Award-Winning
Thermal Energy Center
The Microsoft Thermal Energy Center is designed for a 10,500-ton chilled water plant with heat recovery and geothermal energy exchange to support the new East Campus Modernization, which consists of 17 new buildings (approx. 3,000,000 square feet) on a 72-acre site.
This project features 875 geowells drilled 550 ft underground and uses the earth’s constant temperature to heat and cool Microsoft’s campus.
The Thermal Energy Center is anticipated to achieve a 50% reduction in energy consumption compared to a typical utility plant!
Recent Awards:
- ULI Americas Awards for Excellence | Special Mention
- ENR Northwest’s 2023 Regional Best Project Winner | Best Energy/Industrial Excellence in Sustainability – Award of Merit
- NAIOP Night of the Stars | Judges’ Innovation Award
Congratulations to our MacDonald-Miller crews and partners: GLY Construction, NBBJ, Affiliated Engineers Inc, CRE Microsoft, OAC Service, Valley Electric Company, and Coughlin Porter Lundeen.
