News & Events - HOT NEWS

Important news and events relating to CHP for buildings are presented here to keep you abreast of the happenings in this field. These sections are updated regularly.

News at a Glance

ASHE Hosts a Panel Discussion and an Exhibit on CHP at its 2004 International Conference and Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design and Construction
March 15-17, 2004
Tampa , FL

The American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) hosted a panel discussion on March 15 from 3:15pm till 4:30pm: Cooling, Heating and Power (CHP): Decentralizing for Reliability and Income.

The panel discussed how hospitals could produce power and use energy to become "utility independent," protect energy reliability needed for patient services, and prevent a loss of income during natural disasters and grid failures. A detailed session agenda is available here in PDF format.

Dale Woodin (ASHE), Ed Mardiat (Burns & McDonnell), Dan Chisholm (Motor and Generator Institute), Damon deChamplain ( Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT) and Bob Chester ( South Oaks Hospital, Amityville, NY) made presentations and answered questions of the session attendees. Jan Berry (ORNL) gave the opening remarks and moderated the panel discussion.

PDF copies of some of their presentations are provided here:

• Dale Woodin (ASHE)
• Ed Mardiat (Burns & McDonnell)
• Dan Chisholm (Motor and Generator Institute)
• Jan Berry (ORNL)

ASHE also hosted the DOE/ORNL Desiccant Humidity Control Van (DHCV) that exhibited the energy efficiency and indoor air quality benefits of using desiccant systems in healthcare facilities. It also allowed visitors to experience the benefits of independent control of humidity by using desiccants, and exhibited the benefits of integrating desiccant dehumidifiers with conventional cooling and CHP systems. Over 200 visitors toured the DHCV. Doug Kosar ( Energy Resource Center of the University of Illinois at Chicago), Dharam Punwani (Avalon Consulting, Inc.), Cheryl Hughes (Munters Corporation), and Nick Honko (Kathabar Inc.) facilitated the tours of the DHCV. PDF copies of presentations on CHP Systems Today and CHP Systems Tomorrow are available here. The exhibition of the DHCV at this event was co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, through the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Gas Technology Institute.

The Pacific Southwest CHP Initiative Organizes a Regional CHP Roadmap Session
January 26, 2004
La Jolla , CA

The Pacific Southwest Combined Heat and Power Initiative (PSWCHPI) organizes a Regional CHP Roadmap session on Monday, January 26, 2004 , at the 5th Annual CADER/Clean DG Coalition conference in La Jolla , CA . CHP advocates and stakeholders will convene to identify barriers to combined heat and power project implementation in the Pacific Southwest, and will formulate a set of specific, near-term action items to overcome them so as to aggressively move forward on project implementation. The US Department of Energy's Seattle Regional Office and the PSWCHPI will sponsor the meeting. Energetics, Incorporated, will facilitate the meeting and provide a written account of the proceedings. For more information, contact Chuck Collins (Chuck.Collins@EE.DOE.GOV ; 206-553-2159) at the Seattle Regional Office of the Distributed Energy and Electric Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy.

NYSERDA Invites Proposals for DG Projects, including CHP Systems for Commercial Facilities
January 21, 2004
Albany , NY

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) plans to award $12 million to support a number of distributed generation projects, including CHP systems for commercial facilities. NYSERDA invites proposals in the following areas:

• Demonstration of distributed generation (DG) and combined heat and power (CHP) systems at industrial/commercial/residential facilities
• Feasibility studies to define the baseline design of a DG/CHP system for a specific facility
• Technology transfer studies to broaden the market penetration of DG/CHP systems
• Product development of new DG power systems and/or related components
• Feasibility studies to assess the viability of new DG product designs/concepts
• Request for proposals to Provide technical assistance to NYSERDA as a data integrator.

Proposals are due by 3PM (Eastern Time) on April 20, 2004. For more information, see NYSERDA's program opportunity notice. (http://www.nyserda.org/800pon.html)

U.S. Department of Energy
Distributed Energy Peer Review
December 2-4, 2003
Washington Renaissance DC Hotel
Washington, DC

Advanced Registration Deadline: November 14
www.energetics.com/der_peerreview.html

You are invited to attend the U.S. Department of Energy's Distributed Energy Peer Review on December 2-4 in Washington, DC. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about the Program's mission, goals, objectives, and leadership!

Project partners from industry, government, trade associations, academia, and research institutions will report on their research and development strategies and achievements regarding distributed energy technologies and federal and state activities.

Presentations will cover the following areas:

• Industrial Gas Turbines
• Microturbines
• Reciprocating Engines
• Thermally Activated Technologies
• Fuel Flexibility
• Technology-Base
• Distributed Energy Applications Integration
• Packaged Cooling, Heating, and Power Systems
• Cooling, Heating, and Power Systems Integration

This is a valuable exercise for government and R&D partners to exchange feedback and review and evaluate accomplishments. Peer reviewers will be drawn from the private sector, university community, research and trade organizations, and state and local agencies. These experts will be asked to evaluate the Distributed Energy program at a strategic management level, and to provide written comments and recommendations to the Department of Energy.

The Peer Review is an open meeting; anyone who wishes to attend may register online at www.energetics.com/der_peerreview.html. Please contact Energetics Conference Services at 410-953-6277 with any registration-related questions.

The Peer Review meeting will incorporate a Poster Session. The scope of poster presentations will include the Materials Program, the University Reciprocating Engine Program, the CHP Applications Centers, the Integrated Energy System (IES) Test Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the DER Program at the DOE Regional Offices. If your poster is not related to one of these topics, please contact one of the persons listed near the end of this news item.

The Posters will be displayed during both the Reception and informally during the Peer Review. During the Reception from 6-8 pm, on Tuesday, December 2nd, meeting attendees will circulate and discuss the posters with their presenters. During informal times, such as coffee breaks, it is recommended that the presenters be available to talk with attendees.

You will be provided with a poster board surface area 8 feet wide by 4 feet high, push pins, and a sign with your name and affiliation. You will find general guidelines for poster presentations on the DER Peer Review website. Detailed information regarding set up and tear down times will be sent in a second e-mail.

To participate in the Poster Session, please fill out and return the Poster Presentation Registration available on the DER Peer Review website. In addition to filling out this form, you will need to register for the meeting, which you may do on-line at the website. Information regarding registration is provided below.

If you have questions concerning meeting logistics, contact Mary Lee Blackwood, Jessica Clark or Anne Sullins at Conference Services at Energetics (cs@energetics.com). If you have questions concerning the content of the DER Peer Review, please contact Brian Marchionini (bmarch@energetics.com) or Jan Brinch (jbrinch@energetics.com) at Energetics.

Registration/Hotel:

The registration form and hotel information are available on the Energetics DER Peer Review web site. All participants need to register and pay a registration fee. To receive the early registration fee of $275, please register by November 14. Hotel reservations should be made by November 17 to receive the group rate of $150 plus tax. For questions regarding registration or meeting logistics, please contact Conference Services at Energetics at cs@energetics.com.

Agenda:

The preliminary agenda is posted on the Energetics DER Peer Review web site. Updates to the agenda will be made as necessary and posted on their site.

What are you waiting for? REGISTER NOW!

Now Available - The CHP Resource Guide
October 13, 2003
Chicago, IL

The Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Resource Guide was developed and is published by the Midwest CHP Application Center (MAC). The primary objective of the Guide is to provide a ready reference for the basic principles CHP and the "Rules-of-Thumb" that apply when considering a CHP application. It is intended to complement the knowledge of those who have some idea of what CHP is by providing "packets" of information to serve as a refresher or provide reference to specific information to assist in performing a first-level screening or assessment of the suitability of CHP to a particular facility. This Guide should be useful to energy engineers, energy auditors, facility operations directors/managers, or others (such as architects, owners or managers of commercial buildings or industrial plants, school district managers, city/town managers) who have some understanding of physical systems in buildings and who have possibly gone through some introductory training or workshop on CHP applications.

The information in the Guide represents the best efforts by the MAC at of the time of publication. This Guide should be utilized ONLY as a reference document for screening and estimating purposes. It is NOT intended as a tool for developing detailed CHP designs or cost estimates. An electronic version of the Guide is now available here in PDF format.

DOE Announces Funding for
Five New Regional CHP Application Centers
August 13, 2003
Washington, DC

The Distributed Energy and Electric Reliability (DEER) Program of the U.S. Department of Energy will provide $1,499,756 funding for five new Regional CHP Application Centers. Through targeted education and outreach programs as well as project assistance, Regional Application Centers will provide essential and appropriate applied research and development support focused on the technology transfer and deployment of advanced Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technologies. Funding will be provided through DOE's State Energy Program Special Projects competitive grants.

Information on each Regional Application Center is available by clicking on the following links:

• Mid Atlantic Regional Combined Heat and Power Application Center
• Northeast Regional Combined Cooling, Heating and Power Applications Center
• Northwest Region Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power Applications Center
• Southwest Combined Heat and Power Regional Application Center Network
• Southwest Regional Combined Cooling, Heating, and Power Application Center