achieved last year. 2008 was another
year of positive growth in the industry
with nearly 45 million sq ft connected
in North America and more than 281
million sq ft Beyond North America,
largely in the Middle East.
While 22 organizations submitted
new customer buildings, IDEA was
pleased to recognize those whose performance set them apart from peers in
terms of buildings connected or committed and or square footage committed/
connected to district energy systems.
Congratulations to our award recipients,
and thank you to all our participants for
their important contributions.
Greatest Number of Buildings/
North America
; Gold: Con Edison Steam Operations - 18
; Silver: Veolia North America, Trigen-
Philadelphia system - 12
; Bronze: Detroit Thermal - 11
Most Square Feet/North America
; Gold: Con Edison Steam Operations -
6,546,229
; Silver: NRG Energy Center Minneapolis
- 5,898,886
; Bronze: Detroit Thermal - 5,724,932
Most Number of Buildings/Beyond
North America
; Gold: Palm District Cooling - 1,479
; Silver: Qatar Cool - 880
; Bronze: Empower - 367
Most Square Feet/Beyond
North America
; Gold: Empower - 102,398,000
; Silver: Palm District Cooling -
73,437,894
; Bronze: Qatar Cool - 73,322,513
Sponsors Made It Possible
The centennial conference would not
have been possible without the generous
financial support of our sponsors.
Thank you!
Sustaining Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Con Edison Steam Operations
Johnson Controls
Solar Turbines
Gold Sponsors
FVB Energy, Inc.
Trane
Xcel Energy
Silver Sponsors
Burns & McDonnell
Citizens Thermal/Citizens Energy Group
Dresser-Rand
EVAPCO
Ever-Green Energy, LLC
Jennings Strouss & Salmon
Stanley Consultants
Stantec
Syska Hennesy Group
Thermo Systems LLC
Bronze Sponsors
Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
Benz Air Engineering
Carrier Corporation
Centratherm,Inc.
Chem-Aqua, Inc.
