As part of a long-standing relationship with Northeastern University, our team provided electrical engineering services for a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) microgrid project. The initiative was focused on increasing reliability and resiliency, establishing a new Central Utility Plant (CUP), consolidating campus electric utility services and creating a modern, campus-wide microgrid.
Our team had worked with Northeastern since 2008 and formally began supporting the university as a direct client in 2016. Initially retained by B2Q Associates as the electrical engineering partner for a cogeneration resiliency study, the team provided an objective third-party evaluation of the campus’s existing primary distribution systems and assessed their capacity to support new cogeneration systems ranging from 1.2 to 5.8 MW. For each scenario, the team developed infrastructure solutions aligned with operational goals and energy performance targets.
Following the study, the project was bid to national energy companies and ultimately awarded to Ameresco, who selected our team as their electrical engineering partner. That decision was based on our direct involvement in the resiliency study, deep understanding of existing systems, experience in specialized medium voltage design and years of hands-on work across the Northeastern campus.