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Greater Philadelphia Area Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers
“Fostering action through education, innovation & networking to
promote the priorities of Philadelphia-area Energy Professionals”
December 2012December 2012
GPAEE GPAEE NewsletterNewsletter Table of Contents
Focus On: Annual Holiday Party 1
Calendar of Events 2
Next Event: December 20th: Annual Holiday Party 2
Photos from the November Event 3
Future City Update 4
Chapter Awards 4
Welcome New Members 5
Thank You Corporate Members 5
DEP Natural Gas Vehicle Grant Program 5
Shale Gas Innovation Contest 7
January Event Preview 8
Board Info 8
EEB Hub RFI 9
Upcoming Energy Events 9
Energy News 11
Employment Initiative 12
Energy Job Board 12
Support GPAEE 13
About AEE National 14
Newsletter Comments 14
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G P A E E Calendar of Events: Sept. ‘12 — June‘13
Thursday, December 20, 2012
5:00PM - 9:00PM Dinner and Networking
Paddy Whacks Irish Sports Pub 150 South St. (2nd and South St) Philadelphia, PA 19147 http://www.paddywhackspub.com/2nd/directions.php $60.00 for Members $65.00 for Non-Members $70.00 at the Door 1) Click on the Meeting Flyer icon to the left which will bring you to the GPAEE website 2) Click on the ―Register Now box and follow the directions listed there Ken Curry - [email protected]
Date: Time:
Location:
Directions:
Cost:
Registration:
Contact Info
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Thursday, December 20th i s the Next GPAEE Event :
Annual Holiday Par tyAnnual Holiday Par ty
Month Event
September 26, 2012 Season Opener with the Phillies
October 18, 2012 Chilled Water Thermal Storage and Electric Savings
November 8, 2012 Benchmarking Requirements in Philadelphia
December 20, 2012 GPAEE Holiday Party
January 17, 2013 Financing Cogeneration Projects
February 21, 2013 Data Center Energy
March 7, 2013 Globalcon: PUC Legislation and Act 129 Updates
April 18, 2013 Longwood Gardens Infrastructure Tour
May 16, 2013 Natural Gas Vehicles and Technologies
June 27, 2013 Annual Golf Outing
Click Below For
Additional Registration Info!
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Page 3 PHOTOS FROM NOVEMBER EVENT
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January 26, 2013
The mission of the National Engineers Week Future City Competition is to provide a fun and exciting
educational engineering program for middle school students that combines a stimulating engineering
challenge with a "hands-on" application to present their vision of a city of the future. More than 300
students representing 40 or more schools from Philadelphia and the surrounding region participate. Visit
our site to learn more http://www.futurecityphilly.org/
The Future City Competition, a school based program for middle school students, is held from September
through February every year. The National Future City Competition is sponsored in part by the National
Engineers Week Foundation, a consortium of professional and technical societies and major U.S. corpora-
tions. Major funding comes from Bentley Systems, Incorporated, Ford Motor Company and Shell.
The National Engineers Week Foundation, a formal coalition of more than 100 professional societies,
major corporations and government agencies, is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well -educated future
engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers
among young students and by promoting pre-college literacy in math and science. Engineers Week also
raises public understanding and appreciation of engineers' contributions to society. Founded in 1951, it is
among the oldest of America's professional outreach efforts.
The competition is made possible through the efforts of a large number of dedicated volunteers. If you
want a rewarding experience and would like to help, please use our on-line sign up Volunteer Opportuni-
ties
Three schools are still in need of mentors: Easton Area, North Philadelphia and Kutztown. If you know
of anyone who may be interested in mentoring these schools, please contact Jennifer Wetzel at volun-
Chapter Awards
Every year, GPAEE presents Awards to energy professionals who have achieved prominence in their field. We rely fully on you, our members and affili-ates, to nominate those you feel deserve the recognition and award. Nominations are being accepted now and winners will be recognized at the January 2013 meeting.
Through our Awards Program, we are able to recognize the important work being done in energy by individuals, organizations, and corporations. By identifying those who exemplify the very best in their fields, energy professionals are honored and the industry is advanced.
Please take the short amount of time that is needed and submit your nomination.
The deadline for ballots has been extended to January 4.
Click here to go to our new, on-line, application.
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WELCOME NEW AND RENEWING MEMBERS!
Renee Fiorelli - Peterson Service Co. James Marsh - Peterson Service Co. Mark Tepes - Peterson Service Co.
Bruce McGroarty - Peterson Service Co. Andrew Dougherty
ARB Geowell Birdsall Services Group Commercial Utility Consultants Concord Engineering Group Constellation New Energy Advanced Geothermal Technology E-finity Distributed Generation Eneractive Solutions GDF Suez Energy Resources - NA Graboyes Commercial Window Co Hess Corporation Hutchinson Mechanical Services ICF International Klenzoid Inc. Lutron Electronics Company Inc. Maarky Thermal Systems
THANK YOU CORPORATE MEMBERS!
Noresco Noveda Technologies PECO Peterson Service Co PGW Procurian
Provident Energy Consulting, LLC PWI Engineering Inc. Ransome REIT Management and Research LLC Reliant Energy South Jersey Energy Solutions Thermax Inc. Tozour Energy Systems Veolia Energy Philadelphia UGI Energy Services
DEP Natural Gas Vehicle Grant Program
The Department of Environmental Protection announced today it will begin accepting applications Dec. 1 for its Natural Gas Vehicle Grant program, which will provide up to $20 million over the next three years to help pay for the incremental purchase and conversion costs of heavy-duty natural gas fleet vehicles.
In the first year, $10 million in grants will be available, $5 million of which is slated for local transporta-tion organizations, including non-profit agencies providing public transportation services and public transportation, port and redevelopment authorities. Non-profit organizations, for-profit companies, local transportation organizations, state-owned or state-related universities, commonwealth or munici-pal authorities and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission will be eligible to apply for the remaining amount.
An additional $7.5 million in funding will be available the second year, with $2.5 million the third year. Eligible vehicles must weigh 14,000 pounds or more and be fueled with compressed natural gas or liq-uefied natural gas. Bi-fuel vehicles are also eligible.
Grant awards will be capped at 50 percent of the incremental purchase or retrofit cost per vehicle, with a maximum total of $25,000 per vehicle. The incremental purchase cost is defined as the difference be-tween a vehicle eligible for these grants and one powered by traditional fuels, such as diesel or gasoline. For this first year, grant applications are due Feb. 1, 2013. Grants will be awarded in late March 2013.
To learn more about the program and complete the online grant application, visit www.dep.state.pa.us and click on the Natural Gas Vehicle Grant Program button.
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Win One of Three $25,000 Prizes
in the Shale Gas Innovation Contest!
STATE COLLEGE, PA – Are you a researcher, entrepreneur, or innovator working in the shale gas space in Pennsylvania? The Ben Franklin Shale Gas Innovation and Commercialization Center www.sgicc.org an-nounced today the program will award a total of $75,000 in cash prizes for the three best shale gas-oriented innovations, new product ideas, or service concepts that are either in the development stage or recently launched.
In addition to the cash prizes, successful applicants will gain exposure to investors, potential partners, and in-dustry sponsors. This year, the Shale Gas Innovation Contest is co-sponsored by Ben Franklin Technology Partners (http://www.benfranklin.org), ANGA(www.anga.us), Acorn Energy (http://acornenergy.com), Cab-ot Oil & Gas Corporation (www.cabotog.com), CONSOL Energy (www.consolenergy.com), Chesapeake En-ergy (www.chk.com), First National Bank (www.fnb-online.com ), Little Pine Resources (http://littlepineresources.com), the Marcellus Shale Coalition (http://marcelluscoalition.org) , and Praxair (www.praxair.com) .
Bill Hall, Director of the SGICC remarked, “What’s great about this competition is that a simple online sum-mary is all that’s required to get started. Any idea related to the shale gas space is eligible - even if the product or service has already been commercially developed. Examples include vehicle conversion, natural gas utili-zation products/services, remote site monitoring, natural gas or NGL conversion technologies, and water re-mediation for fracking operations”.
Finalists will be chosen by a panel of industry experts. To download an application, visit www.sgicc.org and click on the $75,000 2013 Shale Gas Innovation Contest tab. Deadline to enter is February 1, 2013.
For details regarding eligibility or other questions, contact Bill Hall at either 814-933-8203 or [email protected]
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GPAEE Chapter Board Officers & Board At-Large
Board Position Officer Name Org.
President Ken Curry Cardone Industries
Vice President Daniel Tavani AMEC
Treasurer Mike Sanders Alpha 3 Consulting
Secretary Tara Pasca Birdsall Services Group
Membership Veronica DeRosa UGI Energy Services
Awards/Education Glen Murphy PECO
Events Christine Batchelor UGI Energy Services
Marketing Maryanne Campbell Philadelphia Gas Works
Newsletter Editor Caroline McCallum Philadelphia Gas Works
Pres. Emeritus Randy Haines Thomas Jefferson University
Board At-Large Jim Clark Clark Energy
Board At-Large Steven Siddal Fluidics
EVENT PREVIEW - JANUARY 2013
How to Justify and Finance a Cogeneration Project in the
Shale Gas Era
January 17, 2013
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
McCall Field
Upper Darby, PA
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Upcoming Area Energy Activities
Function Date Location More Info
New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education: Renewable Energy Conference
December 5, 2012
Hyatt Regency
New Brunswick, NJ
http://www.njicle.com/
viewprogram.aspx?cat-
id=2100&progid=6856
Regional Commercialization Conference
December 6, 2012
Doubletree
Wilmington, De
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Adventures in
Entrepreneurialism -
Innovation Economics
December 12, 2012
Quorum
Philadelphia, PA
http://sci-
encecenter.cal.basecampbusiness.com/node/260838
Coffee & Capital with Tucker Twitmyer
December 18, 2012
EEB Hub at the Navy Yard
Philadelphia, PA
http://sci-
encecenter.cal.basecampbusiness.com/node/291676
The Energy Efficient Buildings Hub (EEB Hub) is soliciting building renovation projects that
are planned or under consideration, to be considered for an award designed to incorporate an
“Advanced Energy Retrofit” (AER) into the project. Eligible applicants include building own-
ers, facility managers, tenants, service providers, architects, energy and design professionals
and firms, and others. Building renovation projects must be geographically located in Dela-
ware, Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks and Chester County PA; or Mercer, Camden,
Gloucester, Burlington or Salem County NJ.
The full RFI can be found on the EEB Hub website at eebhub.org/rfps
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E n e r g y N e w s
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** [Editor’s Note: Please send newsworthy local Energy stories, announcements or events to
[email protected]. Thanks] **
Southeastern Pennsylvania Communities Up To $2,500 in Incentives for Purchases of WGES PA WindPower
Washington Gas Energy Services (WGES) today announced the launch of the PA WindPower Campaign, www.pawindpowercampaign.com, a community-based marketing campaign that rewards Pennsylvania communities in the PECO territory when WGES PA WindPower is purchased. WGES PA WindPower is a new electricity product offered by WGES that is sourced exclusively from Pennsylvania wind. The PA WindPower Campaign will invite 25 pre-selected municipalities to compete for ten 1kW micro-wind turbines. Other municipalities will be offered up to $2,500 in financial incentives. Each municipality that ac-cepts the Campaign challenge and achieves defined program milestones will be recognized as a Pennsylvania WindPower Community. Participating commercial customers who purchase WGES PA WindPower will also have the opportunity to receive financial incentives or help their municipality earn rewards. (more)
Rising Heating Oil Prices Drive a Portion of 1M Pa. Users to Natural Gas
Rising home heating oil prices are driving homeowners who depend on the fuel to convert to natural gas or find ways to use less oil. Some are lowering thermostats or adding coal- or wood-burning stoves, said Norman Wildenmann, general manager at Bish Oil Co. in Greensburg. Those who purchase oil are buying in smaller quantities, instead of filling tanks for winter. “Rather than spending $1,000 or $1,200 at once, they’re getting a little at a time,” said Amy Adams, president of Adams Petroleum in Emsworth. The Northeast has the nation’s biggest concentration of heating oil consumers, mostly in rural areas. That includes about 1 million Pennsylvania homes.(more)
18 Pennsylvania Cleaners Receive Grants from State
Eighteen Pennsylvania cleaners were among 56 small businesses that received grants from the state to invest in energy efficiency or pollution prevention projects. Pennsylvania’s Small Business Advantage Grant program, funded through the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act, helps businesses with 100 or fewer employees by providing 50 percent matching reimbursement grants of up to $9,500 to implement projects that will save 25 per-cent annually in pollution prevention or energy-related costs. (more)
Report: Smart Grid Investments Deemed Worthless
A new policy report focused on the electric grid and economy of energy, “Getting Smarter About the Smart Grid”, was published today by the National Institute for Science, Law & Public Policy (NISLAPP) in Washington, D.C. The report states that billions of dollars in federal subsidies for “smart” utility meters have been misspent on meter technology that will not lead to energy sustainability or contribute to the possibility of a more efficient and re-sponsive electricity grid. (more)
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Energy Job Board
To post an ad in the newsletter, send end brief job description with URL link and contact info to our newsletter editor,
Caroline McCallum [email protected]. Ads are free exception those solicited by professional employment agencies.
EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE
The economy is improving, however many of our business associates are facing hard times. We invite our
members and Sponsor companies to join the GPAEE Board in our Employment Initiative. To help our
fellow energy professionals, the GPAEE has initiated the following measures for unemployed local energy
professionals:
1. Local unemployed energy professionals can pay a reduced fee for most monthly meetings.
When registering for meetings, register under the student and unemployed rate of $5 for the
specified meetings.
2. Unemployed members can post a free energy Position Wanted ad for 3 months in our news-
letter which currently reaches over 800 people.
3. Free Job Ad on our newsletter Energy Job Board for GPAEE Sponsor companies and em-
ployers. Recruiters are invited to post jobs for the normal advertisement fee or on our website
at no cost.
4. Companies with openings are invited to announce them at our monthly meetings. One of
our local members landed a job with one of our Sponsor companies as a result of an announce-
ment made at a recent meeting.
The GPAEE Board reserves the right to limit the number of discounted attendees at each meeting. Un-
employed discount does not apply for retired or self employed members. For more information or ques-
tions please contact Jim Clark (610) 325-9229.
Unemployed &
Students Meeting
Registration: $5
Building Automation Systems Integrator
As a result of unprecedented growth of our Energy and
Controls Division, Fluidics, Inc., headquartered in NE
Philadelphia, has an opening for a BAS Integrator. The
ideal candidate should have 4-5 years experience in prob-
lem resolution, programming and integration of existing
BAS systems as part of energy management hardware and
software upgrades. Experience, training, and certification
in Tridium are requirements, as is experience in integration
of new, engineered BAS systems.
EMCOR Services Fluidics is a prominent mechanical, en-
ergy and facilities services company serving commercial,
institutional, healthcare and higher education clients in
Southeastern PA, NJ and DE, and is a wholly owned sub-
sidiary of EMCOR Group, Inc, a NYSE listed $6 billion
specialty contractor.
We offer our employees a competitive salary and compre-
hensive benefits package. EOE M/F/D/V Send resumes
to [email protected] or fax 215-671-0057
Energy Engineer in Mt Laurel, NJ
Capacity Markets Partners is a leading provider of
demand response and energy efficiency solutions.
We have a need for an entry level Energy Engineer.
The highly proactive, energetic and analytical Energy
Engineer will thrive in delivering detailed energy sav-
ings analysis to our end-use customers. This is an
exciting role for a motivated individual who is pas-
sionate about operational energy efficiency.
Capacity Markets Partners unlocks the full value of
energy management for our commercial, institution-
al, and industrial (C&I) customers by reducing real-
time demand for electricity, increasing energy effi-
ciency, improving energy supply transparency in
competitive markets, and mitigating emissions.
For more information, contact Ado Sunmu at
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GPAEE: Keeping Philly’s Energy Community informed . GPAEE has served the Philadelphia-area
energy community for 30 years. During that time, GPAEE has never veered from its goal of keep-
ing building and facility managers updated regarding the latest energy issues & innovations. Below
are just some of the energy topics covered over the last few years at GPAEE’s monthly informational events:
Co-Generation LEED Buildings
Lighting Technology Solar Energy
Trade Shows Bio-Mass
Wind Energy Energy Legislation
EPA & DOE Programs Utility Company Issues
Energy Service Companies Programs Demand Response Programs
We Can’t Do It Without You . GPAEE is an all-volunteer non-profit organization. Accordingly,
we rely on members & sponsors to underwrite our efforts. Therefore, in order to continue to pro-
vide the same high-quality energy education expected of us, GPAEE is seeking your Corporate
support.
Corporate Support Options . Each month, GPAEE’s award-winning Newsletter is read by over 500
energy industry professionals — area engineers, facility & building managers, contractors and ven-
dors. In addition, our monthly Events are attended by up to 100 energy professionals. In turn,
your company can reach our professional energy members & audience via several different Corpo-
rate Support options:
Corporate Support Option Corporate Support Option includes
Corporate Membership 5 x Individual Annual Memberships *
* (a $175 value)
Cost = $150
Additional Individual Memberships = $30
Newsletter Advertisement
Sponsor Monthly Event Includes Newsletter Announcement
Full Page Ad in one Newsletter
Corporate Profile in Meeting Announcement
Table Top @ sponsoring Event
5 minute Presentation @ Event
Cost = $300
For information on becoming a Corporate Member, advertising in our newsletter, or
becoming an Event Sponsor, please contact Maryanne Campbell at
[email protected] or 215-684-6724.
Support GPAEE!Support GPAEE!
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About AEE National
The Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) is a nonprofit professional society of 16,000 members in 89 countries. The mission of AEE is “to promote the scientific and educa-tional interests of those engaged in the energy industry and to foster action for Sustainable Development.” AEE's network of 82 local chapters meet regularly to discuss regional is-sues. AEE's roster of corporate members is a veritable “who's who” from the commercial, industrial, institutional, governmental, energy services, and utility sectors. AEE offers a full array of informational outreach programs including seminars, confer-
ences, journals, books, and certification programs.
The AEE Energy, Facility, Power News is a high-quality online newsletter that focuses on the
accomplishment of the Association and its members. AEE also publishes three technical
journals: Energy Engineering, Strategic Planning for Energy & the Environment, and Cogeneration
& Distributed Generation Journal. Distributed Energy focuses on the advantages of diversifying
your energy portfolio with onsite power and distributed generation in order to efficiently
increase the security and stability of your power systems. Sustainable Facility, a new publica-
tion from the publishers of Energy & Power Management magazine replaces the former
publication to AEE members. These publications are complimentary to all AEE mem-
bers.
Additional benefits include continuing education & book discounts, invitations to industry
surveys, job referrals, and special member discounts.
To become an AEE National Member, please go to http://www.aeecenter.org/
membership/.