and the implementation of energy-efficient measures has resulted in an overall decrease in energy consumption.
- Fresno State will no longer be the largest PG&E consumer in the valley
- Overall energy savings over 33%
- 20% of campus energy will come from renewable energy generation
- Natural gas consumption will be reduced 73%
- Electricity consumption from lighting will be reduced by 61%
- HVAC and EMS upgrades will save 11,278,879 kBtu
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Central Utility Plant
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Coming soon - Guided educational tours of the Central Utility Plant are available upon request
Each year of the project, two scholarships are presented to outstanding Fresno State students