Tuesday, October 21, 2008 –
0730 – 0830 Registration Open/Breakfast with Business Partner Exhibitors
0830 – 1000
1000 – 1030
Strategic Session #3
Business Development
Design Build Solutions for District Cooling,
Amana Steel Buildings & Contracting Co., LLC,
Mohammed Al Quarout
Temporary Cooling Solutions to Bridge Grid
Availability, Imtiaz Ali, Salem JCI, Saudi Arabia
Harnessing Waste Energy for Desalination –
Jeffrey Lukas, Global Energy Solutions
Refreshment Break with Business Partner Exhibitors
Best Practice Guide Workshop Session 3
Building HVAC Design and Energy Transfer Stations
Moderated by Eric Moe, FVB Energy, Inc.
James Kassim, Tabreed
Barat Bhola, Alfa Laval
Jay Eldridge, McQuay International
Cliff Braddock, TAS
1030 – 1200
1200 – 1330
Strategic Session #4
Operations and Optimization
Plume Dispersion Abatement for Cooling Towers,
Kurt Geens, Marketing Development Manager,
Baltimore Aircoil International
Primary/Secondary Pumping – Hemant Mehta,
WM Group Engineers
Ultra Efficient Chilled Water Facility –
Ben Erpelding, Optimum Energy
IDEA Networking Luncheon – Sponsored by Middle East Chapter Steering Committee
Best Practice Guide Workshop Session 4
Chilled Water Distribution Systems
Moderated by Bryan Kleist, FVB Energy
Ghassan Sahli, EPPI
Bob Maffei, Perma-Pipe
Jean Laganiere, Logstor
Steven Tredinnick, Syska & Hennessy
1330 –1500
Strategic Session 5
Metering and Metrics
Accurate Energy Measurements at Commercial
Building Chillers – Aber Hadrami, FLEXIM
Utilizing Good Data Logging Practices to Monitor
Plant Performance – Tim Clark, Stellar
Managing By Measuring: Submetering –
Ramesh Ramadurai, Empower
Best Practice Guide Workshop Session 5
Chilled Water Plants
Moderated by Bryan Kleist, FVB Energy, Inc.
Peter Tracey, BAC Balticare
Dan Mizesko, US Chiller Services
Joseph Brillhart, Johnson Controls
Bruce Dorey, McQuay International
1500 –1515
Refreshment Break with Business Partner Exhibitors
1515 –1615
Strategic Session #6
District Energy and LEED
LEED Gold for District Cooling Chiller Plant at
Wafi City, Mario Seneviratne, Green Technologies
(invited)
District Cooling & LEED, Dr. Mohsen Aboulnaga,
Chair Emirates Green Building Council (invited)
Earning LEED Points With Green Water Treatment
Technology – Michael Patton, Dolphin WaterCare
Best Practice Guide Workshop Session 6
Controls and Instrumentation
Moderated by David Musto, Thermo Systems, Inc.
George Berbari, DC Pro Engineering
Don Eppelheimer, Trane
Samuel Stone, Stanley
1615 – 1700
Strategic Session #7
Project Innovations
Piping System Options – TBD, Victaulic
Solar Thermal Hot Water for District Energy – TBD
Best Practice Guide Workshop Session 7
Project Procurement, Delivery and Commissioning
Moderated by Mark Spurr, FVB Energy, Inc.
Kurt Liebendorfer, Stellar
Tom Pierson, TAS
Paul Beaudry, SNC Lavalin
Mohammed Al Quarout,
Amana Steel Buildings
Paul Saville, MAS Energy
1700 – 1715
Conference Wrap-up and Concluding Remarks
