FMA - Key Persons
Gerald Bane, Regional Manager at Ware, a provider of industrial and commercial boiler systems, described a variety of combustion and control energy retrofits, as well as boiler rental programs that can save companies money and reduce their carbon footprint.
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- Deputy Director for Green Buildings & Energy Efficiency at the NYC Mayor 's Office of Long Term Planning
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- Director of Business Development at CopperTree Analytics
Keith Larose , Director of Business Development at CopperTree Analytics, described his company's energy management (EMS) and fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) software for companies that want to gain greater control of their energy dollars. CopperTree's hallmark service is a "tight" breakdown of energy consumption for any device, available on a monthly, daily, hourly or by 15-minute time periods, along with real time reporting and analytics. Larose cited a case study of a maximum seciurity hospital in Nevada which had high peak demand charges. Coppertree offered a detailed energy prediction for 24-hour intervals, so that energy usage could be modified. With an initial investment of $1,200 the State of Nevata now saves $35K annually. In addition to cost benefits, Coppertree Analytic systems can be used to improve tenant comfort and reduce maintenance costs.
Many building owners struggle with the challenge of how to upgrade existing technologies without spending a fortune. Harry Sim, CEO of Cypress Envirosystems, presented a portfolio of low-cost, non-invasive technologies for companies to improve existing buildings. STEM's wireless pneumatic thermostats, wireless gauge readers, wireless steam trap monitors and many other solutions "provide easy retrofit, and offer energy and labor savings with fast payback," he said.
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- Director of Marketing at DOOSAN
Kent McCord, Director of Marketing at DOOSAN, the global leader in fuel cells, introduced a high efficiency machine, the "PureCell® Model 400," which operates on natural gas, generating 440 kW of clean electricity and 1.7 million BTU/hour of useable heat. Fuel cells generate electricity and heat through an electrochemical process with no combustion or moving parts, McCord explained. "The simplicity of operation yields high-efficiency, ultra-low emissions and exceptional reliability."
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- Senior Account Executive at Parole
Randy Parole, Senior Account Executive at Parole, described ways to cut peak demand (a.k.a. "demand shaving") using robust software. STEM's system tracks building patterns so companies can shift energy use to times when rates are lower. What's more, there are currently a half billion dollars in financial incentives available to help companies manage dynamic energy markets.
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- Technical Director at Kaeser Compressors, Inc
Woody Rubin, VP Energy Solutions at AES attributed the changing solar energy business model as the impetus for his company. "We're going from centralized plants with passive consumers to customers taking ownership and control over their energy sourcing." In response, AES takes the best of both sides of the grid, delivering on-site and off-site applications ranging from traditional rooftop installations and parking canopies to non-traditional "community solar" projects built on landfills, Rubin said. Community solar arrays allow facilities to generate power off-site, have multiple customers, and be built on a larger scale.
"Companies should be looking to their compressed air systems to find significant savings," says Wayne Perry, Technical Director at Kaeser Compressors, Inc. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, compressed air systems waste an astonishing 50% of its energy due to leakage and other factors. "That's about $18.5 billion per year wasted…If we optimize compressed air systems, it is like doubling our renewables," said Perry. He described how Kae ser Compressors can analyze a company's energy usage and capture and sustain energy savings, while reducing maintenance costs. Kaeser's System Optimization tecnology allow companies to anticipate demand events rather than react to them, so they can take control of energy consumption.