Henry Ford Health plans to heat and cool its new Detroit hospital facilities with electricity, using an energy hub as part of an ongoing development project at the health system’s facilities.
To provide electric heating and cooling, the Central Energy Hub will use a hot and cold water pump system that will tie into the hospital’s facilities, according to a news release issued last week. The hub will be developed and operated by Henry Ford Health Energy Partners, led by Kiewit Development Co., Kiewit Power Constructors Co. and Veolia Energy Operating Services, the health system said.
The construction of the Central Energy Hub is being integrated with the rest of the development, which a spokesperson for the healthcare organization described as a “major and transformational expansion” of its century-old hospital campus in the state. The development includes 1.2 million square feet of hospital space, 200,000 square feet for a shared services building and a 1,500-space parking garage, said Jerry Darby, vice president of campus planning, development and design at Henry Ford Health.