Ithaca College has hosted an energy seminar for the past five years and have invited regional businesses
to attend.
The conference is designed to provide attendees with opportunities to learn about the
latest in challenges to the energy industry, operational best practices, and energy related
products or services.
Guests from businesses including: energy, educational, hospital and health care,
hospitality, manufacturing, government, architects and engineering, agri-business and
transportation industries are in attendance. The conference is set up in multiple tracks:
Strategic Energy Management; Building Operations Best Practices; Sustainability & Renewable Energy.
We wish to thank all of our Sponsors and Co-Sponsors. Without them, this annual energy conference
would not be possible. Please take the time to visit all of our exhibitors in the Emerson Suites throughout
the day.
Continental breakfast will take place from 7 am to 8am, at this time you are encouraged to listen to one of
our key note speakers. Lunch will be provided at 11:45 am in the Emerson Suites. Raffles will also take
place in Emerson Suites at 10:15 am, 11:45 am, and 3:15pm - be sure to enter with your raffle tickets!
The locations for the tracks are as follows: Track 1 will take place in Clarke Lounge. Track 2 will take
place in Klingenstein Lounge. Track 3 will take place Taughannock Fall Room. There will be staff
members available to direct you to the different locations.
We hope that you enjoy the day!
-The EdEnergy Planning Committee-
2013 EdEnergy Agenda
Registration and Continental Breakfast take place from 7:00am – 8:00am in the Campus Center
Lounge and Exhibit Hall
Time
Track 1
Strategic Energy
Management
Track 2
Building
Operations
Best Practices
Track 3
Sustainability &
Renewable Energy
8:00am – 9:00am
KEYNOTE Andrew
Butler – Modular
Comfort Systems
KEYNOTE TBD
KEYNOTE Jeff Day –
Day Automation
9:15am -10:15am
Using Energy Benchmarking
to Drive Energy Efficiency
Improvements – Michael
Madigan
Technical Director, O’Brien &
Gere
Energy Efficiency Initiatives
and NYSERDA Support –
Don Wells
Taitem Engineering
The Often Overlooked:
Sustainable Computing – Debra
Howell
Director of Information
Technology, Cornell University
10:15am – 10:45am
BREAK & RAFFLES
BREAK & RAFFLES
BREAK & RAFFLES
10:45am –11:45am
Energy Strategies for Energy
Intensive Buildings – Mathew
Broderick, Ashley McGraw
Architects and Daniel
Gooden, Sach & Associates
Consulting
Combined Heat and Power –
Herbert Dwyer and Ed
Wilson, ASI Energy
Community That Works Edward Marx
Commissioner of Planning,
Tompkins County
11:45am – 1:00pm
LUNCH & RAFFLES
LUNCH & RAFFLES
LUNCH & RAFFLES
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Managing Energy
Renovations to Make Sure
You Save Energy, Stay on
Budget, and Don’t Have a
Heart Attack - Ian Shapiro,
Taitem Engineering
Multi-phase Energy
Assessment and
Recommissioning – Mike
Tsakaloyannis
CHA, Zach Newswanger IC
Advanced Transportation:
Planning & Designing for Electric
Vehicles & Infrastructure –
Barry Carr, Capital District Clean
Communities
2:15pm – 3:15pm
Hybrid Geothermal –
Biomass District Heating
Systems – Maciej Lukawski,
Cornell Energy Institute
Building Tours of Ithaca
College Campus
Green Lighting Solutions in the
21st Century: Yesterday, Today,
& Tomorrow – Nate Secord,
Green Light Solutions
3:15pm – 3:30pm
CLOSING & RAFFLES
CLOSING &
RAFFLES
CLOSING & RAFFLES
EDENERGY SPONSORS 2013
*PLATINUM*
*GOLD*
*BRONZE*
Booth Location of Vendors
Ambit Energy - #20
Ashley McGraw Architects - #13
Barton & Loguidice - #11
Clark Air Systems - #18
Comairco Equipment Inc - #3
Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County - #4
D&W Diesel, Inc - #35
Day Automation - #24 & #25 PLATINUM SPONSOR
Edco - #19
Ehrhart - # 31 & #34 GOLD SPONSOR
Electro Industries/Gauge Tech - #32
Holt Architects - #15
GEM Energy - #33
I.D. Booth, Inc - #7
Ithaca College - #1
Koester Associates - #14
Magnum - #10
Midway Industrial Supply - #22
Modular Comfort Systems - #6
Nalco & Ecolab Company - #12
NYSEG - #16
R.F. Peck Co., Inc. - #8
Taitem Engineering - #2
Tompkins Cortland Community College - #9
U Source - #21
EdEnergy Key Note Speakers
Andew Butler with Modular Comfort Systems, Inc.
Quick Bio: Andrew Butler is a sales engineer focusing on energy efficient heating solutions at Modular
Comfort Systems in Syracuse and Victor. He has worked in the commercial/industrial heating industry
for almost 20 years. He worked at Fulton Boiler in Pulaski, NY, for nearly 15 years with roles including
service engineering, service management, product design and development, and product application and
control. Andrew’s experience includes commissioning of heating equipment, system design and training.
His current role at Modular Comfort Systems is to provide cost-effective heating solutions for commercial
customers.
Summary of Speech: This presentation will discuss what the condensing of flue gases means to modern
heating systems including condensing boiler and system design, applications that benefit from this
technology, control strategy for such a system and the benefits of a sample condensing boiler system
Jeff Day with Day Automation
Quick Bio: Jeffrey Day is the Director of Business Development for Day Automation. He works with
closely with customers, architects, engineers and Day Automation staff to configure HVAC and physical
security systems in ways that bring the greatest value to the end users. Jeffrey has 20 years of experience
in the fields of energy management and security systems.He is also experienced in writing, installing, and
servicing HVAC and security system control code and creating graphical user interfaces. He is
knowledgeable in mechanical, electrical and building systems. In addition, he heads the customer training
services.
Summary of Speech: Jeff will discuss the current trends in energy management, IT infrastructure and
consumer electronics. Find out how facilities staff will maintain comfortable working environments while
minimizing utility consumption with the help of technology.
EdEnergy Presenters
Michael Madigan with O'Brien & Gere
Quick Bio: Michael Madigan is a Technical Director at O’Brien & Gere with more than 30 years of experience in the
design of high performance building mechanical systems and energy efficiency programs. Since 2009, Mr. Madigan
has performed campus-wide energy studies for a total of 19 higher education campuses in New York State and
elsewhere encompassing 450 buildings and over 35 million square feet. These studies typically involve a building
by building energy assessment report identifying potential energy conservation measures (ECMs) and a
benchmark comparison of energy use to other colleges of similar size and occupancy. Mr. Madigan is a 1982
graduate of Clarkson University, a licensed professional engineer, a LEED Accredited Design Professional and a
Qualified Commissioning Provider.
Summary of Presentation: Conducting energy audits of individual campus buildings can identify potential energy
efficiency measures, but performing this level of analysis for multiple buildings can be time consuming and costly.
With energy benchmarking, we can analyze the energy consumption of buildings and compare it to a population of
similar buildings. Combined with a basic understanding of the activities within a building, we can use energy
benchmarking tools to estimate the potential energy savings we are likely to achieve by implementing energy
improvements in these buildings and the relative cost of achieving these savings. This approach can be used as a
starting point for planning and budgeting resources to support a campus-wide energy efficiency program. This
presentation will discuss several approaches to energy benchmarking and will identify current sources of available
benchmarking data.
Matthew Broderick; Daniel Gooden; Calvin Ahn with Ashley McGraw
Architects; Sach & Associates Consulting
Quick Bio: Matthew Broderick, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C is a Principal at Ashley McGraw and leads the College
& University Studio. Matthew works with colleges and universities on new construction and major renovations
that are truly sustainable additions to campus. Matt brings a holistic view to each project that helps keep clients
and project staff aligned on the broader vision for the future. Matt presents extensively on sustainable design
including for ERAPPA, SCUP, SUNY PPAA, AASHE, Ithaca Ed Energy and the No Name. Daniel Gooden, P.E. is an
engineer with Sack & Associates Consulting Engineers. Dan has more than twenty-five years' experience in HVAC
design of various projects and systems including chemical laboratory fume hood systems, cold storage and lowhumidity laboratories, as well as systems for various schools, hospitals, and retail facilities. Calvin Ahn LEED AP
BD+C is a Project Manager and a Designer at Ashley McGraw Architects. Calvin translates the architectural process
into built forms and builds a sustainable future through collaborative efforts which not only reflect related
communities but embrace individuality. Calvin’s recent projects include the LEED Platinum Syracuse Center of
Excellence and a new LEED Gold science building at Le Moyne College.
Summary of Presentation: The owner and design team for the new LEED Gold Certified Science Building at Le
Moyne College followed an unusual approach for achieving energy use reductions. This approach resulted 35%
energy use savings. The design team, which included intense involvement from college personnel and the
construction project manager, participated in a highly integrated design process. The team started by looking at
the configuration of the building itself to understand the impacts of solar orientation and program arrangement on
energy use. This focus on getting the ‘architecture’ right, then implementing high performance mechanical and
electrical systems results in greater energy savings. In addition to exploring the architectural, mechanical and
electrical strategies used, this presentation will include a case study of the LEED process. Some of the energy
reduction strategies incorporated include effective solar orientation, day lighting, solar preheat wa lls, highly
insulated envelop with low air infiltration, heat recovery, chilled beams and efficient lighting systems.
Ian Shapiro with Taitem Engineering
Quick Bio: Ian is the president of Taitem Engineering, located in Ithaca. Taitem has designed, managed and
inspected energy renovations across New York State. Ian is the author of several articles on energy renovations,
and has taught a course on managing energy renovations at Tompkins County Community College.
Summary of Presentation: - understanding how projects can be completed on time, on budget, and in a quality
manner, in a way in which promised energy savings will be delivered. - identifying and avoiding common energy
renovation mistakes. - applying quality control techniques and best practices
Maciej Lukawski with Cornell Energy Institute
Quick Bio: Maciej Lukawski is a Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering at Cornell University. He works in Prof.
Jefferson Tester's group. His research deals primarily with design and optimization of geothermal energy systems.
Maciej has Master’s degrees in Renewable Energy Science (Geothermal Energy Program) from University of
Iceland and in Energy Engineering from AGH Univeristy of Science and Technology (Cracow, Poland). Prior to
joining Tester group at Cornell, Maciej was a visiting researcher at Department of Energy Sciences at Lund
University (Sweden). Maciej was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue his research in geothermal energy at
Cornell.
Summary of Presentation: The 2009 Climate Action Plan provides a roadmap for Cornell University to achieve
carbon neutrality by 2050. A hybrid energy system is proposed for Cornell as a means to economically reduce its
fossil fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. This presentation provides an in-depth technical and economic
analysis of supplementing the existing natural gas-fired combined cycle heat and power (CHP) cogeneration power
plant with an Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) and a torrefied biomass boiler. Cornell University’s buildings
and facilities provides a representative model distributed energy system for mid–sized communities of about
30,000 people. Cornell’s location in a relatively high grade EGS region for the northeastern U.S. provides a further
opportunity to evaluate the potential of using low enthalpy geothermal for district heating. Conversion of Cornell’s
existing steam district heating network to a hot water distribution system was evaluated. Heat cascading solutions
were implemented to enhance the utilization of renewable resources and reduce the heat losses from the
distribution system. Analyzed scenarios include both conversion of the whole Cornell energy system as well as
retrofitting only the fraction of the district heating system which requires the most maintenance. In both cases we
optimized the design of the district heating system and its operating parameters to obtain the minimum levelized
cost of electricity and heat. An Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery unit and biomass torrefaction
were implemented to use the excess thermal energy available in the summer from both the gas-fired CHP plant and
the EGS reservoir. Stored torrefied biomass is used in the coldest periods of the winter season to meet the peak
heat demand. Proposed solutions are evaluated in terms of levelized cost of electricity, fuel consumption, and CO2
emissions.
Mike Tsakaloyannism, Zach Newswanger with CHA and Ithaca College.
Quick Bio: Mr. Mike Tsakaloyannis, CEM has over 15 years of experience managing sustainability and energy
studies. As CHA’s Director of Energy Efficiency Engineering for the Power & Energy Market, Mr. Tsakaloyannis is
responsible for project development, coordination, and implementation of all commercial and institutional energy
related work performed by the firm. He has managed over 200 energy assessments throughout New York and New
Jersey and has proven expertise in successfully implementing programs from conception through commissioning
and start-up. He is proficient with energy audits, GHG quantification, federal and state environmental regulations,
and has extensive experience with State and utility incentive programs.
Summary of Presentation: The presentation will include an overview of the energy profile on campus, and
present a timeline of Ithaca’s energy conservation initiatives, including the Climate Action Plan. It will also include
a summary of the current multiphase energy assessment and re-commissioning project being conducted by Ithaca
College in association with CHA and NYSERDA, and will highlight specific examples of projects currently being
implemented and planned.
Herb Dwyer and Ed Wilson with ASI
Quick Bio: Mr. Dwyer is the President and CEO of ASI Energy, an Ithaca, New York based commercial energy
services company. ASI Energy specifically focuses on Combined Heat and Power (CHP) applications and
fuel/system conversion. He is also a member of Energize Ithaca, which is working closely the City of Ithaca and the
US Department of Energy (USDOE) to provide a district energy service in the downtown core that makes a positive
difference and supports the well being of the community and the natural environment. As a NYS Licensed Real
Estate Broker and the current President of the Landlords Association of Tompkins County, Mr. Dwyer has worked
to create a forum for the exchange of ideas pertaining to: financial strategies, tenant relations, business
management, building maintenance and operations.
Summary of Presentation: The innovative technology of combined heat and power (CHP or cogeneration) is able
to generate both electricity and heat from a single fuel source. This sustainable energy system can be powered by
anything form natural gas to biofuel, making it a better economic and environmental alternative to traditional
heating and power systems. Such systems have a long record of technical feasibility and provide the benefits of
high-energy efficiency, reduced fossil fuel dependence, increased price-stability, reduced environmental impacts
and lowered greenhouse gas emissions. Because CHP is extremely efficient, the entire system pays for itself in less
than 5 years. Private and public enterprises have recently begun investing in CHP because of the substantial
benefits. Colleges, hospitals and manufacturing facilities all over the country have already installed CHP systems.
Even President Obama has promised over twenty billion dollars of federal funding to i ncrease the number of CHP
installations by 50% by 2020. The biggest obstacle facing CHP currently is awareness. Unfortunately, not many
people know about cogeneration, so it is our job to inform and educate the public about this efficient, sustainable,
affordable energy system.
Don Wells with Taitem Engineering
Quick Bio: Don Wells, Taitem Engineering, is a NYSERDA Buildings Outreach Project Manager for Commercial and
Industrial programs, including the Existing Facilities Program and FlexTech. His primary accounts are higher
education and healthcare. Don has extensive field experience as an energy advisor and analyst, which supports his
excellence in the Buildings Outreach role. He has promoted energy efficiency throughout New York for over 20
years in positions with Taitem Engineering, Performance Systems Development, and New York State Electric and
Gas Corporation. He has a B.S. from SUNY Environmental Science & Forestry and an M.S. from SUNY Cortland. Don
served in the US Navy and retired at the rank of Commander.
Summary of Presentation: Ever increasing energy demand is one of the most challenging prospects facing
businesses and institutions today. As an unbiased and objective technology-focused organization, NYSERDA has a
longstanding commitment to helping New York State customers solve their energy, economic and environmental
challenges. NYSERDA offers a variety of technical and financial assistance incentives to eligible commercial and
industrial customers in planning, designing, and implementing energy and productivity improvements. This
presentation will provide an overview of NYSERDA incentives that are currently available and showcase successful
energy efficiency opportunities identified and implemented across various sectors.
Debra Howell and Kristi Cooley with Cornell University
Quick Bio: Debra Howell is the Director of Information Technology for Facilities Services at Cornell University,
where she oversees the Computer Services, Programing Services, and Building Automation and Control Systems
Integration groups. She sets the vision for IT in the division in alignment with the university IT Strategic Plan, as
well as providing project management and policy development. In addition, Debra facilitates Turning Point, the
Cornell Staff Development Program and is in the MOR Associates IT Leadership Program 2013 cohort. Recent
projects include assisting with implementation of the Cornell IT Career Framework, managing the selection
process for a new project management system, and serving as a United Way Ambassador. Debra received her
Masters of Industrial and Labor Relations degree from Cornell University in 2006. She is also a Microsoft Certified
Systems Engineer (MCSE) and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
Summary of Presentation: We are all confronted with the combined challenges of climate change and sustainable
development. This presentation will outline the Cornell Facilities Services Sustainable Computing initiative, which
began in 2006 by investigated the direct and indirect impact of information technology on our environment and
developed programs to mediate some of the challenges posed.
Edward Marx with Tompkins County
Quick Bio: Edward Marx, Tompkins County Commissioner of Planning. With 25 years of experience directing
County Planning and Public Works Departments in New York State, Ed has led dozens of successful projects
including the development and implementation of multi-jurisdictional land use, transportation, and recreation
plans, environmental resource restoration and preservation projects, and long-range facilities and capital budget
plans, In his current position as Commissioner of Planning for Tompkins County he spearheaded the adoption and
implementation of the first County Comprehensive Plan including its Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
element. In 2012 he was instrumental in the installation of solar photovoltaic systems on seven county buildings.
Ed leads the County’s collaboration with EVI on the EPA Climate Showcase Communities project. Liz Walker,
Executive Director of EcoVillage at Ithaca Center for Sustainability Education. As the co-founder of EcoVillage at
Ithaca (EVI), Liz Walker has dedicated her full-time work since 1991 to bring this internationally acclaimed project
from vision to reality. (www.ecovillageithaca.org ) Her two books, EcoVillage at Ithaca: Pioneering a Sustainable
Culture, (2005, New Society Publishers) and Choosing a Sustainable Future: Ideas and Inspiration from Ithaca, New
York, (October, 2010, New Society) have helped to introduce the concepts of ecovillages and sustainable
communities to a broad audience in the U.S. and other countries. Liz is now managing the development of a third
cohousing neighborhood at EVI. She is also coordinating an EPA Climate Showcase Communities grant in
conjunction with Tompkins County Planning Department.
Summary of Presentation: How can neighborhoods be created or infilled to increase density, enhance resilience,
cut energy use by up to 90%, grow much of their own food, and develop a caring community while enjoying an
exceptionally high quality of life? A team of organizers, planners, architects, and builders in upstate NY have been
learning through direct experience by actually creating such neighborhoods. The only smart growth awardee of the
U.S. EPA’s prestigious Climate Showcase Communities grants, the project is analyzing the construction of three
model neighborhoods in urban, hamlet and suburban settings, tracking resource use, and creating model zoning
and building codes to support the development of dense, walkable, energy efficient communities. EcoVillage at
Ithaca is a world renowned co-housing community that has pioneered sustainable living. For this grant it is
applying lessons learned over 20 years of developing co-housing neighborhoods to the three demon stration
projects: the 40-unit Third EcoVillage Neighborhood, the three-unit Aurora Street Pocket Neighborhood infill
project in a dense Ithaca neighborhood, and the proposed 70-unit new neighborhood on 25 acres of Tompkins
County-owned land adjacent to Cayuga Medical Center.
Barry Carr with Capital District Clean Communities
Quick Bio: Barry Carr has been the Coordinator of the Clean Communities Coalition of Central New York and
serves as president of ZEV Technologies, Inc. He has been involved in the alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) industry
since 1988. ZEV Technologies is the support contractor in the eastern United States for American Honda's AFV
program. He provides training, sales, marketing, public relations, and representation to a number of major
alternative fueled vehicle original equipment manufacturer.
Summary of Presentation: The Capital District Clean Communities Coalition (CDCC) and Clean Communities of
Central New York (CCCNY) partnered with the Georgetown Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI), the New
York State Energy Research & Development and Authority (NYSERDA) and 14 other Clean Cities coalitions to study
electric vehicle (EV) rollout in 11 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. The study was funded by a $1 million
Department of Energy EV Readiness Grant. The project partners engaged stakeholders interested in EVs,
conducted a literature review of market barriers, grid impacts, plans for EV rollouts, created siting and design
guidelines, model permits, building coes and ordinances tailored to the Northeast and carried out education and
outreach activities to raise awareness of the benefits of EVs. This presentation will provide updated information on
the policy intiatives to promote EVs and infrastructure, including the U.S. Department of Energy’s EV Everywhere
Workplace Charging Challenge and Governor Cuomo’s Charge NY Plan. The presentation will focus on design
considerations for EVs and infrastructure, especially Level 2 charging stations and building types and land uses
most suitable for charging station installation. It will feature a case study on the Saratoga Springs Market Center
mixed-use development and how the charging stations installed there help Price Chopper achieve LEED
certification.
Nate Secord with Green Light Solution
Summary of Presentation: The talk will feature a very brief intro on the history of the various types of lighting, an
overview of Magnetic Induction and LED lighting and the pro's and con's of both, and a short look into the future of
lighting and the tremendous growth in technology development and industry sales. There will be a corresponding
PowerPoint to assist the lecture, which will be followed by 15 minutes for questions and open discussion regarding
the topic