Dockside Green
Developer Gives Keynote
Joe Van Belleghem, recognized
globally for his role in conceiving
and spearheading development
of the highly successful Dockside
Green project in Victoria, B.C.,
delivered the keynote address
to attendees during Monday’s
luncheon. Dockside Green, the first
Platinum LEED for Neighborhood
Development project, incorporates
an innovative district energy
system. (See the cover story
on Dockside Green in Fourth
Quarter 2009 District Energy.) Van
Belleghem shared his personal
experience with the convergence
of real estate development and
sustainable practices along with
the importance of being connected
to the communities that one
serves. He explored themes
espoused by native peoples and
the importance of preserving
resources through smarter holistic
designs and thoughtful planning.
To view his presentation, please
visit www.districtenergy.org/
100th-annual-conference-trade-
show.
Van Belleghem is a founder,
former director and vice chair
of the Canada Green Building
Council and he has also served
on the board of directors of the
U.S. Green Building Council. He
received the Province of British
Columbia 2007 Arbor Vitae Award
for Environmental Leadership
for dedication to environmental
protection and stewardship.
Citizens Thermal Supplies
the Indianapolis Economy
Across the growing downtown
Indianapolis area, more than 250
commercial and industrial buildings,
which include a university campus,
hospital and residential customers,
depend on Citizens Thermal steam
for heat. Nearly 90 buildings utilize
chilled water from Citizens for cooling. Citizens Thermal also manages
onsite energy facilities for commercial
and industrial customers. Thermal
customers include the headquarters of a
major pharmaceutical company, a metal
stamping plant for GM, National Starch
and Diamond Chain, six hospitals, the
campus of Indiana University Purdue
University in Indianapolis, the State
Capitol, Federal Building, Marion County
Jail and Library, museums, seven hotels,
the Indiana Convention Center – and,
of course, Lucas Oil Stadium.
Nearly 100 attendees enjoyed touring the historic Perry K Steam Plant,
which started operation in 1893, and
the West Street Chilled Water Plant,
launched in 1991. A total of eight boilers with 1,990,000 lb/hr of steam
capacity supply steam via 28 miles
of distribution piping to 220 customers. Two pre-World War II generators are still maintained and operational; they work in conjunction with
two new topping turbine generators
that provide primary plant electrical
power. Since 1988, the Covanta waste-to-energy steam facility, 3 miles southwest from Perry K, adds three boilers
and 450,000 lbs/hr of capacity to the
A look inside a Perry K boiler
system – roughly 44 percent of the total
steam sendout.
Citizens Thermal’s chilled water
business has four main plants and
two satellite chiller plants with a
total cooling capacity of 74,800 tons.
We visited the 36,000-ton capacity
West Street chilled-water plant, which
provides 40 degree F chilled water to
56 customers and 88 buildings. The
spotless chiller building houses 30,000
tons of steam-driven and 6,000 tons
of electric-driven centrifugal chillers.
Bob Purdue and Todd Fuller
provided an informative and comprehensive pre-tour briefing on the steam
and chilled water systems, respectively,
during breakfast. Mark Vogler and
the whole team at Citizens Thermal
organized an effective, punctual and
comprehensive technical tour. The
friendliness and expertise of Citizens
Thermal personnel made the tour
informative and pleasant for all
participants with outstanding attention
to detail and insightful answers on
operations. The folks at Citizens
Thermal really set the bar high for
future technical tours!
Joe Van Belleghem
Touring the 36,000 ton Citizens Thermal West Street Chiller Plant
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