Tentative IEEE Industrial Energy Efficiency Workshop

Sheraton Baltimore City Center (formerly Wyndham Inner Harbor), Baltimore, MD

Mission Statement:  The IEEE Industrial Energy Efficiency Workshop will bring together industry to discuss manufacturing and processing best practices including electricity, gas, steam and compressed air. The goal is to make the companies involved more energy efficient, produce less greenhouse gasses, reduce downtime and be more productive, resulting in increased profits. 

 Monday        October 22, 2007              Plenary Session

 7:00-8:00      Breakfast

 8:00 – 8:15   Welcome

 8:15-9:30      Keynote Speaker – Department of Energy

 9:30-9:50      Break

 9:50-12N       Panel ENERGY STAR – Industry Partners Focus Group Program

·       Manufacturing: Toyota – Brad Reed

·       Food Processing: Frito-Lay – Al Halvorsen

·       Cement: California Portland Cement – Stephen Coppinger

·       Chemical processing: DuPont – John Kane

·       Pulp & Paper – Weyerhaeuser – Thomas Dunn

Noon - 1:15   Lunch

 1:15-2:40      Panel on Programs & Utility Support

·       Large Utility - PG&E – Jim Hanna and/or

Southern California Edison – (not confirmed)

·       Regional Program - Wisc. Focus on Energy – Chuck Sasso

·       Canadian Hydro - BC Hydro – Bill Atamanchuk

 2:40 - 3:00    Break

 3:00 - 3:45    Pump Systems Matter – Hydraulic Institute / PSAT

 3:45 - 4:30    Motor Repair Best Practices – EASA

 4:30 – 5:30   Energy efficient lighting and transformers - GE?

 5:30 – 9:00   Cocktail reception / Poster Session / Exhibits

 

Tuesday October 23, 2007

 7:00-8:00      Breakfast

 8:00-9:00      Panel – Future of Energy Supply

• How do energy markets work?
• Volatility of energy
• Energy Supply trends

                    American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy – Neal Elliott

                    Alliance to Save Energy – Jeff Harris

 9:00–9:45     What Your Management Needs to Know About Energy Efficiency – Christopher Russell

 9:45-10:00    Break

 10:00-10:30  ANSI / ISO Energy Standard – Bill Meffert, GA Institute of Technology Global Energy Standards

 10:30-11:00     Introduction to ESCOs – Nina Lockhart, NAESCO

·       Purpose

·       Outsource or in-house

·       Legal issues? Sarbanes-Oxley

 11:00-11:30  SEEEM Update - International harmonization of motor standards saves energy – Conrad U. Brunner, A + B International

 11:30-12N     Energy Savings with NEMA Premium Motors and Drives – Dale Basso, Rockwell Automation – Power Systems

 12N-1:15       Lunch

 1:15-2:40      Multiple Tracks

·       Energy Managers – ENERGY STAR

o      How to get program started

·       Plant Managers – DOE / ITP

o      Tools for analysis

o      Best practices

·       Process Optimization – IEEE

o      Take processes to level beyond upgrades by system redesign

o      Monitoring of processes

                

 2:40-3:00      Break

 3:00-4:00      Continue multiple tracks

 4:00-5:00      Discuss where do we go from here? Open discussion

 For more information, please contact: John Malinowski - ph 479 648 5909 malinowski@ieee.org