 What
Was the "Industry" Summer Study?
Where
and When Was Summer Study?
What
Happened There?
What
Was the Final Session Schedule?
Informal
Session Schedule
What
Industrial Site Tours Were Offered?
Champions
of Energy Efficiency Awards
Who
Funded and Organized Summer Study?
The 2007 ACEEE Summer Study in Industry
July 24–27, 2007 • Renaissance Westchester
Hotel • White Plains, New York
The
2007 ACEEE Summer Study was the 8th biennial ACEEE conference
on Energy Efficiency in Industry. Participants from around
the world gathered for three days to discuss technical,
policy, and program issues related to increasing energy
efficiency in industry. Presentations and discussions
related to the theme, Improving Industrial Competitiveness:
Adapting to Volatile Energy Markets, Globalization, and
Environmental Constraints. Attendees included
energy decision makers from industry, equipment manufacturers,
government policymakers, electric utility staff, energy
consultants, leading industrial energy researchers, and
academics. The cost of energy is an increasingly large component
of U.S. manufacturing cost. Factoring in energy conservation
and substitution strategies and the need to operate
manufacturing plants as sustainable enterprises, it
becomes clear that both industry and energy markets
must adapt to assure a sound U.S. economy. The 2007
ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry
offered opportunities to learn about a wide variety
of cutting-edge energy strategies, technologies, measures,
programs, and policies that cut energy costs, improve
energy reliability, reduce energy price volatility,
and enhance industrial productivity. People came to Summer
Study to learn from and network with energy experts
from private industry, academia, government, consulting,
and the nonprofit sector.
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Conference
Arrangements
The
Summer Study was held July 24–27, 2007 at the
Renaissance Westchester Hotel, White Plains, New York.
The conference began with an Opening Plenary and
dinner reception on July 24th and ended mid-afternoon
on July 27th.
Conference
Program
Opening Plenary
ACEEE's Industrial Program Director, R. Neal Elliott, discussed America's Energy Straightjacket.
Closing Plenary
Bill Reinhardt of NYSERDA discussed Oil Depletion and the Future of Globalization.
Display
Sessions
Displays
were available for viewing throughout the Summer
Study. Display presentations were made during a Wednesday
afternoon Display Reception.
Informal
Sessions
Participant-organized sessions were held in the afternoons.
These informal sessions allowed further discussion
of the presentations and other topics of importance
to participants.
Site
Tours
Tours
highlighting energy issues were held during the afternoon
of July 26th. Some site visits were projects co-sponsored
by NYSERDA.
Read
more about the Site Tours.
Champions
of Energy Efficiency Awards
Awarded
at every Industry Summer Study, the awards recognize
leadership and accomplishment in the industrial energy
efficiency field. For information about the award winners
in the industry sector, please visit the awards
page.
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2007
Funders and Organizing Committee
Organizing
Committee:
Lawrence
Kavanagh (Co-Chair)
Vice
President—Manufacturing and Technology, American
Iron and Steel Institute
Kelly
Kissock (Co-Chair)
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering, University of Dayton (Ohio)
R.
Neal Elliott, Rebecca Lunetta, Glee Murray, Anna Shipley,
and Steven Nadel
American
Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
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