2005 are Johnathan Coleman, Solar
Turbines Inc.; Ken Clark, Burns & McDonnell
Engineering; and William Verge, University
of Michigan. In keeping with association
bylaws, newly elected Chair Cheryl Gomez
selected Juan Ontiveros of the University
of Texas-Austin to serve on the executive
committee as member at large.
District Energy Space Awards
Since 1990, IDEA has been collecting
data on the number, type and size of
buildings connected to the nation’s district
energy systems. Due to district energy’s
growth in member systems outside the
United States, a new category of statistics
– Beyond North America – has been
added to better track global expansion.
In 2004, North American IDEA members
reported more than 27 million sq ft of
space committed or recommitted to district energy systems, bringing the total
since 1990 to more than 317,483,736 sq
ft. In systems outside North America,
nearly 15 million sq ft were added in
2004, with a total of 1,059 buildings
reported. District Energy Space is posted
at www.districtenergy.org/de_space.htm.
The following IDEA member companies were recognized at the conference
with District Energy Space Awards for
their achievements in 2004:
North America – Most Total Square
Footage Committed/Recommitted
Gold Medal – Enwave Energy Corp.
( 10,152,782 sq ft)
Silver Medal – Seattle Steam Co.
( 3,467,030 sq ft)
Bronze Medal – Denver Thermal Energy
( 3,419,352 sq ft)
North America – Most Buildings
Committed/Recommitted
Gold Medal (tie) – District Energy St. Paul
and Enwave Energy Corp. ( 22 buildings
each)
Silver Medal – Seattle Steam Co. ( 16 buildings)
Bronze Medal – Denver Thermal Energy
( 15 buildings)
Beyond North America – Most Total
Square Footage Committed/Recommitted
Gold Medal – National Central Cooling
Co./Tabreed ( 10,899,204 sq ft)
Beyond North America – Most Buildings
Committed/Recommitted
Gold Medal – National Central Cooling
Co./Tabreed ( 1,100 buildings)
IDEA Honors Industry
Leaders, Excellence
The Chairman’s Banquet was held
Tuesday evening, June 26. Gary Rugel,
vice chair, served as master of ceremonies for the evening. John Gray, GE
Water and Infrastructure Technologies,
provided the invocation as well as a colorful toast. Before passing the gavel to
Cheryl Gomez, Chair Anders Rydaker
Thermal LLP, and Patrick Davin, Trigen
Philadelphia, for their contributions as
co-chairs of the distribution forum and
leadership of the successful distribution
workshop in Pittsburgh; Scott Clark,
Carter & Burgess, for his outstanding
sponsorship and support of the IDEA
board strategic planning retreat at Carter
& Burgess headquarters in Fort Worth in
February; Mark Wells, U.S. Department of
Commerce, for his many contributions
and support of IDEA international outreach; Doug Maust, HGA Architecture
Engineering Planning, for developing a
successful technical program and arranging technical tours for the 2005 Annual
Conference. Chair Rydaker also recognized Peter Cooper, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, with a chairman’s award
for the completion of his service to the
association as a board member over the
prior three years. IDEA has long had a
tradition to recognize and thank the past
chair who will be cycling off the board of
directors; Rydaker presented past chair
Joel Greene with a plaque commemorating his famous “Ben Franklin” chairman’s
column in District Energy magazine.
Other major award recipients are featured in accompanying photographs.
Anders Rydaker passed the gavel to Cheryl
Gomez, who then introduced her theme for
the year – “Partnering for Success.”
spoke about the importance of advocacy
and environmental stewardship. He presented chairman’s awards to key contributors to the association.
Chairman’s awards recipients included
Johnathan Coleman, Solar Turbines, and
Ann McIver, Citizens Thermal Energy, for
their respective roles in chairing the CHP
workshop and Environmental Strategies
workshop preceding the Campus Energy
Conference in March; Bob Smith, RMF
Engineering, for his leadership as technical chair of “Investing in Infrastructure,”
the largest IDEA Campus Energy Conference to date; John Vucci, University of
Maryland-College Park, for his strong
support as a university host at the Campus
Energy Conference; Paul Razo, Detroit
Paul Doherty of HH Angus & Associates (on left),
shown here with Rob Thornton, won this year’s
golf tournament, sponsored by Thermal Ventures II.
For the first time ever, this year’s conference also
featured a fishing tournament, sponsored by
CKC Contracting and won by Jeff Hansen of
Citizens Thermal.
