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2011 Norm Taylor Award: Tom Guglielmi

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2011 John Gray Scholars: Brad Bradford, Michelle Parks, David Rulff

Summary IDEA Awards Three Energy Industry Scholarships Two Canadians, one American are honored BOSTON, July 15, 2011 – The International District Energy Association recently announced three John Gray Scholarship Award recipients: Canadians Brad Bradford and David Rulff...

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Chair's Update 3rd Quarter 2011

Vincent Badali I hope that all of you who joined us in Toronto for the 102nd Annual Conference and Trade Show enjoyed your stay north of the border and, more importantly, came away with useful infor­mation, some new leads and new friends. We thank Dennis Fotinos and his staff at Enwave for...

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Chair's Update 2nd Quarter 2011

In my first column as IDEA chair, I men­tioned that I would cover four major areas that I thought would help us pre­pare for the future. The first was focusing on the customer; the second was transfer­ring knowledge; and the third was mod­ernizing existing assets. In this final article, I would...

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Chair's Update 1st Quarter 2011

The years seem to fly by, and as they do, I continue to get the same questions regarding the age of equipment in a power plant. (I guess it's my gray hair; it can't be my age.) Colleagues want to know whether to replace older equipment with a newer unit featuring today's latest technologies. ...

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Chair's Update 4th Quarter 2011

Vincent Badali As I write this column, the unofficial summer season is winding down and the financial markets have just completed the most volatile week in their history. By the time you read this, that record may have already been eclipsed, adding to the learning experiences that...

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District Energy Space Awards 2011

Each year, IDEA asks all of its member systems to provide the number of buildings and their area in square feet that have been committed or recommitted to district energy service during the previous calendar year. We report the number of buildings, gross square foot area and thermal energy...

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Innovation Insights: Large Capacity Water-to-Water Heat Pumps

Date: August 18, 2011 This webinar provides a brief description of heat pumps, identifies the key benefits of installing a heat pump, explains the most important factors that impact heat pump selections and applications; highlights various system designs and control issues; and...

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President's Message 1st Quarter 2011

From District Energy Magazine, First Quarter, 2011 Rob Thornton The political pendulum has swung to the right in Washington, D.C. And with that, the change in majority in the House of Representatives will result in wholesale shifts in committee chairs, including the Energy...

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President's Message 3rd Quarter 2011

From District Energy Magazine, Third Quarter, 2011 Rob Thornton At our recent 102nd Annual IDEA Conference in Toronto, we heard of a number of encouraging trends for the district energy industry. The theme of the conference, "District Energy/CHP 2011: Essential...