From the Portsmouth Herald

By Jim Cavan

PORTSMOUTH — When the newly expanded co-generation plant at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester is finally put on line, chances are much of the attention will be diverted to the brand new 7.5-megawatt gas-fired turbine and heat recovery generator.

And rightly so.

The new addition is expected to dramatically curb pollutants from the system, further reducing the campus's overall carbon footprint.

Behind the scenes, however, exists an equally crucial — though much smaller — energy-efficiency component. It's called a Balance of Plant Control System, a computerized energy-management control and monitoring system that helps link all of the various components together, in the process helping them all operate more efficiently....

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