Installation Comes in Steps ITT is installing the infrastructure for the Perfect Power system over five years. The first segment of work began in 2009 and finished this spring. It upgraded one of IIT�s two on-campus power substations and installed one of the seven power-distribution loops that will eventually provide the campus with reliable power. The first loop serves five buildings.

From this summer through late fall, Aldridge Electric will install two more loops. Next year, the other four loops will be installed and the university�s second on-campus substation will receive a major upgrade costing about $2 million. Also, the master controller that takes in all kinds of information and makes decisions about priorities, power purchasing, power distribution etc. will be installed and put into operation. Programming is now about 75% complete.

In 2012, the communication system will be set up and put into operation for all the loop and in 2013, the fully operational system will be tweaked and tuned.

Some developments, says Clair, will come after that.