According to the UMass website, the central heating plant was recognized (2011) as “the cleanest plant of its size in New England and has been recognized for maintaining 80% efficiency over six consecutive quarters.”
“When we’re generating power here we’re going to save over a million dollars a month and that’s going to grow as energy costs go up. We’re getting as much value out of a pound of fuel, nearly as much, as is theoretically possible.”
— From New Central Heating Plant Debuts at UMass Amherst – a construction walk-through by Jim Cahill, former UMass director of facilities and campus planning.