Plenary Level Panel Discussions
Sustainable Global Cities – Major Urban
Centers Look to District Energy Infrastructure
Seoul, Copenhagen, London, Stockholm,
Berlin, Paris and others discuss district
energy as an essential building block to an
efficient, environmentally responsive energy
future in a growing metropolitan market.
Large Scale District Cooling Systems –
Optimizing a Smarter Grid
Diverting demand from the wires to chilled
water produces profound benefits for
customers, companies and communities.
Featuring exceptional cases in Toronto,
Chicago, Doha, Princeton and others…
District Heating – Enabling Fuel Flexibility
and Enhancing Energy Security
Aggregating community heating loads
creates economies of scale for robust heating
options to leverage surplus heat from power
plants, energy from waste and biomass, coal
conversion and other local energy resources.
District Energy Goes to College
Facing intense stakeholder pressure to
mitigate carbon emissions, IDEA’s leading
campus systems share a page from their
playbooks on achieving world-class energy
efficiency and cutting edge climate action
plans while supporting big-time, mission-critical customer growth.
Industry Workshops Focused
on Business Development
District Energy and LEED: A progress report
and detailed update on how district thermal
energy is to be treated in newly revised
LEED Guidance.
Government Buildings on District Energy: A focused discussion on working with GSA, FEMP and other government agencies to retain and grow customer relationships for district energy providers.
Community Development Around District
Energy: How to integrate energy planning
and district energy infrastructure for a
more sustainable, livable and economically
competitive community.
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Technical;Program;Proceedings
n;Case Studies, Master Planning, System Development & Renewal
• Integration Between District Heating and Real Estate; Business Plan
for the District Heating Utility
• Energy Outsourcing – Innovative Approach to a Public-Public-
Partnership: Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) and Shands
Healthcare
• The Energy Combinate of the Region in Östergötland, Sweden
• Parkland Replacement Hospital Central Utility Plant Goes Green
n;Combined Heat and Power/Cogeneration
• Quantifying the Financial Benefits of a New Combined Heat
& Power Plant System in a Carbon Constrained World
• Cogeneration at a Small District Heating Network, Real Case
n;Renewable Energy Applications
• Geothermal Systems on a Campus Scale Ball State University’s
Journey from Stokers to Circulating Fluidized Bed to Geothermal
• Innovative Green Project to Convert a Downtown Energy System
into a Very Large Baseload, Biomass Clean Energy Facility
n;LEED Buildings and Sustainable Communities
• Beyond LEED, The Road to Net Zero Energy Buildings:
What To Ask of Your Architects & Engineers
• Regent Park Central Energy System in Toronto, Opportunities
and Challenges for Heating, Cooling and Cogeneration
n;Biofuels and Fuel Flexibility
• Nano-Enzymes Improve Coal Combustion
• Advanced Biofuels for Power Generation
• Organic Rankine Cycle Technology in Biomass Fueled CHP District
Energy: Success in Europe and Opportunities in North America
n;Managing Loads, System Optimization & Efficiency
• 12 Step Retro-Commissioning Process to Maximize Asset Utilization,
Save Energy, and Save Money on Demand Charges
• Unconventional Strategies for Growing District Heat Networks
• Utilization of Modeling Software to Economically Optimize Energy
Plant Operations
n;Mission Critical Cooling for Data Centers, Airports, Medical Centers
• Green Methods to Prevent Chilled Water Loop Problems
• Innovative Water Reuse: Sustainable Water Management and
Conservation Using Advanced Cooling Technologies
• 27 MW Industrial Cooling Applications Based on Energy Efficient
Vacuum Icemaker
