Welcome to the CHP VR Tour

Building Overview Welcome to a tour of the CHP Integration Test Center at the University of Maryland at College Park, MD. The test center is housed in the Chesapeake Building (built in 1991) at the edge of the University of Maryland campus. The 200-employee administration building is an ideal test site because it represents a typical commercial building. At 52,700 square feet, the building qualifies as a medium-sized office building, a group comprising 23 percent of U.S. buildings. This building has a total power demand of 300 kW and requires 60 RT cooling capacity.
The four-story building was built with an air-conditioning variable air volume (VAV) system served by two 90-ton direct expansion (DX) electric rooftop units (RTUs). Electric reheat coils in the VAV boxes are used for heating. Each RTU serves one of two zones, each consisting of two floors. The CHP components for the Test Center were integrated into the original system as described in other sections of the tour. The existing 90-ton RTUs are still used, but at a greatly reduced rate.

The Test Center is testing two different CHP systems. One of the systems is located on the ground floor and the other is located at the roof. Click on the desired location, roof or ground floor, to access a tour of that location. You can access tours by clicking on the targets shown in the view above or on the adjoining site map.