Green Technology
Green by design.
Alania Energy is developing the Cedar City Energy Campus around green technology: green buildings, a green data center, and planned carbon capture and waste-to-nanocarbon processes designed to reduce carbon and lock it away.
Green buildings
Campus buildings planned with XBeton autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) block.
Green data center
Data halls planned with AAC construction, on-site power and a greener energy mix.
Carbon capture
Natural gas generation planned with carbon capture to remove CO2 from exhaust.
Waste to nanocarbon
A planned process that turns waste into nanocarbon locked into building materials.
Green buildings
Campus buildings, including the data halls, are planned to be built with XBeton autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) block. AAC is a lightweight, insulating masonry material: its air-filled structure helps keep buildings cooler in summer and warmer in winter, which reduces the energy needed for heating and cooling. It is also non-combustible.
Alania Energy plans to pursue recognized green-building certification, such as LEED, for campus buildings as the design advances. The campus has not yet been certified.
- Insulating
- AAC's cellular structure reduces heating and cooling loads.
- Lightweight
- Less material by volume than conventional poured concrete.
- Fire resistant
- AAC is a non-combustible building material.
- Certification
- Recognized green-building certification, such as LEED, is planned.
A green data center
The campus is being designed as a green data center campus. Data halls are planned with AAC construction to reduce cooling demand, and power is planned to be generated on site, reducing reliance on long-distance transmission.
Over time, the energy mix is planned to become greener still: carbon capture on natural gas generation in the nearer term, and advanced nuclear as the long-term green power source.
- Efficient shell
- Insulating AAC buildings to help reduce cooling energy.
- Power on site
- Generation planned next to the data halls it serves.
- Captured carbon
- Carbon capture planned on natural gas generation.
- Green over time
- Advanced nuclear planned as the long-term power source.
Removing carbon
Natural gas generation on the campus is planned with carbon capture equipment, designed to separate carbon dioxide from plant exhaust so it is captured rather than released to the atmosphere.
Alania Energy also plans a waste-to-nanocarbon process that converts waste streams into nanocarbon materials. Used in building products, that carbon is locked into long-lasting materials instead of entering the air.
- Capture
- CO2 separated from generation exhaust, as planned.
- Convert
- Waste converted into nanocarbon materials, as planned.
- Lock away
- Carbon held in durable building products.
- Report
- Performance details will be shared as systems come online.
Our commitment
The campus is in development, and the green technologies described here are planned. As design, permitting and construction advance, we will share specific details on certification, capture performance and materials so our green claims can be verified.
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XBeton is referenced as the planned supplier of AAC building block. All green technologies described on this page are planned and subject to design, permitting and change.