Utilities (Building)

Utilities buildings are needed to maintain a subterranean asteroid base. Most buildings in this category are related to heat management.

Name	Description	Input/Output	Requires	Effects	Heat	Power	Materials	Research
Ice Liquefier	Consumes Wood to melt Ice into Water, which can be bottled for transport. The water never gets hot enough to burn the tongue.			Melting Rate: 20 kg/s Storage Capacity: 500 kg	+3.75 kDTU/s		400 kg	Temperature Modulation
Ice Maker	Converts Water into Ice or Snow. Ice makers can be used as a small renewable source of ice and snow.		Water: 40 kg per use	Ice or Snow: 40 kg per use @ -20 °C	+16 kDTU/s	-240 W	400 kg	Temperature Modulation
Ice-E Fan	Uses Ice to dispense a small amount of Heat. A Duplicant can work an Ice-E fan to temporarily cool small areas as needed.		Duplicant operation Ices: 50 kg	Water: 50 kg @ 5 °C	-32 kDTU/s		400 kg	Temperature Modulation
Liquid Tepidizer	Warms large bodies of Liquid. Must be fully submerged. Tepidizers heat liquid which can kill waterborne germs.			Target Temperature: 85 °C	+4064 kDTU/s	-960 W	400 kg	Liquid Tuning
Oil Well	Extracts Crude Oil using clean Water. Must be built atop an Oil Reservoir. Water pumped into an oil reservoir cannot be recovered.	Piping Input: Water	Water: -1 kg/s	Crude Oil: +3.33 kg/s @90+°C Natural Gas: +33.3 g/s @300°C	+2 kDTU/s	-240 W	200 kg	Plastic Manufacturing
Ore Scrubber	Kills a significant amount of Germs present on Raw Ore. Scrubbers sanitize freshly mined materials before they're brought into the colony.	Ventilation Input: Chlorine	Chlorine: -70 g per use	-480,000 germs per use			200 kg	Liquid-Based Refinement Processes
Space Heater	Radiates a moderate amount of Heat. A space heater will radiate heat for as long as it's powered.				+18 kDTU/s	-120 W	400 kg	Temperature Modulation
Sweepy Dock	Stores Liquid and Solid Materials debris from the sweepy. Requires Power to recharge sweepy. Deploys a helpful little Sweepy robot.				+1 kDTU/s	-240 W	75 kg	Artificial Friends
Tempshift Plate	Accelerates or buffers Heat dispersal based on the construction material used. Has a small area of effect. The thermal properties of construction materials determine their heat retention.						800 kg	Refined Renovations
Thermo Aquatuner	Cools the Liquid piped through it, but outputs Heat in its immediate vicinity. A thermo aquatuner cools liquid and outputs the heat elsewhere.	Piping Input: Liquid Piping Output: Liquid		Heat: Varies Cooling factor: -14 °C		-1200 W	1200 kg	Liquid Tuning
Thermo Regulator	Cools the gas piped through it, but outputs heat in its immediate vicinity. A thermo regulator doesn't remove heat, but relocates it into a new area.	Ventilation Input: Gas Ventilation Output: Gas		Heat: Varies Cooling factor: -14 °C		-240 W	200 kg	HVAC
Wood Heater	Consumes Wood in order to Heat chilly surroundings. Wood heaters dry out soggy feet and help Duplicants forget how cold they are.		Wood 25 g/s Duplicant operation	Frost Resistance Carbon Dioxide: +4000 mg/s @ 30°C+ (Input-dependent) Light range: 6 tiles Brightness: 450 Lux	+20 kDTU/s		100 kg	Employment