Tuesday, February 27

Special Pre-Conference Workshop

Critical Energy, Critical Needs – How to Prepare For, Respond To and Recover From Natural Disasters and Emergencies.

Many campus energy systems provide critical services to communities, healthcare facilities, research centers and laboratories.  Unplanned outages and service interruptions can be costly in terms of human safety and losses in research, operations and productivity.  This workshop is designed for open discussion on best practices, emergency preparations, response and recovery.  Participants will hear “front-line” experiences from tested professionals and discuss new approaches in systems configuration, communications and restoration.  Engineering consultants will hear “real world” requirements to enlighten system design approaches.  Operations personnel will hear how to prepare for, manage through, and recover from challenging emergency events.

8:30 am – 8:40 am

Welcome and Introductions – Robert Thornton, IDEA

Workshop Overview and Objectives  – W. Lynn Crawford, Carter & Burgess, Conference Technical Chair, Workshop Moderator

Presentations on Planning and Preparation

10:15 am –11:00 am

System Reliability and Emergency Preparedness by Gordon Morrow, Thermal Energy Corporation

11:00 am – 11:45 am

Emergency Preparedness at UNC Chapel Hill by Raymond Dubose, UNC Chapel Hill

11:45 am – 12:30 pm

Preparing for a Hurricane by Michael Shriner and Marcel Blanchard, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

1:45 pm – 2:30 pm

Lessons Learned from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by John Carlson, Entergy Thermal (New Orleans & Houston)

2:30 pm – 3:15 pm

What the Northeast Power Blackout Taught Us by Bill Verge, University of Michigan

3:45 pm – 4:30 pm

Bringing Your Water Systems Back – A disinfection and sanitation response to Katrina by Jim Van Camp, Nalco

Wednesday - February 28 Campus Energy Conference – Critical Needs, Critical Energy

Sustainability and LEED

Moderator: Bob Smith

Master Planning/ System Expansion

Moderator:  Scott Clark

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Campus Environmental & Energy Sustainability: Utility Infrastructure O & M by Carmine Battafarano and Jacques L’Heureux, Burns & Roe

A Master Plan for Thermal Energy Corporation (TECO) by Steve Swinson, TECO; Lynn Crawford, Carter & Burgess, Inc.

11:00 am – 11:30 am

Accessing Environmental Revenue Streams to Support CHP Projects by Tom Frankiewicz, US EPA

Utility System Upgrades at Rice University by Doug Wells, Rice University, Darren Habetz, American Heat and Power

11:30 am – 12:00 pm

Harvesting Value from Emissions Reductions by Ferman Milster, University of Iowa

University of Chicago Infrastructure Master Planning by George Bourassa, Carter & Burgess

Operations, Maintenance, Training and Optimization

Moderator: Juan Ontiveros

System Expansion and Modernization

Moderator:  Patti Wilson

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Central Plant Optimization: Performance and Efficiency Monitoring by Peter Armstrong & Tom Pierson, TAS

Rowan University Chiller Plant Implementation by Tom Iannuzzi, Concord Engineering Group

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Water Management Plans for University Systems by Jay Reading, Phigenics

Integrated Energy Systems: A Solution for Mission Critical Facilities by Cliff Braddock, Austin Energy

Controls, Monitoring, Metering

Moderator: Joe Hoose

Central Plant Case Studies

Moderator: Doug Maust

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Plant Operations, Real Time Market Response by Joe Hoose, Cool Systems, Michael Webster, ICETEK

A Fresh Look at Utilities for Bradley University by LeRoy Neilson, Bradley University; Jeff Pollei, Affiliated Engineers, Inc.

4:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Retro-Commissioning at Princeton University by Arthur Murphy, Princeton University & Keith Rinaldi, The Dome-Tech Group

Best Value Approach to Equipment Procurement- Santa Ana Civic Center by Rick Lyons, Syska & Hennessy Group

Thursday – March 1 Campus Energy Conference

Cooling / Thermal Storage

Moderator: John Andrepont

Fuel & Power Purchasing/ Infrastructure 

Moderator: Ferman Milster

8:30am – 9:00 am

Loma Linda University Infrastructure Expansion by Lucas Hyman, Goss Engineering

Natural Gas Procurement Strategies by Mike Brasovan, THG Energy & Technology Solutions, LLC

9:00am – 9:30 am

Adaptive Control System for Chilled Water Pumping by Mike Flaherty, tekWorx

Portfolio Approach to Natural Gas Procurement by Juan Ontiveros, University of Texas Austin; Mark Walsh, Texas General Land Office

9:30 am – 10:00 am

Campus Chilled Water System Optimization by David Rogers, RA Solutions 

Campus Electric Power Supply Upgrade by Earl Spiegel, Concord Engineering Group

Cooling / Thermal Storage 

Moderator: John Andrepont

Operations & Optimization

Moderator: Tom Nyquist

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Thermal Energy Storage in a Deregulated Environment by Guy Frankenfield, Natgun Corporation

Heat Recovery at University British Columbia by Gordon Apperley, University of British Columbia.

11:00 am – 11:30 am

Properly Valuing TES in a Deregulated Electric Market by Jay Martin, Carter & Burgess, Inc.

Safe Reagent for SCR Nox Control by Kevin Dougherty, FuelTech, Inc

11:30 am – 12:00 pm

Energy Efficient Vacuum Ice Maker Using Water as Refrigerant for Thermal Storage and Heat Pump by Abraham Ophir, IDE Technologies Ltd.

Lessons Learned at Biogen CHP by Johnathan Coleman, Northern Power; Bill Guarangia, SourceOne

Systems Operations/Optimization

Moderator: Doug Maust

Combined Heat & Power /Cogeneration

Moderator: Tim Griffin

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Discovering & Verifying Energy Conservation in Buildings by Mark Gardner, Rice University

Arizona State University Campus CHP Plant by Joel Wagner, Northwind Phoenix

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

NOx Reduction through Efficiency Gain by Robert Benz, Benz Air Engineering Co.

The Newest Generation of CHP Biofuel Plants by Simon Lott, MAN Diesel North America