District Energy Now

Volume 11 Number 8 March 1996

Welcome New Members!

We hope you will join us in welcoming the following new members of IDEA!

Tom Grubka
General Manager
Scott French
Application Manager
Armstrong International, Inc.
816 Maple Street
Three Rivers, MI 49093
(616) 273-1415
(616) 278-6555 fax

John Linek
Market Analyst
Baltimore Gas & Electric
7130 Rutherford Road
Baltimore, MD 21244
(410) 265-4105
(410) 265-4200 fax

Randall L. Rhoads
Project Manager
Black & Veatch Special Projects Corp.
6601 College Boulevard
Overland Park, KS 66211
(913) 458-9388
(913) 458-9392 fax

Lloyd G. King
Mechanical Systems Engineer
Boise State University
1910 University Drive
Boise, ID 83725
(208) 385-1518
(208) 385-1892 fax

Michael Dick
Senior Engineer
K. Greg Fox
Director of Marketing
William H. Parsons
Business and Development Manager
John T. Sheldon
Operations Manager
John T. Wardle
Construction Manager
Comfort Link (A general partnership between BGE and Monumental Investment Corporation)
4530 Hollins Ferry Road
Baltimore, MD 21227
(410) 247-3131
(410) 536-1835 fax

George J. Barlow
President
EnerSource Capital
31166 West 5th Street
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(817) 335-5115
(817) 336-2819 fax

Dr. Abraham B. Kilkis
Geoenergy International Consortium
3131 West Chestnut Expressway
Springfield, MO 65802
(417) 864-6108
(417) 864-8161 fax
referred by Gordon Bloomquist

Al Dillen
Chuck Egasti
Steve Ostrowski
Strategic Operations Manager
Brian K. Southern
Strategic Business Alliance Director
Johnson Yokogawa Corporation
1050 State Route 83 North
Suite 150
Bensenville, IL 60106-1000
(708) 238-5000
(708) 238-5005 fax
referred by Stan Gent, Unicom Thermal Technologies

Gary Polvere
General Manager
Management Recruiters
406 North Hough Street
Barrington, IL 60010
(847) 382-5544
(847) 382-5591 fax

Brinton Guettel
Marketing Engineer
Peoples Gas Company
625 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 497-6749
(412) 497-6188 fax

Jack R. Missimer
Vice President
Power Generation Technologies
200 Tech Center Drive
Knoxville, TN 37912
(423) 688-7900
(423) 687-8977 fax

Farron Blackburn
President
Refrigerant Gases, Inc.
8701 Bedford-Euless Road
Suite 300-04
Hurst, TX 76053
(817) 589-0622
(817) 590-2648 fax

Charles Abbott
Vice President, Operations
Dennis Capps
Eugene Gemmer
Malcolm Knowles
Katherine Lang
Mike O'Dell
Richard Raichel
Jeff Richie
Jerry Schoech
Richard Schutte
Suzanne Stevens
Steve Swinson
President
Trigen-Colorado Energy Corporation
25 East 10th Street
PO Box 4088
Golden, CO 80401
(303) 277-5455
(303) 277-5629 fax

Paul Becker
Associate Director
Marty Cole
Associate Director
University of British Columbia
Plant Operations
2329 West Mall
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4
(604) 822-2172
(604) 822-6969 fax

John Benca
Utilities Manager
University of Georgia
1180 East Broad Street
Chicopee Complex #8
Athens, GA 30602
(706) 542-7494
(706) 542-7630 fax

Calendar of Events

Chilled Water Plants for Central and District Cooling Systems
May 13-17, 1996
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Contact: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Engineering Professional
Development, (800) 462-0876, (608) 263-3160 fax or e-mail: custserv@epd.engr.wisc.edu

87th Annual IDEA Conference and Tradeshow
June 8-12, 1996
The Sheraton Washington Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Contact: IDEA, (202) 429-5111

IDEA European Study Tour
August 31-September 7, 1996
Sweden, Denmark
Contact: IDEA, (202) 429-5111

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
(916) 758-2360

11th Annual Cooling Conference
October 2-4, 1996
The Midland Hotel, Chicago, IL
Contact: IDEA, (202) 429-5111

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

Washington, DC Meeting Watch

Sponsorships: The following sponsorships are available for the 87th Annual Conference and Tradeshow, June 8-12, 1996 at the Sheraton Washington Hotel in Washington, DC:
Theme Party, Sunday, June 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000
Opening Luncheon and General Session, Sunday, June 9 . . . $3,500
Lunch, Monday or Tuesday, June 10 or 11. . . . . . . . . . $3,000
Conference Canvas Bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000
Breakfast, Monday ,Tuesday or Wednesday, June 10,11 or 12  $2,500
Refreshment Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500
Wine for President's Dinner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500
Pre-Luncheon Reception, Sunday, June 9 . . . . . . . . . . $1,500
Badges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,500
Conference Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,250
Conference Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000               .
Notepads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000
For more information about sponsorships please contact Kevin Brown, Trigen-Philadelphia Energy Corporation at (215) 875-6900 or Tanya Vetter, IDEA at (202) 429-5111.

Exhibits: We have had such a great response from manufacturers and suppliers in the industry that we have added additional booths to the tradeshow. If you have not yet reserved your space, contact Tammie Jackson or Stephanie Mattes at (202) 429-5111 to do it today!

Largest Ever College/University Conference Held

The 9th Annual College/University Conference, which was hosted last month by Stanford University, was the largest ever with 160 people in attendance.

The conference took place at the Hyatt Rickeys Hotel, February 21-23, 1996. This was the first conference of its kind to have exhibitors display. We would like to thank the following exhibitors for participating in the conference:

  • American Thermal Products, Inc.
  • Baltimore Aircoil Company
  • Black & Veatch
  • CBI Walker, Inc.
  • Diversey Water Technologies, Inc.
  • DriTherm, Inc.
  • HARCO Fittings
  • Jordan Valve
  • Kattner/FVB District Energy, Inc.
  • Keystone Sales
  • Nationwide Boiler, Inc.
  • Perma-Pipe, Inc.
  • Pitt-Des Moines, Inc.
  • Spence Engineering Company
  • Stanley Consultants, Inc.
IDEA would also like to thank York International for its sponsorship of the reception at The Faculty Club on Stanford's campus.

The conference was a success because of the work of the conference committee. The following people were a part of this committee, from Stanford University: Marion King, Bob Hockey, Robert Reid and Steve Briscombe, and from Cornell University, the technical chairman, Rob McCabe. We would also like to thank Joel Greene of Ball Janik, Ray DuBose of UNC-Chapel Hill and Steve Little of Cornell University for their help with the program.

Casten Held Meeting With Representatives

On February 13, 1996, Thomas R. Casten, president and CEO of Trigen Energy Corporation, an IDEA member and past president, hosted Representative Dan Schaefer (R-CO), Chairman of the House Commerce, Energy and Power Subcommittee and Paul Schauer of the Colorado House of Representatives for a briefing on how more steam can be received from electric generation. Casten took to opportunity to inform the Representatives of how removal of regulatory barriers to competition would encourage electric generators to recover more heat, and that district energy providers have the technology to move that otherwise wasted heat to benefit the consumer and the environment.

State Representative Schauer, who is sponsoring retail wheeling legislation in Colorado, left the session held at Coors Brewing Company in Golden, Colo., to convene hearings at the state capitol on his bill. During the hearings the Representative was able to use some of Casten's insights in his introductory remarks.

Congressman Schaefer and his staff applauded Trigen's approach and asked him for specific proposals on some of the political issues in the electric restructuring debate. These issues include how fast it should occur, what role the states should play and how stranded costs and PURPA contracts should be addressed.

Soon after this meeting, in a letter to the association dated, February 16, 1996, Congressman Schaefer announced that he helped to form the House Renewable Energy Caucus. He stated that due to the finite natural resources, "we must consider further investments in sage and sustainable energy technologies."

"The purpose of our caucus is to be proactive in dissemination information on, and increasing congressional awareness of, renewable energy research and development."

Congressman Schaefer wrote an opinion/editorial that explains the caucus and its goal of securing our energy future. For a copy of the editorial contact IDEA at (202) 429-5111.

IEA Publications

The following IEA publications recently arrived at DOE:
  • Guidelines To Planning and Building of District Heating Networks
  • Execution of Connections to Pipelines in Operation
They are available by calling Floyd Collins, DOE, at (202) 586-9191 or he can be reached on E-mail: Floyd.Collins@hq.doe.gov.

Cleveland Energy Resources Names General Manager

Cleveland Energy Resources (CER), an IDEA member, is pleased to announce the promotion of Gerald (Jerry) L. Hoover to the position of general manager. Hoover has been controller at CER since 1991. CER owns and operates the steam and chilled water utility serving downtown Cleveland.

McCormick Place Wins Award

Congratulations to McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Ill., the winner of the Energy User News' 1995 "Efficient Building Award" for Thermal Energy Storage. McCormick Place was selected for this award from a highly competitive slate of nominees as best exemplifying the spirit of excellence and innovation in the use of energy efficient technologies and building management. The CBI Strata-Therm Chilled Water Storage System serves as the project's focal point.

McCormick Place's district cooling system is run by IDEA member, Trigen-Peoples District Energy Corporation, a partnership between subsidiaries of Trigen Energy Corporation and Peoples Energy.

Trigen installed and maintains an 8.5 million-gallon stratified chilled water storage facility that will save McCormick Place $1.2 million a year in power and operating costs.

District Energy Now is a monthly publication of the
International District Energy Association.

Tanya D. Vetter, Editor

All copy and correspondence should be sent to:
1200 19th Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036-2422
(202) 429-5111, (202) 429-5113 fax
e-mail: tanya_vetter@sba.com

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