FIRST QUARTER 2006
VOLUME 92
NUMBER 1
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14 The Road to Energy Efficiency: University of New Mexico
‘thinks outside the box’
Larry Schuster, P.E., Utilities Engineer, Physical Plant Department, Utilities Division, University
of New Mexico
There was no doubt about it: The University of New Mexico’s energy infrastructure needed a
monumental overhaul or it would fail. The magnitude of the funding needed to fix it was staggering. University leaders responded with an unconventional approach, establishing an independent corporation to address campus energy and conservation needs.
Features
5 Demand Heats Up in the Middle East: Burgeoning development
spurs district cooling growth
Dany Safi, Chief Executive Officer, Tabreed
The year 2005 saw unprecedented development in the Middle East. The rapid growth, coupled
with the region’s high temperatures and volatile swings in peak loads, has resulted in dramatically
increased district cooling demand. Tabreed, which introduced district cooling in the United Arab
Emirates, has responded by expanding its presence in the Gulf states.
Departments
3 Chair's Message
4 President's Message
8 Question of the Quarter
28 Conference Travelogue
31 Industry News
41 People in the News
42 Members Speak Out
43 Inside Insights
45 Energy and Environmental Policy
46 Customer Closeup
47 Meet Our Advertisers
48 Calendar of Events/Dates To Remember
8 WebLink – Middle East, East Asia: Opportunity and example
Robert P. Thornton, President, International District Energy Association
For the Middle East, South Korea and China, the energy future is now. China, Korea and and
countries in the Middle East are experiencing major new real estate development. Some estimates
call for a correlating 4 million tons of new cooling capacity to be constructed just in the Middle
East over the next six years. The Korean District Heating Corp. is one of the fastest-growing district
energy companies in the world and has invested tremendous resources in educating and promoting
district energy’s benefits.
9 Flexible Trading Programs: Achieving emission reductions
with lower costs
Robin Mills Ridgway, Ph.D., P.E., Physical Facilities Environmental Regulatory Consultant,
Radiological and Environmental Manageement/Utilities, Purdue University; Ann W. McIver,
QEP, Manager of Environmental Affairs, Citizens Thermal Energy
The esoteric concept of evaluating and paying for something one cannot see serves as the foundation
of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s most heralded air-emission-reduction programs, including
the recently issued Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and the Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR). These
new programs are designed to offer flexible, cost-effective compliance that lowers emissions from
fossil fuel combustion at power plants. Here is an inside look at CAIR.
ON THE COVER:
Dane Smith Hall, a general classroom building
on the main campus of the University of New
Mexico, reflects the early morning southwest
sun and the general theme of the “Pueblo
Revival” campus architecture. The building
was constructed in 1998 and receives chilled
water, steam and electricity from the university’s
recently renovated district energy system.
Courtesy Larry Schuster, UNM.
20 Surviving Katrina: New Orleans’ system rides out storm, gets
back to business
John E. Carlson, P.E., Director, District Energy Operations, Entergy Thermal LLC
Nothing could have prepared Entergy Thermal in New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina and the catastrophic
flooding that ensued. In its wake, communications were impossible, employees were without homes
and simply being in the city posed health and safety risks. In a blog-format commentary, John Carlson
chronicles how the system faced and overcame such seemingly insurmountable challenges.
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