Visit our website: www.gpaee.org Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers “Fostering action through education, innovation & networking to promote the priorities of Philadelphia-area Energy Professionals” June 2016 June 2016 GPAEE GPAEE Newsletter Newsletter Table of Contents Focus On: GPAEE Season Closer with the Union 1 Calendar of Events 2 Upcoming Event: June 22: GPAEE Season Closer with the Union 2 Photos from the May Event 3 CEM Training 3 September Event Preveiw 4 Welcome New Members! 5 Thank You Corporate Members 5 July Planning Meeting 5 EnergyPath 2016 8 Board Officers 7 Energy News 8 Upcoming Energy Events 10 Energy Job Board 11-12 Golf Outing Hole Sponsorships 12 Support GPAEE 13 About AEE National 14 Thank You & Goodbye! 14 FOCUS ON: GPAEE SEASON CLOSER WITH THE UNION Click Below For Additional Registration Info! Please join us for our season closer with networking and a Philadelphia Union game! Wednesday June 22 – Pregame Party Deck 5:30-7:00 followed by the game Private deck area with high top tables behind the Suites with a buffet & bar overlooking the Delaware River & Commodore Barry Bridge All you can eat/drink 90 minutes before the game up until kick off. At kick off the group moves to our ticketed seats! $70 members / $80 non-members Unfortunately no walk ups as this is a ticketed event. FOOD: Fresh Popcorn Soft Pretzels Potato Chips Garden Fresh Vegetable Platter Marinated Grilled Chicken: Grilled chicken breast served with sautéed spinach & provolone cheese with fresh rolls Pork Italiano: Sliced pork served with provolone cheese and sautéed broccoli rabe served with fresh rolls Assorted Cookies BEVERAGES: Assorted Soda & Water/soft drinks BEER - Coors Light, Miller Lite, Bud, Bud Lite, Corona, Corona Light, Blue Moon, Sierra Nevada, Stella, Shock Top, Boddingtons, Guinness, Dog Fish 60 min, Dog Fish 90 min, Red Bridge GF, O’Doul’s Non-Alcoholic Parking is on your own, $20 Cash Parking in lots as space permits.
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Visit our website: www.gpaee.org
Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers
“Fostering action through education, innovation & networking to promote
the priorities of Philadelphia-area Energy Professionals”
June 2016June 2016
GPAEE GPAEE NewsletterNewsletter
Table of Contents
Focus On: GPAEE Season Closer with the Union
1
Calendar of Events 2
Upcoming Event: June 22: GPAEE Season Closer with the Union
2
Photos from the May Event
3
CEM Training 3
September Event Preveiw
4
Welcome New Members!
5
Thank You Corporate Members
5
July Planning Meeting
5
EnergyPath 2016 8
Board Officers 7
Energy News 8
Upcoming Energy Events
10
Energy Job Board 11-12
Golf Outing Hole Sponsorships
12
Support GPAEE 13
About AEE National
14
Thank You & Goodbye!
14
FOCUS ON: GPAEE SEASON CLOSER WITH THE UNION
Click Below For
Additional
Registration Info!
Please join us for our season closer with networking and a Philadelphia Union game!
Wednesday June 22 – Pregame Party Deck
5:30-7:00 followed by the game
Private deck area with high top tables behind the Suites with a buffet & bar overlooking the Delaware River & Commodore Barry Bridge
All you can eat/drink 90 minutes before the game up until kick off.
At kick off the group moves to our ticketed seats!
$70 members / $80 non-members Unfortunately no walk ups as this is a ticketed event.
FOOD: Fresh Popcorn
Soft Pretzels
Potato Chips
Garden Fresh Vegetable Platter
Marinated Grilled Chicken: Grilled chicken breast served with sautéed spinach & provolone cheese with fresh rolls
Pork Italiano: Sliced pork served with provolone cheese and sautéed broccoli rabe served with fresh rolls
Assorted Cookies
BEVERAGES:
Assorted Soda & Water/soft drinks
BEER - Coors Light, Miller Lite, Bud, Bud Lite, Corona, Corona Light, Blue Moon, Sierra Nevada, Stella, Shock Top, Boddingtons, Guinness, Dog Fish 60
min, Dog Fish 90 min, Red Bridge GF, O’Doul’s Non-Alcoholic
Parking is on your own, $20 Cash Parking in lots as space permits.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Pre-game on the Party Deck 700 PM - 10:00 PM Philadelphia Union Game
Talon Energy Field One Stadium Dr. Chester, PA 19013 Members: $70.00 Non-Members: $80.00 Walk-In’s: N/A 1) Click on the Meeting Flyer icon to the left which will bring you to the GPAEE website 2) Click on the ―Register Now box and follow the directions listed there
Matthew Hanson — CM3 Building Solutions Bill Valentine — Penn State
Adam Campbell — Constellation
THANK YOU CORPORATE MEMBERS!
Burns Engineering Inc. Commercial Utility Consultants Concord Engineering Group Constellation, an Exelon Company Core Power Inc. EcoSave Inc. GDF Suez Energy Resources - NA Greentech Energy Services Graboyes Commercial Window Co Henkels & McCoy Hutchinson Mechanical Services Klenzoid Inc. Labor Ready - A True Blue Company Opterra Energy Services
PECO
Penn Power Systems Peterson Service Co PGW Precis Engineering Provident Energy Consulting, LLC PWI Engineering Ross Mechanical Group South Jersey Energy Solutions Swagelok Penn T&M Associates UGI Energy Services Veolia Energy Philadelphia
GPAEE 2016 - 2017 PLANNING MEETING
Every July the GPAEE Board plans the upcoming years topics and events at our
annual planning meeting. An integral part of this process is the invaluable feedback
we receive from you, our members. If you have topic suggestions and ideas, please
** [Editor’s Note: Please send newsworthy local Energy stories, announcements or events to [email protected]. Thanks] **
Four Winners Announced At 2016 Shale Gas Innovation Contest Finals Event
On May 18th in Pittsburgh during the 5th Annual Shale Gas Innovation Contest the following four companies each walked away with a winner’s check for $20,000: Aridea Solutions; Compass Natural Gas; Epiphany Water Solutions; and HalenHardy, LLC. Bill Hall, Ben Franklin SGICC Director noted, “The 12 finalists once again show the diversity of ideas being brought to the table by entre-preneurs and small companies in the region to help advance the shale energy play. Innovations are now more than ever, critically important to the industry as we manage through this downturn. Con-tinuous innovation is needed in every sector of the industry and all along the value chain, and this is exactly the space that the Ben Franklin Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center (SGICC) works in every day.” (more)
Pa. DEP Secretary Quigley Resigns State Post In Wake Of Email Flap
Pennsylvania Environmental Protection Secretary John Quigley resigned his post effective imme-diately Friday, after a brief meeting with Gov. Tom Wolf.
The move rids the Wolf administration of a secretary with a passion for green causes, but whose style had managed to ruffle so many feathers, a source close to the administration said, that it was no longer clear he was helping. Wolf named Patrick McDonnell as acting secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, effective immediately. McDonnell had been serving as policy director for the department. (more)
State Revives Energy Efficiency Loans For Homeowners Pennsylvania has revived a program that helps homeowners secure low interest loans to make ener-gy efficiency improvements. KeystoneHELP is a public private partnership between the Pennsylva-nia Treasury Department, Renew Financial, and the nonprofit Energy Programs Consortium. Through the program, Pennsylvania homeowners can get up to $20,000 to make home improve-ments including more efficient HVAC equipment, water heaters, air conditioning, roofing, insula-tion and windows. Philadelphia architect Lizzie Rothwell says she and her husband used the energy efficiency loan to install new roof insulation and replace the duct work in their 2-bedroom South Philly home. She says this reduced their winter energy bills by $40 a month. (more)
Why Utilities Are Investing In This Technology As A Way To Boost Resiliency And Reduce Consumer Costs What if there was a technology your utility could deploy today that was cheaper and cleaner than most existing power generation, that boosted system resiliency and reliability, and was twice as effi-cient? Would you want them to use it? Customers of Duke Energy in North Carolina may soon enjoy these benefits. Duke Energy is just the latest example of utilities around the country that are investing in customer-sited combined heat and power (CHP) plants to bring cleaner, cheaper, and more quickly deployable energy resources to their customers. Duke has proposed to develop, own, and operate a 21 Megawatt (MW) CHP plant located at Duke University. (more)
The economy is improving, however many of our business associates are facing hard times. We invite our
members and Sponsor companies to join the GPAEE Board in our Employment Initiative. To help our fel-
low energy professionals, the GPAEE offers the following assistance for unemployed energy profesionals:
1. Local unemployed energy professionals can pay a reduced fee for most monthly meetings.
When registering for meetings, register under the student and unemployed rate of $5 for the speci-
fied meetings.
2. Unemployed members can post a free energy Position Wanted ad for 3 months in our newslet-
ter which currently reaches over 1,000 people.
3. Free Job Ad on our newsletter Energy Job Board for GPAEE Sponsor companies and em-
ployers. Recruiters are invited to post jobs for the normal advertisement fee or on our website at
no cost.
4. Companies with openings are invited to announce them at our monthly meetings. One of our
local members landed a job with one of our Sponsor companies as a result of an announcement
made at a recent meeting.
The GPAEE Board reserves the right to limit the number of discounted attendees at each meeting. Unem-
ployed discount does not apply for retired or self employed members. For more information or questions
please contact Jim Clark (610) 325-9229.
Unemployed &
Students Meeting
Registration: $5
ENERGY JOB BOARD
To post an ad in the newsletter, send a brief job description with URL link and contact info to our newsletter editor, Caroline
McCallum [email protected]. Ads are free except those solicited by professional employment agencies. Members can also
post job opportunities on our website. To see current job opportunities visit the Classifies tab.
TALON ENERGY
ACCOUNT ASSOCIATE/ACCOUNT MANAGER
The Account Associate/Account Manager position is responsible for supporting, building, and maintaining a book of retail energy customers acquired either directly or indirectly through external channel partners such as agents, brokers, and consultants. Responsibilities include facilitating the sales process, selling products and ser-vices, and gathering market intelligence. Account man-agement responsibilities include understanding customer needs, nurturing and maintaining relationships to build brand loyalty, and facilitating customer issue resolution and sales. If interested, please send resume to Andrew Bakey.
Warren Energy Engineering provides energy engineering services (energy audits, modeling, retro-commissioning) to a variety of clients. We also apply these skills to sup-port and evaluate utility energy efficiency programs. We are seeking both junior and senior energy engineers and consultants to join our team. Strong knowledge of build-ing and industrial mechanical systems required. Experi-ence with measurement and verification, particularly IP-MVP Option B and data logging, are desirable. Profes-sional Engineer or CEM certification is a plus. We offer a casual and creative work environment in Chester County. Approximately 20% travel will be required.
If interested, please email a resume (MS Word or PDF format) and salary requirements to [email protected].
This edition marks the last newsletter I will be coordinating for the GPAEE. Over my 7 year tenure, I have truly enjoyed supporting the tremendously growth of this organization. During that time the coordinated efforts of the board members have accomplished much in serving the needs of the GPAEE community. Some of these include the institution of the Employment Initiative to help connect employers with potential candidates in the region, the website redevelopment with StarChapter, hosting the chapter’s very first CEM training and the numerous awards for which the chapter has been recognized. Thank you, it has been a pleasure to get to know you all. I hope to see you at some upcoming meetings.
All the Best - Caroline
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About AEE National
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members in 89 countries. The mission of AEE is “to promote the scientific and educational
interests of those engaged in the energy industry and to foster action for Sustainable Develop-
ment.” AEE's network of 82 local chapters meet regularly to discuss regional issues. AEE's
roster of corporate members is a veritable “who's who” from the commercial, industrial, insti-
tutional, governmental, energy services, and utility sectors.
AEE offers a full array of informational outreach programs including seminars, conferences,
journals, books, and certification programs.
The AEE Energy, Facility, Power News is a high-quality online newsletter that focuses on the ac-
complishment of the Association and its members. AEE also publishes three technical jour-
nals: Energy Engineering, Strategic Planning for Energy & the Environment, and Cogeneration & Distrib-
uted Generation Journal. Distributed Energy focuses on the advantages of diversifying your energy
portfolio with onsite power and distributed generation in order to efficiently increase the secu-
rity and stability of your power systems. Sustainable Facility, a new publication from the pub-
lishers of Energy & Power Management magazine replaces the former publication to AEE
members. These publications are complimentary to all AEE members.
Additional benefits include continuing education & book discounts, invitations to industry
surveys, job referrals, and special member discounts.
To become an AEE National Member, please go to http://www.aeecenter.org/membership/.
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