Natural gas powered City Center opens in Vegas

January 21, 2010 by Tom Moskitis · 2 Comments, leave one of your own
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The MGM Mirage City Center Project opened last month and it is the talk of the town. Attendees to the 2010 International Builders Show are flocking to see it.

City Center is a dazzling array of towering hotels, condos, restaurants and high end shops and boutiques occupying 67 acres with more than a quarter mile of frontage on the Las Vegas Strip. With more than 18 million square feet of development, it is truly a city within a city.

One million tons of concrete were used in its construction, enough to build a four foot wide sidewalk from Las Vegas to New York City and back. The steel that was used would be enough to build ten Eiffel Towers and the fiber optic cable in the project could circle the equator four times! Clearing the site produced more than 300,000 tons of construction debris but 93 percent of it was recycled.

This, plus the fact that natural gas is used throughout the project has enabled City Center to receive LEED Gold certification for energy and environmental excellence.

A ten megawatt natural gas fueled cogeneration plant provides much of the electricity. Every residential condo unit features a top of the line gas cooktop and all of the hotels and restaurants have huge kitchens filled with natural gas cooking equipment. I think the only chef in the project that does not cook with gas is the guy that makes sushi.

The MGM Mirage City Center is an outstanding example of how the direct use on natural gas provides builders with a pathway toward high efficiency, high performance and a low carbon footprint.

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2 Comments on Natural gas powered City Center opens in Vegas

Tom Moskitis on Sat, 23rd Jan 2010 1:08 pm

Well, to comment on my own blog post, I learned shortly after I filed the post that the MGM Mirage City Center also has a fleet of NGVs. Eighteen sparkling white stretch limousines fueled by compressed natural gas serve the project. A onsite CNG fueling station is under construction at this moment. City Center’s use of natural gas sets an outstanding example for developers worldwide…Tom

Jabbar on Wed, 30th Jun 2010 3:24 pm