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November 2024 Virtual Meeting
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 12:00pm EST
About the presenter:
Merrick Jakelski is an Energy Advisor for the TVA EnergyRight Business & Industry incentive program. EnergyRight focuses on engaging Trade Allies to help commercial and industrial customers throughout the valley become more sustainable by subsidizing energy-efficient facility upgrades. Before joining the program, Merrick earned his B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering Technology from Purdue University and has worked as a Project Engineer for both Polaris Motorsports and Greenworks Tools, developing a variety of EV platforms. He now spends his free time teaching and advocating for self-sufficient energy and permaculture systems through his sustainable farmstead in Bulls Gap, TN.
Presentation abstract:
The EnergyRight Business & Industry incentive program is proudly carrying out TVA's mission to make life better for the people of the seven-state Tennessee Valley region through powerful energy-saving resources and programs.
April 2024 Virtual Meeting
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 12:00pm EST
About the Presenter:
Jacob Goldman, LEED AP, is the Chief Engineer and Vice President of Energy Tax Savers (ETSI). He has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Buffalo, and an MBA from the University of Maine at Orono.
He is the co-author of numerous articles, published in Building Operating Management, Worship Facilities Magazine, UNIT Magazine, Green Lodging News, International Parking Institute, Corporate Business Taxation Monthly, and Thomson Reuters. He has presented to hundreds of corporations, architectural firms, engineering firms, accounting firms, local chapters of USGBC, IFMA, BOMA, and AEE as well as national conferences of AEE, NFMT, NALMCO, IGSHPA, PIMA, and at the EMC Conference as well. Jacob has also been a consistent speaker at GE's Nela Park and Cooper's "The Source" in Peachtree, GA.
Presentation Abstract:
Lessons Learned from the First Year of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
Projects have started to apply for Inflation Reduction Act Tax Incentives. Most of the guidance has been released. This presentation will delve into the guidance and highlight successes and failures along the way. Topics covered will include, the Investment Tax Credit, Elective Pay, Transferability, Section 179D, Depreciation, EV charging stations credits as well as Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship. The presenter will allow plenty of time for the myriad of questions that people have on these incentives.
March 2024 Virtual Meeting
Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 12:00pm EST
Presenter Bio:
Dr. Levon Atoyan co-founded Shift Thermal, an award-winning company commercializing advanced thermal energy storage based on its innovation in direct contact heat exchange. Much of his work has revolved around evaluating the company’s technology in various HVAC applications by combining modeling with real-world constraints. His models incorporate not only his thorough understanding of chiller and heat pump technology, but also of the evolving energy storage markets.
Presentation Abstract:
Energy markets are evolving rapidly, as is the HVAC sector. Understanding how HVAC is affected by the energy transition and how it can best leverage these changes will be key to shifting HVAC into the future. In this talk, Dr. Levon Atoyan will go over how the US energy markets are changing as it relates to commercial buildings, and how thermal energy storage systems, with an emphasis on Shift Thermal’s innovative direct contact heat exchange technology, can best adapt to this changing landscape.
February 2024 Virtual Meeting
February 7, 2024 12:00pm EST
Join your colleagues for this John Crane webinar and discover how advanced technologies intersect with the new energy market. In conjunction with eChem Expo 2024, this webinar will offer the best pathways toward sustainable operations while maintaining top-tier performance standards. Throughout this session, opportunities will include:
• Interacting with product managers and industry professionals well-versed in the integration of mechanical seal reliability, filtration systems and Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in the context of the new energy landscape.
• Understanding the pivotal role of reliable products and services in optimizing refinery and plant reliability within the dynamic framework of the new energy market. Gain insights and have your technical questions addressed by experts.
• Connecting with a vibrant technical community to share experiences and gain insights on how organizations align with the latest environmental standards, ensuring safety and effectively controlling operations in the new energy market.
• Discovering the significance of optimizing filtration systems tailored for specific processes, often overlooked for maximum efficiency within the new energy market.
• Learning about the advantages of employing CFD simulation techniques specifically tailored for polymer filtration systems to enhance operational efficiency and validate proof of concept simulations for diverse scenarios.
• Exploring key points in leveraging CFD to predict liquid/gas behavior, augmenting process performance and showcasing simulation-based proof to concept for various scenarios within the context of the evolving new energy market. Featured technologies:
• CFD (Computation Fluid Dynamics)
• Filtration systems
• Polymer filtration
October 2023 Virtual Meeting
Wednesday, October 11 at 12:00pm EST
Jon Feldman, B.Sc. Eng. (Chem.), FAEE, CEM, CMVP, Member AEE Hall of Fame | Senior Technical Officer – Industrial Energy Efficiency, Independent Electricity System Operator, Ontario
Jon Feldman is the Senior Technical Officer for Industrial Energy Efficiency in the IESO’s Energy Efficiency department, which delivers energy efficiency incentive programs to Ontario’s electricity users. In this role, Jon is responsible for all technical aspects of the current and future industrial programs. He is specifically responsible for providing guidance, leadership and direction to a group of service providers who deliver the technical review function on behalf of the IESO. He also provides leadership and guidance on industrial energy efficiency measures, energy management, Strategic Energy Management and ISO 50001, to the Energy Efficiency department. Jon also led the innovative use of IPMVP Option D for assessment of savings from major new construction industrial projects including mine ventilation, compressed air and industrial refrigeration.
In 2020 Jon became only the 2nd Canadian to be inducted into the AEE’s Energy Manager Hall of Fame; the Associations highest honor, given to outstanding leaders in the energy industry who over their lifetimes have made significant contributions in the field of energy management.
In addition to his day-to-day responsibilities, Jon was co-chair of ACEEE’s 2019 Summer Study on Industrial Energy Efficiency and in 2018-19 he chaired the DSM program team of the Centre for Energy Advancement through Technological Innovation (CEATI). He is the IESO voting member on the ISO TC301 Mirror Committee (ISO 50001 family).
During the period 1997-2009 Mr. Feldman was a consultant for Hatch Ltd, a leading global consulting engineering and management organization serving mining and energy sectors. During this time, he conducted approximately 100 energy audits and energy management assessments at a broad range of commercial, institutional and industrial facilities.
Jon currently serves as a member of AEE’s CMVP Board, CEA Exam Committee and is a charter member of AEE’s ISO 50001 Certification Board. He has been a member of the Greater Toronto Area Chapter executive since 2012, serving as president from 2018-2020. He was the recipient of the AEE Canada Regional Award for Energy Professional Development in 2016, and is a regular contributor to the AEE World Conference as both a session chair and presenter.
Jon holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He holds the CEM, CEA and CMVP designations, is a CMVP Instructor, and is the longest serving instructor on the Canadian CEM panel, having taught over 50 classes and over 1,300 students. In 2019 Jon was admitted as a Fellow of the Association of Energy Engineers.
On a personal note, he has recently re-ignited his enthusiasm for photography and has several of his images hanging on the walls of the IESO’s two main locations, and also had 5 of his images selected for display at the annual “Capture Oakville” competition.
Presentation abstract:
Beyond the Next Project – What does World Class Energy Management Look Like?
If you have been in the energy management business for any length of time, you will most likely have experienced some level of frustration with the process of doing project after project without seeming to make a significant difference to the energy performance of the organization. Successful as projects may be, an organization typically requires a more structured approach to creating significant and sustainable energy savings, especially where operational and maintenance improvements are involved. Jon will take the attendees through the basics of strategic energy management (SEM) and the ISO 50001 energy management system standard together with a view to uncovering some next steps that could make a meaningful impact in the organizations and facilities that are represented at the meeting. There will be plenty of time for Q&A as well.
September 2023 Virtual Meeting
Speaker bio:
John Avina, P.E., CEM, CMVP, CEA, CxA is the founder and owner of Abraxas Energy Consulting, a 20 person consulting firm. He has performed countless energy audits on tens of millions of square feet of buildings. He has performed M&V (and still does) for ESCOs. He worked closely with the creator of Metrix Utility Accounting System, which was the standard Option C M&V software for ESCOs in the late 1990s up until just recently. He developed a new Option C M&V software called … Option C. Both software programs perform weather normalization on utility bills and are used primarily by ESCOs to estimate energy savings from their ESPC projects. He has taught over 200 software classes to energy professionals, and has published over 10 papers, and spoken at over 40 conferences. In his spare time, he cuts, splits and stacks firewood. His wood pile is excessive and he should share more.
Presentation abstract:
We are all used to evaluating a year of utility bills. We have certain rules we have either been taught or developed on our own, such as, high usage in the summer means cooling. High usage in the winter means heating. The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate that what you thought you knew may not be necessarily true. You can easily fool yourself with, I suppose the term is, confirmation bias. I will demonstrate a few cases where your gut instinct is wrong, and then I will explain how to evaluate utility bills more accurately.
Why is this important? One, when you do an energy audit, or M&V even, you want a base year that makes sense. You don’t want outliers in your base year data, especially when you are calibrating a building model. Also, it is valuable so you can make reasonable judgements about a building with just utility bills.
I promise you will all be fooled by your preconceived biases in this presentation.