PAEP - Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Professionals

PAEP P2E2 Roundtable Meeting was held at ATAS. Approximately 20 members of the P2E2 Roundtable met at ATAS in the Allentown area. ATAS manufactures the InSpire wall system that is used to pre-heat outside air before it enters the building to provide fresh air changes and natural humidification, as well as opportunities to reduce energy consumption. The wall panel is mounted at a specified distance of several inches from the outer wall of the building. InSpire features proprietary engineered perforations that allow outside air to be drawn through the wall panel into the wall cavity via ventilation fans. InSpire wall panels are coated with a fluoropolymer (PVDF) coating system in a wide variety of colors that allow absorption of the sun's energy to pre-heat surface and cavity air. The solar generated pre-heated air transpires into the wall cavity and is drawn into the building's interior through conventional ductwork.

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PAEP / P2E2 Roundtable August 17, 2006 Meeting

Rosemarie Bartlett, Software Quality Assurance Manager from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy, presented Facility Energy Decision System (FEDS) training at the third quarterly meeting of the PAEP P2E2 Roundtable. This was one of two national training events, the event was held at Wilkes University with 22 individuals participating representing:

Government (Department of Corrections, Tobyhanna Army Depot, DEP's northeast and southcentral Office of Energy and Technology -Deployment's energy team members)

Academia (Wilkes University representatives)

Private industry (Federal Mogul, PPL, Bemis Flexible Packaging, General Dynamics Scranton Operations, etc.)

Consultants (Borton-Lawson Engineering)

Service providers such as PENNTAP.

Some companies also attended from the southcentral region.

The training was interactive and the FEDS software was loaded onto computers at Wilkes University. FEDS conducts assessments and analyzes energy efficiency in single or multiple buildings. It provides an easy-to-use tool for identifying retrofits, selecting minimum life cycle costs, determining payback, and enabling users to prioritize options. FEDS determines the optimum set of cost-effective retrofits from a current database of hundreds of proven technologies. These include retrofits for heating, cooling, lighting, motors, building shell, and hot water. Replacement or modification considerations vary from complete replacement to functional enhancements to fuel switching. Additional information on the software can be found at http://www.pnl.gov/feds/

Any guesses to who the smiling person in the center is?! E-mail me at tdbelles@pplweb.com and his true identity will be revealed!

PAEP P2E2 Annual Conference Presenters:

Web-Based Environmental Course - Dr. Marleen Troy
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DOE Best Practices Program - Industrial Support - Rick Illig
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Student Poster presentation abstracts
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Industrial Energy Efficiency - William Clark
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DOE Best Practices Program - Industrial Technologies Program
Bill Orthwein
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Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Technology for Coal by Maggie Hall and Gary Stiegel
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PAEP P2E2 Roundtable Annual Statewide Event held 5/18/2006

The NE P2E2 Roundtables recent affiliation with the PAEP helped to contribute to a PAEP statewide conference this year that, according to PAEP, was bigger and better than previous conferences! One hundred and fifty individuals participated in the joint venture at the Ramada Inn in State College that featured a wide range of presentation topics and technical expertise among attendees. The P2E2 seminars were filled to capacity with over 25 individuals from across the state in each session that came to learn about combined cycle coal technology, industrial energy efficiency, Pennsylvania's Energy Policy, Green Buildings, Environmental web based courses and emergency response lessons from Katrina. The goal was to offer a diverse mix of presentations that would be appealing to PAEP's vocationally diverse mix of environmental specialties. Many new contacts were made for the roundtable including Concurrent Technologies Corporation and DOE personnel. The Wilkes University student presentations at the conference generated much interest among the participants and new contacts with other colleges in attendance will increase student project exhibits and student participation at next year's event. The FEDS training that will be provided at the August Roundtable meeting by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory was also promoted. The PAEP Roundtable thanks all DEP personnel and other speakers and moderators who contributed toward making this event successful!

Glimpses of the P2E2 Portions of the Conference (click image to enlarge)

Keynote Speaker Edwin Pinero with PAEP Board including yours truly Jeff Luzenski

I-99 Acid Rock Drainage Remediation Site Tour:

PSU's Green Building Visitor's Center Tour:

PSU's Breazeale Nuclear Reactor Tour:

PAEP/P2E2 Roundtable November 17, 2005 Meeting.

On November 17, the Northeast Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Professionals (PAEP) P2E2 Roundtable held their last quarterly meeting of 2005 at the Lehigh County Government Center in Allentown. Speakers and their presentations for the session included:

Jeff Luzenski, PPL - "Improving Your Battery Recycling Without Short Circuiting Your System"
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Doris Farley, AERC - "AERC's Recycling Solutions for Mercury, Lamps, and Batteries"
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Brian Hilliard, PADEP - "Mercury Related Waste Issues"
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Following the presentations, Doris Farley and Robert Landmesser from AERC provided an exciting and informative tour of their recycling center where participants discovered how their wastes are processed for recycling. A total of 26 individuals attended the meeting including some from other regions. Some of the attendees included Osram Sylvania (northcentral region) www.sylvania.com, one of the three largest lamp manufacturers in the world, and AMEC (southeast region) www.amec.com, an international project management and services company employing around 44,000 people in 40 countries. AMEC's services include everything from planning, funding and design - through regulatory and environmental compliance, to project management and delivery. Gentex Optics www.gentexcorp.com, site of our first joint PAEP/P2E2 Roundtable, sent two representatives and stated that their management is thrilled that they are part of the PAEP/P2E2 RT organization and graciously offered to host a future meeting bringing in their affiliate management from their international corporate facilities!

During the “Mercury Related Waste Issue” presentation materials such as the Hazardous Waste Regulation Compliance Guide: Requirements for Managing Universal Wastes were distributed. Brian Hilliard provided valuable waste management input during the question and answer session.

Below is a picture of Doris Farley, AERC, giving her presentation and also a photo of participating audience members.

Following the tour, the Steering Committee held a luncheon meeting where plans were discussed for next year. The tentative schedule includes the 2/16/06 trip to Phillips Lighting in New Jersey. Transportation is an issue and a snow date will be designated in case of inclement weather (ideally the snow date will be the following Thursday, 2/23/06).

In May (5/18/06) there will be a P2E2 track at the PAEP statewide conference to be held in State College at the Ramada Inn and we are still developing the speaker track in addition to trying to connect with our roundtable colleagues across the state.

In August 2006 (8/17/06), we are looking to host a session on the Facility Energy Design System (FEDS) by pulling in a national training expert, connecting with the local college maintenance personnel committee and also opening this up to our P2E2 roundtable members. Ideas for speakers include Brain Hilliard - DEP; Mindee Osno - EPA, and Eric Thumma - DEP. Wilkes has offered to host the session in one of their computer labs.

The last meeting (11/16/06) may be hosted by Chamberlain Manufacturing Corporation on their new Biotreatment process. One idea is that we may be able to reconnect with the Jim Houston's Pretreatment Information Exchange (PIX) group (POTW operators) as this topic would be of considerable interest to them. PPL also offered to possibly host a meeting regarding their recent breech of their fly ash impoundment and lessons learned.

Other ideas generated were the creation an electronic feedback form that would be posted on the PAEP/P2E2 RT website that would be mailed to meeting participants directly linking them to the PAEP web page.

Dr. Marleen Troy discussed the development of additional internet courses in conjunction with Dr. Robert Pojasek of Pojasek & Associates. The Roundtable would like to expand interest in these courses to former P2E2 Roundtable members across the state. An additional project that was discussed was a mentoring pilot program in which Wilkes University, under the guidance and direction of Dr. Marleen Troy, submitted for external funding. If Wilkes is a recipient of the grant, the Mentoring Program will be built into the P2E2 Roundtable where a RT business, a small business, and Wilkes University students will partner to mentor the small business in environmental affairs. The meeting of the Steering Committee is pictured below.

P2E2 Roundtable Holds First Event as part of PAEP at Gentex and Waymart Wind Farm

On August 18th, thirty P2E2(Pollution Prevention-Energy Efficiency) Roundtable members met at Gentex to tour the optics side of their facility and learn about P2 practices, ISO 14000 and OHSAS 18000 . Mr. Donny Long, Plant Manager, addressed the audience and spoke about the company's corporate philosophy. The company is owned by the French ESSILOR group and has plants world-wide. The optics portion of the company in Carbondale employs 280 people. The Roundtable toured the facility where over 70% of the world's prescription optic lenses are manufactured. The Gentex plant in Carbondale was recognized in house as the "Best in Class” internationally because of their lean and efficient manufacturing practices.

Following the tour, the group met at the Waymart Wind farm where they toured the 43 wind turbines on site. The Waymart Wind Energy Center was completed in 2003. The facility is owned by Florida Power and Light (FPL). FPL is the largest generator of wind power in the United States. The 65 Megawatt project located in northeastern Pennsylvania consists of 43 GE Wind Energy 1.5 MW wind turbines and is connected to the transmission lines of PPL Electric Utilities. Electricity generated by the wind turbines is being sold to Exelon Generation Company, LLC.

Gentex was an excellent host and commemorated the first joint P2E2 Roundtable / PAEP event with personalized amber optic lenses with the inscription "NEPPRT + PAEP 8/18/05" and the participants name. We received excellent feedback about the meeting which lasted a total of six hours.

Contacts: Mike Parrent (570)895-6105; Jeff Luzenski (610)774-4184

Members of the Northeast Pollution Prevention /Energy Efficiency Roundtable of the Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Professionals are shown during a tour of the Philips Lighting Application Center in Somerset, NJ. The Roundtable, which includes representatives DEP's Northeast Regional Office of Energy and Technology Deployment and businesses and organizations from Northeast Pennsylvania, sponsored a bus trip to the center February 16 for presentations focusing on Lighting in a Sustainable Context. The tour, lectures and hands-on demonstrations included information about energy efficient and sustainable lighting in an industrial/commercial setting. Over 20 members attended the tour. The Roundtable wishes to thank the staff at the Philips Lighting Application Center for their cooperation and assistance. Several companies have implemented energy efficiency suggestions related to the information presented during the tours.

PAEP
174 Crestview Drive . Bellefonte, PA 16823-8516
Phone: 814-355-2467 | Fax: 814-355-2452 | Email: info@paep.org

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