| Smart Energy Solutions About The Workshop This workshop is for energy end-users and decision-makers in the Northeast. The programis is designed to provide information on cost effective opportunities for combined heat and power (CHP) – or re-cycling energy on-site, at your facility. The program will provide a basic outlook on CHP for Institutional, Commercial and Industrial facilities. Presenters will showcase case studies – providing real examples of cost-effective technology applications in businesses just like yours! In addition, it will provide an overview of the current technologies and application resources for combined heat and power equipment. Learn about incentives, financing strategies, and general “rules of thumb” that will assist you in moving your project from idea to reality. Start saving money on energy sooner, provide power security and reliability to critical infrastructure needs, and utilize fuel and resources more efficiently for a cleaner environment.
In addition to the morning workshop, join us at a networking lunch and learn how the US Department of Energy is promoting Distributed Generation and CHP through EPACT 2005 and the Office of Electricity. Enjoy a tour of the Basketball Hall of Fame after our confrence ends. Who should attend?
How can this workshop applies to your facility! HOSPITALS – Many hospitals are prime candidates for CHP. It protects hospitals from disruptions in energy transmission, decreases current energy costs and serves as a hedge against rising or at least volatile future costs associated with deregulation, and it greatly enhances energy efficiency. According to some estimates, CHP provides as much as 80 percent energy efficiency compared to 33 percent efficiency from traditional sources of power. UNIVERSITIES – District energy systems on college and university campuses are well suited for CHP applications because they significantly expand the amount of thermal loads potentially served by CHP; reduce the requirement for size and capital investment in production equipment due to the "diversity" of consumer loads; use larger and more efficient equipment and can take advantage of such things as thermal energy storage that aren't economically effective on a small scale; and aggregate thermal loads, enabling more cost-effective CHP. In addition, many campus facility managers are well-qualified to understand and maintain CHP systems, and motivated to share their successes with other managers in a collegial atmosphere. MANUFACTURING– Food Processing and Paper manufacturing facilities use a great deal of water and produce wastewater that must then be cleaned and returned to the plant. Rather than pay a municipal water treatment facility to clean and produce water for processing, some breweries are processing clean water themselves, by purchasing water treatment equipment, including an anaerobic digester. Methane from the digester generates electricity and heat. By cogenerating with heat recovery, the engine uses biogas fueled from the brewery process, saving both water and fuel costs. WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS and LANDFILLS - Generating renewable energy and heat from methane (produced as a by-product at landfills and many wastewater treatment plants) leads to efficiency gains, other environmental benefits, potentially lower energy bills, greater energy reliability, greater self-reliance, and a profitable use of an otherwise-wasted resource. Directions Address: From the East (Boston): Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Route 90) to Exit 4, 91 South. Take I-91 South to Exit 7 (Springfield Center). Proceed down the exit ramp and you will be on West Columbus Avenue. Continue on West Columbus through three sets of lights and the Hall of Fame will be on your right. Approximate driving time: 2 hours
From the West (Albany): Take the Massachusetts Turnpike East (Route 90) to Exit 4, 91 South. Take I-91 South to Exit 7 (Springfield Center). Proceed down the exit ramp and you will be on West Columbus Avenue. Continue on West Columbus through three sets of lights and the Hall of Fame will be on your right. Approximate driving time: 1 1/2 hours.
From the North: Vermont Maine New Hampshire From New York City & South: Take 95 North to Exit 47, 91 North (New Haven). Continue straight on 91 North for 60 miles until Exit 4, Broad Street exit. Go to your second light and take a left. At the next light, turn left. The Hall of Fame appears on your right.
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