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=== New Orleans ===
In 2005, hurricanes [[Hurricane Katrina|Katrina]] and [[Hurricane Rita|Rita]] devastated homes, businesses, and critical infrastructure in New Orleans. [[Electrical substation]]s were flooded and the city lost power for several weeks. Throughout the disaster, Enwave's district energy plant, maintained service to Louisiana's largest health care and medical research center. As the only functioning facility with power and cooling, it also served as a hub for FEMA workers. Louisiana State University subsequently commissioned Enwave to design, build and operate a future-proof system with the same level of reliability and redundancy to provide critical medical services through a disaster. The plant is designed to be failproof: built to withstand hurricane-force winds and a 20-foot storm surge, with all critical equipment located 20 feet above grade. It also features emergency backup generation and an innovative 55,000 ton-hour “ice battery” to store energy, allowing the plant to operate for seven full days off-grid in the event of a disaster.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Innovasium|title=Case Studies: Louisiana State University gains greater reliability, resiliency in New Orleans|url=http://www.enwave.com/case-studies/louisiana-state-university-gains-greater-reliability-resiliency-in-new-orleans/|access-date=2020-07-27|website=www.enwave.com|language=en-CA}}</ref> After hurricane Katrina, Enwave expanded its service in New Orleans beyond the medical district. Enwave constructed a new steam plant in 2014 to serve an additional 22 buildings in the business core. Its three 70,000-lb/hr natural gasfired boilers produce steam for distribution to 22 buildings totaling 4.1 million sq ft for space heating, domestic hot water, laundry and sterilization use.<ref>{{Cite web|title=From recovery to resilience|url=http://mobileservices.texterity.com/districtenergy/2019q1/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1521776|access-date=2020-07-27|website=mobileservices.texterity.com|language=en}}</ref> Construction of the $28 million steam plant was completed on budget and two months ahead of schedule. The plant won the DBIA National Award of Merit and the ENR Best Projects for Texas and Louisiana Award of Merit.<ref>{{Cite web|title=KEEPING THE POWER ON DURING FUTURE DISASTERS|url=https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/477837/Collateral/Case%20Studies/Keeping-The-Power-On-During-Future-Disasters-Case-Study-burns-mcdonnell-04195-view.pdf|website=Burns McDonnell}}</ref>