SOUTH WINDSOR, CT--UTC Power, a United Technologies Corporation company, said its PureCell Model 200 fuel cell system will provide clean on-site power at the new 283,000-sf Middletown, CT High School and Vocational Agricultural Center now under construction and due to open in September 2008.
The $106 million facility will be one of the largest and most technologically advanced secondary schools in Connecticut.
Middletown's decision to install a 200 kW PureCell system will make the new facility, designed for over 1,400 students, one of only five K-12 schools in Connecticut with a LEED(R) certification. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System(TM) is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings.
Compared with traditional combustion power plants, this PureCell system will eliminate more than 13,000 pounds of acid rain and smog-causing pollutants from the environment every year, avoid 935,000 pounds of carbon dioxide production annually and emit no harmful fumes. A fuel cell also generates clean waste heat, which in Middletown will be captured to heat the building and swimming pool, further reducing fuel consumption and boosting energy savings for the city.
UTC Power
www.utcpower.com
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