Vicinity Energy
About
Vicinity Energy serves hospitals, universities and property owners that need reliable heating and cooling without running their own boiler and chiller plants. The company produces steam and chilled water at central facilities and pipes it underground to connected buildings, where it supports heating, cooling, sterilization and humidification. Its customers include hospitals, campuses, labs, hotels, industrial operations and residential buildings, and the company stresses the 99.99 percent reliability that mission-critical work needs.
Its team draws on more than 50 years of experience building and managing large energy districts in North America, and the business was formerly part of Veolia North America. Today the company is electrifying its systems to produce eSteam, a carbon-free steam made with electricity from renewable sources. The Kendall facility in Cambridge already runs a 42-megawatt electric boiler for eSteam, and a river-source heat pump complex is being built on the same site to expand carbon-free production.
What to Know
- The company owns and operates 19 district energy systems in 12 US cities.
- eSteam can help building owners comply with local and federal building performance standards.
- Customers include Emerson College, which uses carbon-free thermal energy to meet sustainability goals.
- Vicinity is listed by the Kendall Square Association.
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