If the topic of life sciences comes up, people probably think of gene sequencing and other sophisticated biotechnology research.
What probably doesn’t immediately come to mind is steam. Yet scientists involved in energy-intensive bioscience R&D depend on reliable access to high-pressure steam to both sterilize equipment and maintain optimum temperatures in labs.
Vicinity Energy, a Philadelphia-based provider of district energy solutions, is using combined heat and power — or CHP — to not only supply the thermal energy needs of high-tech customers, but also to help support the city of Philadelphia’s mission to curb carbon emissions.
Image: Pexels/Kelly Lacy (Philadelphia)
