Draft Agenda for Combustion, Cooling, & Energy Conservation Workshop:

Draft Agenda for Combustion, Cooling, & Energy Conservation Workshop:
How to Save Money & Prevent Pollution by Strategic Energy Management
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Volpe Center
55 Broadway
Kendall Square, Cambridge Massachusetts
7:30 a.m.
Sign-in/on-site Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Exhibitor Table
Information Review
8:15 a.m.
Welcome, Purpose, and Workshop Logistics
Daniel K. Moon, President, Environmental Business Council
8:20 a.m.
EPA’s Commitment to Energy Conservation & Municipal Energy Challenge
Susan Studlien, Director, Office of Environmental Stewardship (OES), EPA
Region 1
8:30 a.m.
State Energy Policy Changes to Encourage Energy Conservation &
Combined Heat & Power
David Cash, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Massachusetts Executive Office of
Energy & Environmental Affairs (EOEEA)
8:45 a.m.
The Strategic Energy Management Process - Evaluating current energy use
holistically; boiler operation & maintenance; identifying process changes or
automated controls on heating/cooling that can reduce your energy use; cleaning
up your supply; principles for heating, ventilation, and cooling in green building
design.
Roy Crystal, Environmental Scientist, EPA Region 1 Assistance & Pollution
Prevention Unit, Office of Environmental Stewardship (OES)
9:15 a.m.
Assessing & Improving Efficiency of Steam Systems - Ways to improve steam
system efficiency; using Department of Energy (DOE) tools for evaluating steam
systems and improving boiler combustion efficiency; where to go for further
information; questions and discussion.
William Orthwein, Project Manager, U.S. Department of Energy National Energy
Technology Laboratory
10:00 a.m.
Break, View Exhibitor Tables
10:30 a.m.
Breakout Session 1
Session 1A - Assessing Industrial Energy Conservation Options
Moderator (to be determined)
Benchmarking Energy Use and Identifying Opportunities - Ways to improve
efficiency; using Quick PEP & other DOE industrial energy use benchmarking
and analysis tools; questions and discussion.
William Orthwein, Project Manager, U.S. Department of Energy National Energy
Technology Laboratory
Evaluation of Process Heat and Combined Heat and Power Options - Using
DOE’s PHAST and other assessment tools; Combined Heat and Power (CHP or
“cogeneration”); where to go for further information; questions and discussion.
Beka Kosanovic of Center for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, University
of Massachusetts-Amherst
Session 1B – Assessing Institutional, Commercial, and Municipal Energy
Conservation Options
Moderator – To be determined
Benchmarking Energy Use and Identifying Opportunities - Using EPA
benchmarking tools for commercial & institutional buildings & hospitals; common
opportunities; questions and discussion
Shubhada Kambli, EPA Region 1 Energy Team
Evaluation of Energy Efficiency & Combined Heat & Power Options Improving efficiency in combustion, heating, and cooling operations; technologies
and size ranges for Combined Heat and Power (CHP or “cogeneration”); using
tools for assessing CHP & energy efficiency; where to go for further information;
questions and discussion.
Michael Stocki, Center for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst
11:30 a.m.
Lunch, networking, view exhibitor tables
1:00 p.m.
Breakout Session 2
Session 2A Industrial Facilities: Case Studies of Successful Energy
Conservation Programs
Moderator: Dr. John Raschko, Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance
Speakers:
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Biogen Cogeneration Project & Energy Conservation Program
Ed Dondero, Biogen
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NECCO/Suez Energy Revere Cogeneration Program
Eric Rubin, Revere Energy Corporation
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Genzyme Headquarters Green Building
Rick Mattila, Genzyme
Session 2B Municipalities, Commercial Facilities, and Institutions (Colleges
and Universities, Hospitals): Case Studies of Successful Energy Conservation
Programs
Moderator: Daniel Moon, President, Environmental Business Council
Speakers:
2:00 p.m.
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A Success Story of Strategic Energy Management: The International
Skating Center of Connecticut
Linda Yoder, Shipman & Goodwin
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MIT Cogeneration Plant, Steam System Improvements, & Energy
Plan Implementation
Peter Cooper and Roger Moore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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UNH Energy Plan Implementation, Municipal Landfill Methane and
Cogeneration Programs
Matt O’Keefe, Energy Manager, University of New Hampshire
Break
2:15 p.m.
Panel: How to Get It Done: Tools and Resources for Energy Analysis
Moderator: Chad Nelson, Center for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy,
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Panelists:
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The Energy Management & Planning Process
Christopher Russell, Consultant, South River Consulting
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Financing & Contracting Issues
Thomas Bourgeois, Pace University
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Clean Distributed Generation Opportunities & Funding Sources
Jon Abe, Project Manager, Renewable Energy Trust, Massachusetts
Technology Collaborative
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Air Quality Regulatory and Permitting Issues
Robert Donaldson, MA DEP
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Electric Utility Audit & Incentive Programs
Joseph Mannarino, National Grid; Christina Halfpenny, Keyspan;
Brett Feldman, NSTAR
3:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks, Roy Crystal, EPA Region 1
3:45 – 4:45
p.m.
Site Tours – Visits to:
• Biogen cogeneration plant
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MIT cogeneration plant and steam system
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Genzyme Headquarters Green Building