St. Paul Pipefitter’s Local 455 is a training facility for steamfitting and pipefitting licensed professionals. Since 1904 the organization has been training local skilled workers for HVAC systems and services of all kinds across the Minneapolis / St. Paul metro and beyond. Year after year the organization graduates skilled labor to build the next generation of clean energy infrastructure.
“The Darcy Solutions system is very energy efficient; we have been using it for multiple years for cooling the entire facility. It’s easy to operate and an excellent way to show the skills to build new energy systems we train our teams on every day.” — Jeremy McConkey, Training Director UA Local 455 JATC.
This is the first commercial Darcy system, consisting of four eight-inch diameter wells situated along the Eastern perimeter of the facility parking lot. Pipefitters has a long history of incorporating new technologies installed by their craft workers.
After initial consideration of a traditional geothermal system, the organization opted for a Darcy system which limited construction in their parking lot, time for installation, and now provides extremely efficient cooling via chilled beams within the building. The site is frequently used as a tour to provide information on equipment and the skilled trades that install them.
