International
District Cooling Conference
Conference Proceedings
January 14-17, 2007
The
Emirates Palace Hotel
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Monday, January 15, 2007
Energy Policy, Development,
Environmental Benefits
DISTRICT COOLING INDUSTRY OUTLOOK
District Cooling – An Overnight Success After 45 Years
Robert Thornton, IDEA
Dollars, Dirhams and Cooling Demand: The Economic Drivers
Behind District Cooling
Growth – Mark Spurr, FVB Energy Inc.
Cleaner, Leaner, Greener – District Energy and the
Environment
Tom Kerr, International Energy Agency
OWNER/INVESTOR OUTLOOK
Bold Visions for District Cooling in the United Arab
Emirates
Dany Safi, CEO, Tabreed
Keith Levers, CEO, Palm District Cooling
Fouad Younan, General Manager, Emicool
INDUSTRY PARTNER OUTLOOK
Building the Business from the Ground Up
Samir El-Bahar, Projects Director, SNC Lavalin Gulf
Contractors
Samuel Stone, Vice President, Stanley Consultants
International
Tom Pierson, CEO, TAS Packaged Central Plants
MARKET OUTLOOK
Why Choose District Cooling?
Hussain Al-Hammad, Mechanical Engineer, Saudi Aramco
Jamal Al Jarwan, Business Development Director, Tabreed
BS Prashanth, Business Development, Palm District Cooling
INFRASTRUCTURE OUTLOOK
Power, Cooling,Water and Wastewater: The Case for
Integrated Utility Planning
Abdul Hamid Almansour, CEO, Saudi Tabreed
Tom Kerr, Senior Energy Analyst, International Energy Agency
Magdi Rashad, Infrastructure Design Coordination Manager, Hill
International
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Focus on Engineering, Technical and Business Issues
IDEA INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES
Business Best Practices – District Cooling as a
Utility Business, Value Proposition,
Risk Management, Rate Structures – by Mark Spurr
Design Process and Key Issues – Load Estimation,
Focus on Delta T, Plant Sitting,
Condenser Cooling Options, Integrating District Cooling with
Other Infrastructure
Planning, Designing for Operations – by Mark Spurr
Energy Transfer Stations – Choosing Connection
Type, Direct Connection, Indirect
Connection, Design Temperatures, Metering and Submetering – by
Todd Sivertsson
Piping Systems – Chilled Water Pumping Schemes,
Piping Materials, Delta
Temperature/Pressure, Pipe Sizing, Pumping Equipment,
Distribution System
Components – by Bryan Kleist
Chilled Water Plants – Chiller Configuration and
Sizing, Condenser System, Variable
Frequency Drives, Thermal Storage, Noise and Vibration,
Balance of Plant – by Robert
Miller
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
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Industry Innovations and Emerging Trends
PLANT ROOM DESIGN, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND
OPTIMIZATION
Kenneth Currie, Manager Packaged Plant Rooms, York JCI
Don Eppelheimer, Senior Applications Engineer, Trane
Keith Evans, Managing Director Middle East, TAS
Dan Mizesko, Managing Partner, US Chiller Services
Christophe Ploux, Managing Director, Dalkia
Paul Saville, Vice President Engineering, Stellar Group LLC
CUSTOMER SERVICE END USE, MEASUREMENTS, WATER
QUALITY, DELTA T
Khaldoun Aweidah, Director of Sales, Actaris Metering
Systems
Bharat Bhola,
Regional Manager, Alfa Laval Middle East, Ltd
Dr. Ali Chaaraoui, Regional Manager Middle East, Drew
Ashland
S.R. Khanna, Director Business Development, Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries
Eric Moe, Director Business Development, Flow Control
Industries, Inc
Juergen Runge, Sales Manager, Landis & Gyr
PRIME MOVERS, CONDENSER COOLING AND THERMAL
ENERGY STORAGE
Steve Benz, Manager Global Thermal Storage, Baltimore Aircoil Co
Gary Rugel, Director Global Thermal Storage, EVAPCO
Georges Hoeterickx, General Manager, BAC Balticare Gulf LLC
US Commercial Services Briefing for IDEA
delegates from USA