but the good news is they weren’t needed. But Mayer wrote “We all
should be proud to be part of such a close-knit, caring group. While
we’re all in business to make a profit, it’s terrific to know that when
there’s an emergency there are others in this association who will help
out. This certainly reaffirms my participation in the association!”
Courtesy San Francisco Fire Department.
IDHCA participated in a roundtable breakfast with U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development representatives in
Washington, D.C., in 1987. The goal of the breakfast was to air ideas
to bridge the gap between the district heating and cooling industry
and local representatives in the public housing sector.
IDEA conferences have always been an opportunity to learn and
exchange ideas, as Jack Kattner, then with the Minneapolis Energy
Center, at right, and Kevin Brown from Trigen did in the mid-1980s
at the Community Energy Systems Conference.
“... He’ s taking after
you more every day...”
David Wade of RDA Engineering shared this cartoon from his own archives.
His secretary in the 1980s drew the image and presented it to him as a
gift. It looks like she certainly understood Dave – and the technology!
In 1988 IDHCA produced an industry brochure called “Take Control”
(as shown below) to help association and members with their marketing
efforts. In 1990 it unveiled a complementary brochure titled “We’ve Got
the Energy to Help Clear the Air” addressing district energy and the
environment.
1988 – James Schlesinger, first U.S. Secretary of Energy (1977-1979),
provided the keynote address at IDHCA’s 79th Annual Conference in
Chautauqua, N. Y.
IDHCA and the North American District Heating and Cooling
Institute agreed in 1988 to unite their membership and continue certain
major NADHCI activities under the auspices of IDHCA.
In 1990 the U.S. Department of Energy completed district cooling
feasibility study assessments for Baltimore, Md.; University of
Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark.; Miami, Fla.; New Haven, Conn.; New Orleans,
La.; Phoenix, Ariz.; St. Louis, Mo.; San Francisco, Calif.; Stamford, Conn.;
and Honolulu, Hawaii.
1990 – U.S. Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 were signed
by President George Bush, accelerating CFC phaseout.
