District Energy is an official publication of the International District Energy Association.
Published quarterly since 1915.
Editorial Staff
PRESIDENT & PUBLISHER
Robert P. Thornton
EDITOR & CHAIR OF EDITORIAL
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Peter B. Myers
TECHNICAL EDITOR
Anthony Mirabella
ADVERTISING SALES
Tanya Kozel
(410) 518-6676
Board of Directors 2011-2012
Executive Committee
Board Members
CHAIR
VINCENT BADALI
Veolia Energy North America
2600 Christian Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
(267) 350-5813
vbadali@veoliaenergyna.com
BRUCE ANDER
Markham District Energy, Inc.
8100 Warden Avenue
Markham, L6G 1B4 Canada
(905) 513-4164
bander@mdei.ca
ROBERT MANNING
Harvard University
46 Blackstone Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 496-1405
robert.manning@harvard.edu
JONATHAN SPREEMAN
Trane
5720 S. 77th St.
Ralston, NE 68127
(402) 331-7111
jspreeman@trane.com
EDITORIAL ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
Ray DuBose
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
Dennis Fotinos
Enwave Energy Corp.
Joe Hoose
Cool Systems, Inc.
Jack Kattner
Kattner Associates
Doug Maust
HGA Architecture
Engineering Planning
Aurel Selezeanu
Duke University
Steve Spiwak
Nalco Company
David Woods
Energy Systems Company
of Omaha
VICE CHAIR
JOE BRILLHART
Johnson Controls, Inc.
60 E. 42nd St.
New York, NY 10165
(646) 658-6785
joseph.m.brillhart@jci.com
SCOTT CLARK
Burns & McDonnell
One Ridgmar Center
6500 West Freeway, Suite 700
Fort Worth, TX 76116
(817) 735-6038
spclark@burnsmcd.com
TIMOTHY MERRILL
NRG Energy Center Pittsburgh
111 S. Commons
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
(412) 231-0409
tim.merrill@nrgenergy.com
JEFFREY ZUMWALT
University of New Mexico
MSCO1 1060
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 277-1143
jzumwalt@unm.edu
SECOND VICE CHAIR
PATRICIA WILSON
Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
401 N. Washington Street
Suite 400
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 509-6730
pwilson@aeieng.com
LYNN CRAWFORD
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.
7000 Fannin, Suite 165
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 383-9100
lynn.crawford@jacobs.com
DAVID MUSTO
Thermo Systems, LLC
84 Twin Rivers Drive
East Windsor, NJ 08520
(609) 371-3300
david.musto@
thermosystems.com
Ex-Officio
TIM GRIFFIN
RMF Engineering
8081 Arco Corporate Dr.
Suite 300
Raleigh, NC 27617
(919) 941-9876
tgriffin@rmf.com
LARRY PLITCH
Veolia Energy North America
99 Summer Street, Suite 900
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 849-6630
lplitch@veoliaenergyna.com
PRESIDENT & CEO
ROBERT P. THORNTON
IDEA
24 Lyman Street, Suite 230
Westborough, MA 01581
(508) 366-9339
(508) 366-0019 (fax)
rob.idea@districtenergy.org
SECRETARY/TREASURER
JAMES ADAMS
Cornell University
135 Humphreys Service Building
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-6648
jra4@cornell.edu
PAST CHAIR
DAVID TOOMBS
Citizens Thermal Energy
366 Kentucky Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46225
(317) 727-1342
dtoombs@
citizensenergygroup.com
KURT LIEBENDORFER
Johnson Controls
100 CV Avenue
Waynesboro, PA 17268
(717) 265-2451
kurt.m.liebendorfer@jci.com
AUREL SELEZEANU
Duke University
114 S. Buchanan Blvd.
Durham, NC 27708
(919) 660-4222
aurel.selezeanu@duke.edu
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR
MARK SPURR
FVB Energy, Inc.
222 S. 9th Street, Suite 825
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 607-4544
mspurr@fvbenergy.com
CHRIS LYONS
Solar Turbines
9330 Sky Park Ct., SP3Q
San Diego, CA 92123
(858) 694-6586
clyons@solarturbines.com
KEN SMITH
District Energy St. Paul, Inc.
76 West Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55102-1611
(651) 297-8955
ken.smith@districtenergy.com
STEPHEN SWINSON
Thermal Energy Corporation
1615 Braeswood Blvd.
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 791-6765
sswinson@teco.tmc.edu
LEGAL COUNSEL
JOEL GREENE
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon
1350 I Street, NW
Suite 810
Washington, DC 20005-3305
(202) 371-9889
jgreene@jsslaw.com
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THE PUBLICATION:
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ANN McIVER
Citizens Energy Group
2020 N. Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 927-4393
amciver@
citizensenergygroup.com
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