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Brenda Nelson has joined Market
Street Energy Co., a District Energy St. Paul
affiliate, as vice president of administration/
human resources. Nelson has more than
20 years of experience
in human resources
and most recently was
vice president, human
resources, at DBI
Consulting Inc. Her
previous experience
includes 13 years with
Wells Fargo Corp. and two years with
GMAC-RFC. Nelson earned her bachelor
of science degree in management and
communications and her master of arts
degree in organizational management
from Concordia University in St. Paul. Minn.
In April, Jes B. Christensen was named
managing director of the Danish Board of
District Heating, the leading district heating
and cooling organization in Denmark. The
group represents heat
and combined heat
and power production
companies, waste
incineration companies,
heat transmission and
distribution companies,
consulting engineers,
manufacturers and contractors. After graduating from the University of Copenhagen
with a master’s degree in national economics, Christensen financed development projects as project officer for the Danish Ministry
of Foreign Affairs. His work included financing district energy projects in China. Later
Christensen served as sector expert for energy
and environment at the Danish embassy in
Beijing. His goal for DBDH is to establish a
joint participation of district energy organizations during the United Nations Global
Climate Summit in Copenhagen in 2009,
where the Kyoto Protocol will be replaced.
Steven M. Tredinnick, PE, has joined
Syska Hennessy Group as vice president
and energy services chief engineer. His
focus will be on energy services projects,
primarily the engineering and design of central plants and the
application of chilled-water technology.
Tredinnick will work
closely with Syska’s
national critical facili-
ties, health care and construction market
focus teams. During his career, he has
planned and/or designed central chiller plants
up to 75,000 tons. A registered professional
engineer in Minnesota, New Jersey and
Texas, Tredinnick holds a bachelor of science degree in architectural engineering
from Pennsylvania State University. He is a
member of the American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers,
for which he currently chairs two technical
committees. Tredinnick previously served as
ASHRAE’s Minnesota Chapter president.
An IDEA member, he was recently elected
to the association’s board of directors.
On July 3, Edward Patnode was
named president of Advanced Thermal
Systems Inc., a leading manufacturer of
packed slip- and ball-type expansion joints
based in Lancaster, N.Y. Patnode, who
joined ATS in 1995 as
engineering manager,
has more than 30
years experience in
piping system design.
Most recently Patnode
served as vice presi-dent/general manager
with ATS and as a member of the board of
directors. Prior to joining ATS, he was
employed as a lead Engineer with the
General Electric Co.’s large steam turbine
department in Schenectady, N. Y.
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill Chancellor James Moeser this spring
appointed Raymond DuBose to the
Higher Education Committee of the
American Council on Renewable Energy
(ACORE). DuBose is the director of the
energy services department at the UNC-Chapel Hill. DuBose
manages operation of
the university’s main
campus utilities systems and is leading
the university’s energy
planning for its new
1,000-acre Carolina
North campus, where the university is
seeking to utilize 100 percent alternative
energy sources in its energy production.
ACORE’s Higher Education Committee is
dedicated to increasing renewable energy
use on college and university campuses,
developing resources for multidisciplinary
education and increasing funding for high-er-education-based research and development on renewable energy.
Out on the Boardwalk
These early leaders of the National District
Heating Association (IDEA’s predecessor)
enjoyed a stroll on Atlantic City’s Boardwalk
during the association’s 19th Annual
Conference in 1928. From left to right they
were identified as “Messrs. Orr, Butler, Smith,
Veness and Kline.”
