This is a 65,700-square-foot facility that provides redundant heating and hot water systems for the campus. The first floor of the East Plant's design is over 25 feet above sea level to provide clearance for traffic below. Installation of a gas & steam turbine engine facilitates power to operate the facility and includes a heat recovery steam generator and a 1-megawatt BLACKSTART generator, which allows for the emergency start of every system in the building during a power outage. Water is provided through a thermal energy tank located adjacent to the building with storage capacity of just over 2 million gallons. The tank provides a three-day backup source of evaporation make-up water for the thermal utility generation equipment and shift electrical demand to off peak hours to reduce the strain on the electric grid.