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 Welcome—What
Is the "Industry" Summer Study?
Where
and When Is Summer Study?
How
Do I Register?
How
Do I Sign Up for an Informal Session?
Champions
of Energy Efficiency Awards
Panels
What
Deadline Dates and Schedule Should I Know About?
Who
Funds and Organizes Summer Study?
Welcome
to the 2009 ACEEE Summer Study in Industry!
July 28–31, 2009 • The Conference Center Niagara Falls • Niagara Falls, New York
Timing is everything in improving energy efficiency. Anytime a manufacturing plant makes capital improvements there is an opportunity to achieve energy efficiency while improving the project's return on investment, and reducing the plant's environmental footprint. The 2009 ACEEE Summer Study is the 9th biennial ACEEE conference on Energy Efficiency in Industry. Participants from around the world will gather for three days to discuss technical, policy, financing, and program issues related to increasing energy efficiency in industry. Presentations and discussions will relate to the theme, Timing is Everything: Moving Investment Decisions to Energy-Efficient Solutions. Attendees will include energy decision makers from industry, equipment manufacturers, government policymakers, electric and gas utility staff, energy consultants, leading industrial energy researchers, and academics.
The 2009 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry will offer opportunities to learn about approaches to securing your boss's support for energy efficiency, financing mechanisms to pay for your project, regulatory aspects affecting energy efficiency projects, commercially-available technologies that work, and emerging technologies likely destined to be the next big thing. Come to Summer Study to learn from and network with energy experts from private industry, academia, government, consulting, and the nonprofit sector.
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Conference
Arrangements
The Summer Study will be held July 28–31, 2009 at The Conference Center Niagara Falls,
Niagara Falls, New York. The conference will begin with an evening session on July 28th and will end mid-afternoon on July 31st.
Early Bird Registration is $750 per person, which includes
the proceedings on CD-ROM, breakfasts, lunches, and
two evening meals. Registration after May 28th is $850.
Late Registration after June 28th is $950. A special student rate for the entire conference is $400 (proof of student status required). Registration
for one day is $400.
Lodging at the Crowne Plaza Niagara Falls is $159 per night for single occupancy/double
occupancy. Call the hotel reservations desk directly
at 877-227-6963. Please request the group rate of $159
(plus tax per night for single/double occupancy) for
the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
(ACEEE) meeting. The Crowne Plaza Niagara Falls reservation
cut-off date for the reduced rate is Sunday, June 21,
2009.
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Registration
Information
Early Bird Registration Deadline: May 28, 2009
Registration Deadline: June 28, 2009
ACEEE is offering a variety of registration options
for the 2009 Summer Study. Registration is available
on a first-come, first-served basis. In order to reserve
your place, the registration fee must be PAID IN FULL.
REGISTRATION
FEE OPTIONS:
Early Bird Conference Fee: $750 per person available
until May 28, 2009
(includes the proceedings, breakfasts, lunches, and
two evening meals)
Regular Conference Fee: $850 per person available
from May 29 until June 28, 2009
Late Conference Fee: $950 per person after
June 28, 2009
Student Conference Fee: $400 per person (proof of student status required)
One-Day Conference Fee: $400 per person
ALL
SPEAKERS MUST PAY THE REGISTRATION FEE.
Every
presenter is required to register (pay registration
fees) to attend the Summer Study. If the registration
fee is not received by the deadline date, June 28, 2009,
the author's paper will not be scheduled for presentation
or published in the proceedings.
For
further details or questions, please contact:
Rebecca
Lunetta, Director of Conferences, at the ACEEE Conference
Office: phone (302) 292-3966; fax (302) 292-3965; e-mail
to rlunetta@verizon.net
Or
Lori Nachman, Conferences Coordinator, at the ACEEE Conference
Office: phone (202) 507-4000; fax (202) 507-4025; e-mail
to lnachman@aceee.org
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Informal
Sessions
Participant-organized sessions will be held in the afternoons.
These informal sessions will allow further discussion
of the presentations and other topics of importance
to participants. Session topics may be posted on ACEEE's
Web site
or at the Summer Study. Meeting rooms will be assigned
onsite. The list of informal sessions will be updated
and distributed daily to attendees. More information to come.
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Champions
of Energy Efficiency Awards
Awarded
at every Industry Summer Study, the awards recognize
leadership and accomplishment in the industrial energy
efficiency field. For information about previous award winners
in the industry sector, please visit the awards
page. Stay tuned for more information on 2009 nominations.
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Conference
Panels
Paper presentations will be accepted
in the following panel areas:
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1. |
Investing in Energy-Saving Technologies
Panel Leaders: Michael Greenman, Glass Manufacturing Industry Council;
Rob Naranjo, BCS Incorporated
This Panel will review strategies for deploying energy saving technologies in industry. Of particular interest is finding innovative investment strategies for these deployments. Often energy efficiency is low in investment priorities and the Panel will explore ways to create this critical investment. |
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Selling Energy Efficiency in Your Organization
Panel Leaders: Frank Peters, Iowa State University; Patricia Calkins, Xerox Corporation
Energy efficiency lags behind required regulatory compliance, market place product innovations, and other competitive opportunities in capital allocations. How does our energy community sell this priority and gain the funds and support to make it happen? |
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Energy Efficiency: Using Other People’s Money
Panel Leaders: John Nicol, Wisconsin Focus on Energy; David Terry, ASERTTI
One way to improve the priority of investments in energy efficiency is through financial incentives. If programs are known and in place, companies may adopt energy saving technology to gain the investment capital available. What programs work to get companies to invest and adopt energy efficient solutions? |
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Regulatory Aspects and Incentives to Energy-Efficient Investments
Panel Leaders: Gene Rodrigues, Southern California Edison Company;
Nancy Margolis, Energetics
Regulatory compliance drives many investment decisions. Concern about global climate and sustainable development are changing the regulatory context for energy efficiency. How are various regulatory approaches influencing or supporting the adoption of energy efficient manufacturing? |
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Energy Efficiency: Investing in Time of Uncertainty
Panel Leaders: Toni Marechaux, Strategic Analysis, Inc.; Thornton White, Advanced Technology Institute
Energy efficiency was important in the 1980’s when oil supply disruptions created volatility in price and supply. When the cost and supply stabilized, the interest in energy efficiency collapsed. We are again in a time of volatility and uncertainty. How do we adjust our approaches and programs to grapple with the volatility and uncertainty? How do we seize this precious opportunity? How do we institutionalize the drive for energy efficiency? |
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Energy Efficiency as a Co-Benefit
Panel Leaders: Kent Peaslee, University of Missouri;
Larry Kavanagh, American Iron and Steel Institute
Second only to regulatory requirements in investment priorities is responding to the marketplace. Market leaders adopt process improvements or product innovations to gain a marketplace advantage. Often, improved product and processes improve energy efficiency as an ancillary benefit. How can we promote energy efficiency as a co-benefit of process or product improvement? |
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Tech Expo (and “Job Fair”)
Anna Chittum, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy |
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Conference
Calendar
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October
24, 2008
Extended till November 7, 2008 |
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Abstracts
due to ACEEE |
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January 5 –9, 2009 |
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Authors
notified of acceptance or rejection of abstracts |
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January
2009 |
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Registration
materials available |
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March
20, 2009 |
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Authors
submit drafts of Refereed Papers to designated Panel
Leaders for peer review |
April
17, 2009 |
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Deadline for paying for Tech Expo Submission |
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April
24, 2009 |
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Review
comments on draft papers due to authors from Panel
Leaders |
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May
22, 2009 |
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Authors
submit final version of Refereed Papers to Panel
Leaders for final acceptance and submission to ACEEE
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May
28, 2009 |
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Early
Bird registration due. Full conference fee required
after this date |
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May
29, 2009 |
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Authors
submit final, approved paper to Proceedings Producer |
June
28, 2009 |
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Conference
registration due. Late registration fee in effect
after this date. |
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July 28–31, 2009 |
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2009
ACEEE Summer Study |
2009
Funders (Partial List) and Organizing Committee
Organizing
Committee:
Dana Levy (Co-Chair)
Program Manager Industrial Research, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Raymond Monroe (Co-Chair)
Executive Vice President, Steel Founders’ Society of America
R. Neal Elliott, Rebecca Lunetta, Glee Murray, Lori Nachman, Anna Chittum, and Steve Nadel, American
Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
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Host
Sponsor:
Platinum:
Bronze:
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Abstracts NOW Due November 7, 2008 