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Agency seeks summer boilers and tank replacements after lab’s steam mismatch
Summary
Building & General Services told the committee the Vermont Agricultural Environmental Lab (VAIL) on the Randolph/VTC campus needs summer boilers or a localized steam source because campus boilers do not supply the 50 pounds of steam required for autoclaves; BGS also flagged aging underground tanks and a conversion from #4 to #2 fuel.
The House Corrections and Institutions Committee heard on Thursday that the Vermont Agricultural Environmental Lab (VAIL) built in 2019 at the Vermont Technical College campus is not receiving the steam pressure needed to run a critical autoclave, and state building managers are proposing summer boilers and tank work to fix the problem.
Joe Aja, director of design and construction for Building & General Services (BGS), told the committee the lab’s autoclave “we need 50 pounds of steam,” but the campus boilers run at a much lower pressure and often shut down during the summer. That mismatch forced boilers into short cycling, which “really takes a toll on the boiler,” Aja said, and led the agency to revisit its original plan of connecting to the campus heat plant.
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