ERAPPA 2009 - Portland

Sustainable

Imagine Your Institution an Environmental Leader! An Insider's View of the Rutgers University Recycling Program and Communications Strategies

David DeHart & Dianne Gravatt, Rutgers University

Rutgers University presents its award winning recycling program and communications strategies.  This presentation will detail how our recycling program developed from its infancy to the environmental forerunner among academic institutions that it is today.  For experts and beginners alike, see how Rutgers is leading the way toward a sustainable future.

Facilities Planning 

Attainable Goals- Breaking Down A Master Plan (AIA/LU)

Rob Klinedinst AIA, LEED AP & Mark Lee, LEED AP, Harriman, Nancy Whitehouse, University of Southern Maine

A Master Plan must be realistic because often needs are greater than available resources.  A realistic picture must be created within the bounds of a short-term plan which makes clear what is achievable within the next 5-10 years.  A systematic process for prioritizing will help achieve the visionary long-range plan.

People

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Visualize Your Emergency Planning

            Tim McLean & Laurie Green, Accruent, Inc.

The threat of large-scale emergency incidents continues on campuses. In recent years, the information on facilities and location references for personnel, key equipment and other assets have begun to play a more significant role. This session will demonstrate how you can provide all users - whether CAD licensed or not - the ability to get a visual representation of sites, buildings floors, quickly through the web. This session will show you what is possible if you dare to imagine.

Potpourri

Our Energy Future: The Imaginings of a Concerned Architect

Gary Moore, SAE

We have always considered our planning for the future to just being an extension of the past.  Now, perhaps for the first time, this is not the case.  This presentation is a discussion of how campus administrators can meet the basic needs of heat, light, and electricity in the next 20 years.

Utilities/Energy

Imagine Sustainable Geothermal Heatpump Applications In University Buildings 

            Panel Discussion: William Turner, M.S., P.E., The H.L. Turner Group, Inc.;  David Early, P.E., C.E.M, C.C.C. A., University of Southern Maine; Robert Lawrence, University of Maine Farmington;

The use of watersource heatpumps to both environmentally & economically sustain the transfer of energy to and from the earth for Heating and Cooling University Buildings has rapidly increased. With earth source temperatures in the range of 30ºF to 70ºF the design parameters and constraints for accomplishing this in a truly sustainable manner depend upon the local hydrology, the building envelope, the use of the facility, the energy cost, and a designers' skills. We will provide a review of the theory of geothermal heatpump operation regarding reliability and efficiency and highlight parameters that will most likely affect the outcome of the performance for a sustainable design.  Two buildings on the USM Portland Campus will be available for tours.

Target Audience: Those with technical and financial interests in the sustainable (green) heating and cooling of buildings with geothermal heatpump technology.