CALL FOR PAPERS
FEBRUARY 10-13, 2009

Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Convention Center Durham, North Carolina

Hosted by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

If you are interested in making a presentation in one of the following topic areas – or have a topic of your own – please contact Tim Griffin, Conference Technical Chair, RMF Engineering, Inc. at tgriffin@rmf.com or 919-941-9876. Please act promptly as we expect high demand for limited presentation opportunities!

Sustainable Campus Initiatives

Campus Carbon Strategies – Assessing Footprints, Emissions Reduction Strategies

Biomass; Waste Wood and Fuel Alternatives

Master Planning – Infrastructure Design and System Expansion

Combined Heat and Power/Cogeneration

Case Studies of Central Plants (campuses, airports, military bases, medical centers, etc)

Data Center Cooling and other Mission Critical Requirements

Building Energy Efficiency – Managing Load and Optimizing Assets Campus Cooling and Thermal Storage Systems

Controls, Monitoring and Metering

Operations, Maintenance, Staffing – Training, Development and Safety

LEED Strategies for District Energy

Please submit a 75 word abstract outlining your presentation to Tim Griffin at tgriffin@rmf.com or to Laxmi Rao at laxmi.idea@ districtenergy.org. For additional information, please visit IDEA’s Web site – www.districtenergy.org/calendar.htm or contact Rob Thornton or Laxmi Rao at IDEA at (508) 366-9339.

Deadline for submittal of abstracts: September 15, 2008 Final presentations due: December 5, 2008

EXHIBITORS AND SPONSORS: A limited number of tabletop exhibits will be available to IDEA members who are already committed to exhibit at IDEA’s 100th Annual Conference & Trade Show in Washington, DC. Please contact Tanya Kozel at (410) 518-6676 or tanya.idea@districtenergy.org for details.