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Chair's Update 2019 Spring/Summer Issue

The Chair's Update was featured in the 2019 Spring/Summer Issue of District Energy Magazine I hope you were able to attend the most recent IDEA campus conference held in New Orleans. We set a new record, with nearly 1,100 attendees. The campus conference has continued to grow since the...

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Jim Lodge
Added 04-17-2019

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Chair's Update Winter Issue 2019

I am just returning from the IDEA DistrictCooling2018 conference in Dubai where I was able to learn and participate in best practice discussions. What was certainly obvious at the conference is that no matter where district energy systems are located in the world, we share many common...

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Jim Lodge
Added 01-15-2019

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Chair's Update 1st Quarter 2018

Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher, was quoted as saying that change is the only constant in life. How true is that? Well, maybe not completely true for everything, looking at the Major League Baseball division leaders as I write my column compared to the same time last year. That being said, our...

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Jim Lodge
Added 11-05-2018

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Chair's Update 3rd Quarter 2018

I’d like to thank the IDEA board and all of the members for electing me as IDEA’s chair and for demonstrating your confidence and trust in me to represent you and the district energy industry. I am honored and excited to get started in my new role. I take the responsibility of serving as chair...

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Jim Lodge
Added 08-20-2018

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Chair's Update 1st Quarter 2018

I am sure you’ve noticed time does not wait for anyone; it just keeps ticking forward as we move through the seasons. From my perspective – as I am sure from yours – the demands on our time are continually stressed by the variety of changes and multitude of new things occurring around us....

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Chris Lyons
Added 01-16-2018

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Chair's Update 4th Quarter 2017

Thi s is an exciting time to be in the energy industry. The pace of change is accelerating as new technologies arise to meet the challenges of a growing global population and mitigate the impacts of climate change. In the last decade alone, we’ve seen exponential increases in the deployment of...

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Chris Lyons
Added 10-23-2017

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Chair's Update 3rd Quarter 2017

As this is my first column as the new IDEA chair, I’d like to thank our members for putting their trust in me for this coming year. I would also like to extend my gratitude to Tim Griffin for his past year of service and “Sustaining Our Success.” And of course those of us who recently made it to...

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Chris Lyons
Added 08-25-2017

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Chair's Update 1st Quarter 2014

Oh it's the most wonderful time of the year ... I'm talking about the IDEA Annual Campus Conference season! For me and hundreds of other IDEA members who work in the campus environment, this is the conference for the richest program, the greatest opportunities for information exchange and the...

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Patti Wilson
Added 06-25-2017

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Chair's Update 4th Quarter 2014

Over the summer I had the opportunity to visit two innovative district energy systems under construction in Vancouver. Both are integrating recovered waste heat as the primary source of energy for the system, significantly reducing energy usage and carbon emissions. These are just two of the...

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Ken Smith
Added 06-25-2017

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Chair's Update 4th Quarter 2015

"Embracing Change": That is IDEA's continuing focus and theme for this year. As we consider change, I can think of no other region in North America (or perhaps the world) that has driven change in our sector in the last five years more deliberately than the Canadian province of British Columbia ...

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Bruce Ander
Added 06-25-2017
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