PLANT & EQUIPMENT

The Kirkland and District Hospital Plant Service's functions are heating, ventilating, maintaining air-conditioning, grounds upkeep and building services to the hospital.

Plant Operations Department
We use 9,213,000 gallons of water per year - enough to fill 510 swimming pools. We use 1,054,000 cubic meters of natural gas, 1,099,000,000 B.T.U.'s of heat per year - enough to heat 700 houses.

We use 3,300,000 kilowatt hours of electricity approximately per year - enough to supply 182 houses. Our air conditioning plant can remove 39,420,000,000 B.T.U.'s per year when cooling off the hospital. The emergency generator can provide enough power to supply 60 homes for normal electric use.