District Energy Now

Volume 12 Number 8 March 1997

Welcome New Members!

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

Jon P. Rocheleau, P.E.
Project Manager
Central Maine Power-Combine Energies
41 Anthony Avenue
Augusta, ME 04330
(207) 621-4621
(207) 621-4625 fax
E-mail: crmjpr@cmpco.com

Gerassimos Alivisatos
Mechanical-Electrical Engineer
ETBA
26, Visantiu Street
New Smirni, GR-17121, Greece
(01) 9294401
E-mail: comet@hol.gr

Robert J. Miller
President
Fosdick & Hilmer, Inc.
36 E. 4th Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 241-5640
(513) 241-3659 fax
E-mail: fosdick@one.net

James Blanchard
North American Sales Manager
Gabor Vass
North American Appl. Manger
Fuji Electric Corporation of America
Park 80 West Plaza II
Saddlebrook, NJ 07663
(201) 712-0555
(201) 368-8258 fax

Sven Werner
Chief Engineer
FVB-Fjärrvärmebyrån
PO Box 101
S-50307 Borås, Sweden
46-33-124780
46-33-411565 fax
Referred by Bjorn Andersson of FVB, Västerås

Ted Vehige
Director of Business Development
Gateway Energy Systems
689 Craig Road
St. Louis, MO 63141
(888) 692-8062
(314) 432-6517 fax
E-mail: vehige@emcstl.com

Dennis M. O'Malley
Attorney
Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P.
4200 IDS Center
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 371-3273
(612) 371-3207 fax
E-mail: do'malley@lindquist.com

Larry Stonitsch
President
R. Sandy Hoyt
Regional Sales Manager
Rovanco Piping Systems, Inc.
20535 S.E. Frontage Road
Joliet, IL 60431
(815) 741-6700
(815) 741-4229 fax
E-mail: rovanco@aol.com

J.C. Stasick
Vice President
Stasick Power Equipment Co., Inc.
PO Box 667
South Orange, NJ 07079
(201) 763-1424
Referred by Hemant Mehta of Syska & Hennessy

Donna L. Robichaud
General Manager
Trigen-Cinergy Solutions of Cincinnati
105 E. Fourth Street
Suite 1003
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 287-1327
E-mail: drobichaud@cinergy.com

Guy Lemire
Chief - Division Réseaux
Université Laval
Centrale d'énergie
Quebec, Canada G1K 7P4
(418) 656-3999
(418) 656-2271 fax
E-mail: guy.lemire@stb.ulaval.ca

David P. Barr, P.E.
Mechanical Engineer
U.S. Department of State
Office of Foreign Buildings
PO Box 12248, A/FBO/PE/BDE/MEB
Washington, DC 20520
(703) 875-6179
(703) 875-6204

David Tallon
CDR, Energy Program Manager
U.S. Coast Guard
USCG HQ (G-CPF)
2100 2nd Street, SW
Washington, DC 20593-0001
(202) 267-0991
(202) 267-4274 fax
E-mail: dtallon@comdt.uscg.mil
referred by Bob McLaren of the DOE FEMP Office

28th Biennial Congress and International District Heating Expo
June 9-11, 1997, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Contact: Euroheat & Power - unichal, phone 41 1 211 3635, fax 41 1 221 7063 or E-mail: euroheat@access.ch

88th Annual IDEA Conference & Trade Show
June 14­17, 1997
Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego, CA
Contact: IDEA, (202) 429­5111

3rd Annual Canadian District Energy Association Meeting
October 1-3, 1997
Montreal, Canada

12th Annual IDEA Cooling Conference
October 15-17, 1997
Wyndham Hotel, Cleveland, OH
Contact: IDEA, (202) 429-5111

89th Annual IDEA Conference & Trade Show
June 13-16, 1998
Hilton Palacio del Rio Hotel, San Antonio, TX
Contact: IDEA, (202) 429­5111

Adams Valve, Inc.
Baltimore Aircoil Company
Carrier Corporation
CBI Walker, Inc.
Controlotron
Diversey Water Technologies, Inc.
DriTherm, Inc.
EVANTAGE: A Division of Virginia Power
Kerotest Manufacturing Corporation
Perma-Pipe, Inc.
Pitt-Des Moines, Inc.
Rovanco Piping Systems
RMF Engineering, Inc.
Spence Engineering Company
Washington State University
York International Corporation

The proceedings, which contains the papers presented at the conference, are available for sale from IDEA, $50 for members and $100 for non-members.

IDEA Launches Member-Get-A-Member Campaign

In June 1993 the association had only 575 members when IDEA (IDHCA at the time) kicked off the first member-get-a-member campaign. At the beginning of February 1997, we initiated the second member-get-a-member campaign with a mailing to all members.

We are asking our members for their assistance in securing prospective members of IDEA. Members should send the names of those people who they purchase products from, consult for you, or deal with in any way in your district energy business. These are the people who will benefit from membership in IDEA.

Sponsor a new member and everyone wins! Here's how you can win: between August 1, 1996 and May 20, 1997, each time a member recruits a new member their name will be entered in the recruitment list. The more new members each member recruits, the greater their chances of winning. The grand prize is $500. Each member that recruits at least three new members, will receive a $100 discount certificate good toward registration for any IDEA conference.

Please contact IDEA immediately if you wish to participate in the campaign and need another copy of the brochure or have any questions.

We are still hoping to reach our goal set in 1993 of 2,000 members by the year 2,000!

ASHRAE's 1997 Winter Meeting was held January 26-29 in Philadelphia, Penn. During the meeting the Society offered tours of two area IDEA member facilities, Princeton University's Cogeneration Plant and University of Pennsylvania's MOD 6 Chilled Water Plant. A tour was also given to the Technical Committee 6.2 (District Heating and Cooling) of Trigen-Philadelphia Energy Corporation's district heating facility.

An article in the February 1997 issue of Engineering Systems states that Opryland USA is reducing energy costs approximately $1 million a year with its new cogeneration plant.

The Opryland Hotel is one of the largest in the world, with 1891 guest rooms, more than 65 meeting rooms, and four ballrooms. In the 1980s the vice president of maintenance and engineering at Opryland began working with the chairman of the board of I.C. Thomasson Associates, a Nashville engineering firm. The project was to develop an electrical and mechanical systems upgrade that would combine increased heating and cooling capacity, efficiency, and reduced utility savings.

Construction of the 288 by 88 feet brick plant began in 1993. The new cogeneration plant serves the current hotel and a new site that cover 4.5 acres. It houses the steam and chilled-water supply and power generation systems that supply heating steam, laundry steam, chiller water for cooling, and 5,000 kW of electricity for the hotel. "Opryland management said it expects to save nearly $1 million a year by generating electricity with natural gas."

Jon B. Belcher has joined Thermal Engineering Group in Hendersonville, Tenn. as senior project engineer. He will be responsible for the design of district heating and cooling systems; retrofit/expansion projects, cogeneration projects and air pollution control system retrofit and design. Belcher is a P.E. with 14 years of experience in the industry.

Rob McCabe's paper, "District Heating & Cooling Systems of the Future: Strategies for Global Change," was published in Energy Engineering, Volume 93 No. 6. Energy Engineering is sponsored by the Association of Energy Engineers. McCabe is a senior mechanical engineer at Cornell University and an IDEA member.

Tom Casten's article, "Whither Electric Generation? A Different View," was published in the Winter 1996 issue of Cogeneration and Competitive Power Journal, a publication sponsored by the Association of Energy Engineers. Casten, president and CEO of Trigen Energy Corporation, is a past president of IDEA and long-term association member.

Sponsorships: Conference sponsorships increase your company's visibility at the conference and show your support of the association and the industry. The following sponsorships are currently available for the 88th Annual Conference and Trade Show:

President's Banquet $5,000

Opening Luncheon and General Session, Sunday, June 15 $3,500

Lunch, Monday or Tuesday, June 16 or 17 $3,000

Breakfast, Monday or Tuesday, June 16 or 17 $2,500

Dessert Breaks, Sunday or Tuesday, June 15 or 17 $2,500

Refreshment Breaks, Monday or Tuesday, June 16 or 17 $2,000

Pre-Luncheon Reception, Sunday, June 15 $1,500

Conference Proceedings Ad $1,250

Conference Program $1,000

For more information about sponsorships please contact Tanya Kozel, IDEA at (202) 429-5111.

On another note, we want to let you know a little bit about the hotel where the 88th Annual Conference and Trade Show will be held:

The Hotel Del Coronado is located on Coronado Peninsula across the bay from San Diego, Calif. Built in 1888, the Hotel Del is a fine blend of Victorian and modern-day convenience. The Del is generally considered to be the last of the extravagantly conceived sea-side resort hotels left in the world.

Thomas Edison personally supervised the installation of the original lighting system. The hotel's power plant generated energy for the entire city of Coronado until 1922. This plant will be included in the technical tour on Monday afternoon.

The Hotel Del Coronado was the Victorian model for the Emerald City in the Wizard of Oz. This grand hotel has played host to 14 U.S. presidents, as well as royalty, writers and film crews. In fact, the film Some Like It Hot which starred Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis was filmed at the Del.

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