<p>What’s that factory on campus by Paulley Pavilion that always spews smoke into the air? I thought we had a green campus…</p>
<p>it’s not smoke, it’s steam. some south campus thingy.</p>
<p>Oh ok. Do you know what it is exactly?</p>
<p>no. hence the word thingy.</p>
<p>What, there’s a factory there?</p>
<p>it’s not a factory.</p>
<p>it’s a thingy, for lack of a better word. we don’t have factories on campus -.-</p>
<p>Its a power plant. To be more specific, a cogenerational power plant (the building and offices in there are actually referred to as Cogen) that uses natural gas to produce both electricity (it provides around 70-80% of campus power) and heat (for the steam pipes, etc.). And yes, its steam - nothing more.</p>
<p>In case you’re interested… </p>
<p>[Cogeneration</a> - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogeneration]Cogeneration”>Cogeneration - Wikipedia)</p>