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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
F-1: Turning Green into Gold - CANCELLED 9:00AM - 10:00AM (Wednesday, March 26, 2008)
Companies have a great opportunity to turn pressure to operate in an environmenatlly sustainable manner into profit. Not only can they make cost savings from energy and materials/ waste reduction programmes, companies can use sustainability as a competitive leaver to increase market share. This session will examine how turning 'green into gold'requires a deep understanding of commercial cost / benefit versus environmental impacts across the end to end supply chain. Examples from pharmaceuticals and other sectors such as consumer products will be used to illustrate how a true understanding of the sweet spot between product and process requirements, technical feasibility and commercial reality can lead to increase in profit and improvement of our world - CANCELLED
F-2: Integrating Clean Power that Saves Maintenance, Space and the Environment 10:15AM - 11:15AM (Wednesday, March 26, 2008)
Facility reliance on battery-based UPS systems is falling out of favor with the advent of more reliable forms of back-up power. Costly and frequent maintenance/replacement, spotty reliability, expensive HVAC requirements, fire hazards, spill containment, personnel health and safety hazards, excessive space demands, floor loading and environmental impact leave a lot to be desired. Flywheel power protection systems -- a technology that's been around for some time -- has now reached true commercial viability, solving the problems challenging facilities everyday. The latest generation flywheel systems “harden” battery arrays by protecting them from virtually all usage. Facilities are elimating their battery headaches altogethe by using flywheels to directly bridge to generators. This presentation provides examples and examines how and why modern UPS flywheel systems are delivering better energy, space, environmental and cost advantages over problematic battery-based systems.
Speaker:
Johnny Gonzales - Vice President Sales & Services, Pentadyne Power Corporation
F-3: Energy Prices Have Changed Everything & What the Heck is Sustainability? 2:00PM - 3:00PM (Wednesday, March 26, 2008)
The game has changed. The major increase in the cost of energy in the last few years has caused decisions made as little as three years ago to now be incorrect. In addition, the national yearning for “green” and “sustainability” and the response from major corporations and some states, not to mention the international community, have created a need and opportunity for action. But what actions, and what the heck is sustainability? This paper will start from the beginning, defining sustainability, and carry through to what it means for the corporations in this industry. More importantly it will identify opportunities for reducing greenhouse gases (air emissions), reducing energy consumption, and increasing the bottom line. The opportunities to be presented will cover air and water pollution control, site remediation, manufacturing/processing, waste management, and buildings; and the audience will experience a practical summary of sustainability and green that will stimulate ideas to explore in their individual areas of responsibility.
Richard Toro - Director, Environmental Services, Brown and Caldwell
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