District Energy Now
Volume 12 Number 1 August 1996
Welcome New Members!
We hope you will join us in welcoming the following new members of IDEA!Dominick Chirico, PE
219-P Berlin Road
Suite 160
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
(609) 482-3073
(609) 482-4750 faxLes Blevins
President
Advanced Alternatives Engineering Corporation
1207 North 1800 Road
Lawrence, KS 66049-9024
(913) 842-1943
(913) 842-0909 fax
Donald Graf
Director-Special Projects Development
BGE Energy Projects & Services, Inc.
7225 Windsor Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244
(410) 265-4789
(410) 265-4375 fax
Calendar of Events
IDEA European Study TourAugust 31-September 7, 1996
Sweden, Denmark
Contact: IDEA, (202) 429-5111
On-Site Cogeneration for Hospitals & Universities
September 17-18, 1996
The Tremont House Hotel, Boston, MA
Contact: The Center for Business Intelligence, call (800) 767-9499 or (617) 270-6216 fax
Second Annual CDEA Conference-Community Self Reliance and District Energy: Options for Sustainable Development
September 15-17, 1996
Sheraton Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Contact: Gayle Corkery, (613) 947-5287 or (613) 947-0291 fax
Geothermal Resources Council 1996 Annual Meeting - Geothermal Development in the Pacific Rim
September 29-October 2, 1996
Portland Marriott Hotel, Portland, OR
Contact: Geothermal Resources Council, PO Box 1350, 2001 Second Street, Suite 5, Davis, CA 95617-1350 or call (916) 758-2360
11th Annual IDEA Cooling Conference
October 2-4, 1996
The Midland Hotel, Chicago, IL
Contact: IDEA, (202) 429-5111
Europe's Cogeneration Market of the Future: Prospects and Challenges
October 10-11, 1996
ITT Sheraton Hotel, Brussels
Contact: COGEN Europe, Rue Gulledelle 98, 1200 Brussels, Belgium, 32-2-772-8290 or 32-2-772-5044 fax
E-mail: 101665.1504@compuserve.com
Nordic District Heating Symposium
October 28-29, 1996
Copenhagen, Denmark
Contact: Danish District Heating Association, 45 75 52 88 11 or 45 75 52 89 62 fax
International District Heating Conference
October 30-31, 1996
Copenhagen, Denmark
Contact: Danish District Heating Association, 45 75 52 88 11 or 45 75 52 89 62 fax
National Congress of the Danish District Heating Association
October 31-November 1, 1996
Copenhagen, Denmark
Contact: Danish District Heating Association, 45 75 52 88 11 or 45 75 52 89 62 fax
Safety, Environment & Operations Workshop
November 7-8, 1996
Radisson Plaza Hotel, Minneapolis, MN
Contact: (202) 429-5111
Distribution and Measurements & Controls Workshop
November 13-15, 1996
Red Lion Hotel, Omaha, NE
Contact: IDEA (202) 429-5111
10th Annual IDEA College/University Conference
February 19-21, 1997
Omni Hotel Charlottesville, Charlottesville, VA
Contact: IDEA, (202) 429-5111
88th Annual IDEA Conference & Tradeshow
June 14-17, 1997
Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego, CA
Contact: IDEA, (202) 429-5111
Abstracts Requested for the College/University Conference Program
There is still time to submit an abstract for a presentation at the 10th Annual College/University Conference. The theme of the meeting which is being held at the Omni Hotel in Charlottesville, Virginia, February 19-21, 1997, will be Colleges and Universities: Ten Years of Cooperative Growth.Papers are requested on the following general topics: Optimization of Campus Chilled Water Systems; Energy and Utility Master Planning; Utility Deregulation; Steam Systems Design and Construction; and Alternative Energy Options.
Abstracts are due September 13, 1996 and final papers are due December 13, 1996.
Abstracts should be between 100 and 200 words and should be sent to: IDEA, 1200 19th Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036-2422 or (202) 429-5113 fax.
For more information on submitting an abstract contact Steve Mischissin, technical chairman, Dartmouth College. He can be reached at (603) 646-3924 or by e-mail at Stephen.G.Mischissin@dartmouth.edu.
IEA Publications Available
The following publications are available from the Department of Energy:- Guidelines To Planning and Building of District Heating Networks
- Execution of Connections to Pipelines in Operation
- Bend-Pipes
- Managing a Hydraulic System in District Heating
- A Review of European and North American Water Treatment Practices
IDEA to Offer Job Classified Advertisements
As a new service to our members, IDEA will now offer a job classified section in this monthly newsletter. This section will include opportunities for companies with open positions in the district energy industry to advertise the position, either as a detailed ad or as a blind ad.The district energy industry has experienced growth and employee movement with new district cooling systems being built and the mergers and acquisitions of systems. With this increased movement among members we have received requests to help facilitate the member companies that have job openings and the members that are seeking jobs.
District Energy Now has a circulation of over 1,500 people in the district energy industry and is the perfect place to put your advertisement if you wish to find an new employee in the district energy industry.
Following are the details of the two types of ads that will be offered:
Regular Ad - $1 per word, $25 minimum
Blind Ad - $2 per word, $50 minimum (IDEA keeps the company name confidential. Job seekers will submit their resume to IDEA and it will be confidentially forwarded to the advertising company).
Companies will submit a job advertisement in paragraph form to IDEA-Job Classifieds by the 20th of the month before the ad will run. The ads will be retyped and printed as received. (Prices are per ad for one issue)
To submit an ad contact Jason Harbonic at IDEA (202) 429-5111.
Don't Miss the District Energy Space Deadline
Again, we are requesting information to publish District Energy Space, a comprehensive compilation of all of the new customers added to IDEA member district energy systems during the year. This feature will be published in January in the First Quarter, 1997 issue of the magazine.We are eager to receive information from all of the member utilities and physical plants, so we can continue to show just how much district energy is growing as an industry. Only new customers signed up after September 1995 are eligible.
The deadline to be in this issue of District Energy Space is Friday, August 30, 1996.
Controlotron Receives ISO 9002 Certification
Controlotron Corporation, an IDEA member, announced on July 9, 1996 that it received its ISO 9002 certification. According to founder and president, Joseph Baumoel, Controlotron's Hauppauge plant has been evaluated by Underwriters Laboratories Inc. and found to meet international quality system standards. Controlotron is a pioneer in the development and manufacture of non-intrusive, clamp-on flow meters for a broad array of industries worldwide.We would like to congratulate Controlotron on receiving this impressive certification!
Department of Commerce Announces Mission to Southeast Asia
The U.S. Department of Commerce invites firms to participate in an Environmental Technologies Technical Seminar Mission to Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam October 18-31, 1996. This mission is designed to allow a small group of U.S. envirotech firms to interact directly with their best potential buyers. Stops in Jakarta, Bangkok and Hanoi will provide a forum in which U.S. companies can Asell@ the long-run cost and efficiency benefits of implementing environmentally sound production sooner rather than later with the focus on the inevitable rising cost of compliance, the public relations benefits, and efficiency-related cost savings.The participation fee is $3,000 not including airfare and hotel.
In each city the program will include:
- Briefings by the U.S. embassy, local government and AmCham members
- One-on-one business appointments
- U.S. embassy reception
For more information contact:
Camille Richardson or Denise Carpenter, Environmental Technologies Exports, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Room 1003, Washington, DC 20230, (202) 482-0713 or (202) 482-1500, Fax (202) 482-5665.
Membership Address Changes/Corrections:
Please note that Trigen Energy Corporation's main telephone line in White Plains, New York is (914) 286-6600Ray DuBose of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has a new e-mail address: ray@fac.unc.edu
John Andrepont's new address:
Trigen Energy Corporation
77 West Monroe Street
Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60603
(312) 444-9023
(312) 444-9046 fax
New address for Cell-U-Foam Corporation:
PO Box 99
810 FM 521
Fresno, TX 77545
(713) 437-6000
(713) 437-5708 fax
People in the News
Cleveland Energy Resources, an IDEA member, announced the addition of Dan Lemons to the position of executive director of sales & marketing, and Tim Anderson as director of engineering.