The electrical shop staff consists of five electricians, one master electrician and the other four journeymen, and three journeymen elevator repair persons.

The shop is responsible for installation, maintenance, and repair of all building electrical systems, underground and overhead distribution systems and sixty two elevators.

 

The Heating Plant, built in 1951, is a modern and efficient energy conversion facility. In 1987 with the installation of a “Co-Generation” system, the Heating Plant also began to generate electricity. In this system, natural gas is burned in an industrial grade gas turbine coupled to a generator producing roughly half of the electricity consumed on Campus at an efficiency of 30%.

In addition, another 40% of the natural gas input is in the turbine exhaust and is converted to steam used for campus heating and cooling. When this system is not being used, campus steam needs are supplied by conventional steam boilers

The Heating Plant is staffed 24 hours per day, 365 days per year by six persons: Four shift engineers, a maintenance engineer and a supervising foreman. More than 90% of the electricity, fuel oil and natural gas used on campus pass through this facility.

The Heating Plant does not control building temperatures. Issues of building temperatures need to be routed to the Physical Plant HVAC Shop.

 

Eastern Michigan University's Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration (HVAC/R) Shop maintains the HVAC/R systems in the academic buildings, as well as the residence halls and food service areas.

Basic duties include:

• Installation, modification, calibration, repair, and preventive maintenance of a wide variety of pneumatic, electric, electronic, digital, and analog HVAC/R components and other control devices to maintain, appropriate environmental parameter in campus facilities.
• In addition to building environmental conditions the HVAC/R shop is responsible for maintaining refrigerators, freezers, stoves, dishwashers, ovens, fryers, icemakers, and other small appliances located throughout the campus.

Our work is accomplished by the use of a wide range of devices and tools ranging from simple thermostats and building pneumatic controls to complex networked Energy Management Systems.

 

Plumbing is the practice, materials, and fixtures used in the installation, maintenance, extension, and alteration of all piping, fixtures, plumbing appliances and plumbing appurtenances in connection with sanitary or storm drainage, facilities, venting systems, and public or private water supply systems within or adjacent to any building or structure.

Plumbing Systems include the water supply and distribution pipes, plumbing fixtures and traps, waste, vent pipes, sanitary, storm and building drains, including their respective connection devices and appurtenances within a building or premises that are deemed necessary for proper function and the health and safety of the user.