Master Planning:

RI provides planning and analysis for various infrastructure system including campus wide steam, chilled water, electric, and co-generation opportunities.  The Principals of RI have provided utility master planning for some of the largest mechanical and electrical systems within the United States.  This experience includes steam, chilled water, and electric generation and distribution systems serving institutional, industrial, and federal campuses.  Utility Master Plans include the optimization of infrastructure systems, life cycle costs, hydraulic modeling as well as evaluation system reliability and redundancy.

Environmental issues such as emissions from combustion engines and steam generation plants can have a drastic impact on utility system planning.  RI is experienced with environmental regulations and considers various nitrous oxide (NOx) reduction techniques within the utility systems planning.  This approach provides the owner with a thorough planning document inclusive of all major system pricing.

The plant condition assessment portion of RI's services includes a comprehensive review of the current plant operation and its condition. The operational assessment and condition assessment are extremely important when developing campus master plans, or a fundamental change in operation to increase efficiency and performance of both steam and chilled water systems.