District Energy - 2008 Second Quarter

Johnson Controls was presented the prestigious Export Achievement Award by Colleen Litkenhaus, deputy assistant secretary, U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce. Anwar Hassan (left) and Joseph Brillhart of Johnson Controls graciously accepted the plaque in recognition of their successful export of York chillers across the Middle East district cooling market.

the July 2007 Con Ed steam line rupture, many participants indicated they had a better understanding of steam system water hammer causes. With more than

150 registrants, this distribution workshop had the largest turnout ever. Other presentation topics included a major pipeline expansion project in Indianapolis,

flow metrics and electronic mapping systems.

IDEA offered two other half-day pre-conference workshops: “Managing Your Campus Carbon Footprint,” presented by Keith Driver, Baseline Emissions Management, and Annika Colston, Blue Source; and “Using Physical Plant Assets as a Financial Hedge,” by Joe Hoose, Cool Systems Inc., and Mike Webster, ICETEC. Both sessions were nearly standing-room-only and provided detailed discussion on key aspects of owning, operating and managing the risks for a campus utility system. With the emergence of greenhouse gas regulations and oil trading at more than $100 per barrel, the discussion in these workshops was highly valuable and relevant.

On Friday morning, it was obvious that the Harvard’s engineering and utilities group, including Doug Garron, Robert Manning, Susy Bunanta and others had worked extensively to deliver a meaningful technical tour of three Harvard facilities. The Blackstone Steam Plant, a vintage

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