About this Project

To decrease our campus’s reliance on natural gas and move our university closer to carbon neutrality, UC Davis is replacing its oldest, natural-gas-powered steam heat system – located throughout the Quad District – with the infrastructure needed to shift to an electricity-powered, hot-water -heating system. To accomplish this, four miles of underground supply and return piping will be laid to connect the hot water system to almost 30 buildings. In addition, two new distribution heat exchangers will be installed and lastly, the buildings served by the new hot water system will be upgraded.

Learn more about the massive, sustainable infrastructure project on the Big Shift website