FOURTH QUARTER 2010
VOLUME 96
NUMBER 4
District
Energy
Departments
3
Chair’s Message
David J. Toombs, General Manager,
Citizens Thermal
4 President’s Message
Robert P. Thornton, President,
International District Energy Association
32 Industry News
49 Middle East Industry News
12 Outsourced and On Site: Hospital, utility team up
on innovative energy center
Brad Pollitt, Vice President of Facilities, Shands HealthCare;
Chuck S. Heidt, Asset Manager, South Energy Center, Gainesville Regional Utilities;
Ed Mardiat, Principal, OnSite Energy & Power, Burns & McDonnell
The collaboration between Shands Cancer Hospital at the University of Florida and Gainesville
Regional Utilities is the first national model of a not-for-profit hospital and municipal utility
partnering to create an on-site energy center that meets all the health care facility’s power, heating
and cooling needs. Their innovative partnership can be instructive for other large public institutions
facing a similar combination of environmental, energy security and operational imperatives.
Cover
50 People in the News
53
From a Legal Perspective
Demand Response: Getting credit for
contributions to a smarter grid
Elizabeth Teuwen, Attorney,
Jennings Strouss & Salmon PLC
55
LEED® + District Energy
The New Version 2.0 Guideline: It’s here!
Tim Griffin, PE, LEED AP,
IDEA USGBC Liaison
Features
7 Boiler MACT Overview: EPA proposes stricter new standards
Jay S. Crilley, PE, Vice President, Business Development, Nalco Mobotec Inc.
The EPA’s Boiler MACT Rule standards are expected to impose new emissions requirements on
industrial, commercial and institutional facilities. District energy system operators must be armed
with information on these regulation changes – and how to prepare for them.
58
Inside Insights
Controlling Multiple Motors With
a Single VFD: Catering to the
megalomaniac in us all
Steve Tredinnick, PE, Vice President of
Energy Services, Syska Hennessy Group
19 Thinking Green, Buying Local: Longwood University finds
fuel solutions close to home
Geoff Chenoweth, PE, Infrastructure and Mechanical Systems Project Engineer,
RMF Engineering Inc.; and Phil Jones, Project Coordinator, RMF Engineering Inc.
Longwood University, located in Farmville, Va., is reducing its heating costs and advancing its
sustainability goals with a new wood-burning steam plant that will take advantage of abundant
local biomass resources.
60
Members Speak Out
The Geometry of District Energy
David W. Wade, PE, President, RDA
Engineering Inc.
63
Energy and Environmental Policy
Why Energy Policy Will Get You
Into Hot Water
Mark Spurr, IDEA Legislative Director
23 Chiller Plant Ratings: Why the proper evaluation
method matters
Mike Thompson, Global Leader of Refrigerant Strategy, Trane; Justin Wieman, Centrifugal
Chiller Strategic Projects Manager, Trane; W. Ryan Geister, Global Portfolio Leader, Trane
The desire for quick results has tempted many in the HVAC industry to utilize single-number
evaluation tools. However, they’re no substitute for a complete hour-by-hour modeling analysis,
especially for the large-tonnage chillers typically seen in the district cooling market.
66
Customer Closeup
MIT’s New Model of Sustainability:
Sloan School of Management Building
67 Meet Our Advertisers
29 Clearing the Air About Massachusetts Biomass Study:
Media reports oversimplify Manomet study findings
District Energy goes beyond the headlines to examine a controversial report by the Manomet Center
for Conservation Sciences that has generated a wave of critical – and misleading – media reports.
68
Calendar of Events/Dates
to Remember
10% POST
CONSUMER
WASTE
ON THE COVER: The 500,000 sq-ft Shands
Cancer Hospital at the University of Florida
offers advanced resources for a wide range
of oncology, surgery, critical care and emer-
gency/trauma patients. In addition to being
recognized as a leading healthcare facility,
it is one of only four hospitals in the U.S.
to have earned LEED® (Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design) Gold certification
for its environmental and energy-efficient
features. Photo courtesy Shands HealthCare
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