Energy leaders recognized at WEEC, December 8-10, 2010 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC

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1 Energy leaders recognized at WEEC, December 8-10, 2010 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC Washington, DC (December 1, 2010) Through its International Awards Program, the Association of Energy Engineers, a nonprofit professional association of over 13,000 members, recognizes the important work being done in energy by individuals, organizations, agencies, and corporations. The following awards will be presented December 8 at the 33 rd World Energy Engineering Congress in Washington, DC. Energy Engineer of the Year Award (Caption: Carl Salas presented Glen W. Kilcup (L) with the Energy Engineer of the Year Mr. Glen W. Kilcup consulted, designed, and implemented projects for school facilities and semiconductor companies in New Mexico, saving over $2 million and 2000 tons of CO2. He led the effort to decommission Fab9, which now utilizes only a fraction of the energy used at full production. His waste heat recovery project consisted of innovative thermal energy while also benefiting the environment. He will be saving almost $3 million annually by making the most efficient use of campus steam. He recognizes the value of behavior and holds personalized Green Bag talks on energy conservation and efficient project implementation. Corporate Energy Management Award (Caption: Alan Griffin and Jeffrey Nunn accepted the Corporate Energy Management Award for Boeing) The Boeing Company is on track to achieve five-year targets of 25% improvement in multiple focus areas including energy efficiency, water efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, solid waste recycling, and reduction of hazardous waste. Boeing has reduced energy consumption by 12% on an absolute basis since 2002, which is equivalent to approximately 1.7 MM-Btus, and overall energy efficiency improvement of 32% normalized to revenue. Greenhouse gas emissions have been reduced by 146,330 metric tons. The 2009 Climate Disclosure Project (CDP) Global 500 Report ranked Boeing first in the industrial sector, and in the top 10 of all respondent companies. Energy Professional Development Award (Caption: Carl Salas presented Nick Stecky (L) with the Energy Professional Development Mr. Nick Stecky has been an outstanding energy engineer for over 30 years. He has developed and instructed energy engineering educational programs, given lectures and seminars and authored many articles on energy efficiency and green buildings. He has lectured at many of the ASHRAE programs in cities throughout the U.S. and in Eastern Europe. He served as the New Jersey AEE Chapter Treasurer and President. For the past five years he has been the Resource Efficiency Manager for the U.S. Army s Picatinny Arsenal. He has been awarded charge of a Fuel Cell demonstration

2 project from the Army s Construction and Engineering Lab. For two years he also was a mentor for school children in a National Science Foundation Program. Energy Manager of the Year Award (Caption: Carl Salas presented Donald A. Scarsella (L) with the Energy Manager of the Year Mr. Donald A. Scarsella developed and now leads a global Energy Network for Owens Corning s OCV division (located in 14 countries around the world). He has served as the Program Manager for 120 energy-related Capital Projects with a combined budget of $14.2 MM. His efforts have delivered $8.1 MM in annual savings. He has also implemented 257 energy related low cost/no cost improvements which achieved $9.6 MM in additional savings. He instituted the OCV energy team challenge in This challenge awards points to plant energy teams for energy efficiency and conservation. Energy Project of the Year: National Award (Caption: Jerry Dennis (L) accepted the Energy Project of the Year: National Award for the Dallas Forth Worth Airport) The Continuous Commissioning of Dallas Fort Worth Airport Terminal D and Energy Plaza Project DFW International Airport and Energy Systems Laboratory at the Texas A&M University began defined and initiated Continuous Commissioning to Airport Facilities. The rental car facility s energy consumption was reduced by 18% after CC. The CC effort reduced the energy use of the Airport s Administration Building by 32%. Measured savings were $2.7 Million. Savings from all CC projects total $4.98 million. Renewable Energy Innovator of the Year Award (Caption: Carl Salas presented Moinuddin Sarker with the Renewable Energy Innovator of the Year Dr. Moinuddin Sarker developed an innovative thermocatalyric process for the conversion of waste plastics into hydro-carbon fuel. He is the chief scientist in charge of his science team. He has lectured throughout the U.S. and Canada, sharing his new technology with industry and government leaders. His research converts approximately one ton of waste plastic into over 300 gallons of fuel, at a cost of about $0.50- $0.75 per gallon. The fuel delivers greater energy potential, per unit volume, burning cleaner and resulting in higher mileage per gallon than commercially available gasoline. His research has been published in more than 35 publications. Renewable Energy Project of the Year Award (Caption: Steven Melink accepted the Renewable Energy Project of the Year Award for the Melink Corporation)

3 The Melink Corporate Headquarters Renewable Energy Project is a market leader in restaurant ventilation, balancing, commissioning services and renewable energy services. Their corporate headquarters in Ohio is a case study in renewable energy and sustainability. In 2005, the building received the LEEDs gold award and a LEEDs platinum award for existing buildings in Melink is striving to achieve a net zero facility. In addition to conventional ECM s, other projects include 30KW solar generation capability, 6.5KW wind turbine capability, 60% less water consumption, and geothermal heat pump system. Young Energy Engineer of the Year Award (Caption: Al Thumann presented Yuetao (Paul) Cui ( R ) with the Young Energy Engineer of the Year Yuetao (Paul) Cui has achieved three consecutive years of energy conservation on power, gas and water in the National Starch Shanghai Songjiang plant. Power consumption per starch ton was reduced by 51.7%, water ton by 55%, LPG unit by 17.1%, all with an output increase of 30.4%. He was involved in many energy saving projects such as solar hot water heating system, dryer heat recovery unit, waste recycling for machine cleaning, and cooling tower modifications to replace chillers in the winter. He personally made it his goal to publish energy awareness updates every month through his company newsletter; ensuring energy savings tips were promoted. (Caption: Carl Salas presented Laura Rip (L) with the Young Energy Engineer of the Year Laura Rip is an Energy Engineer at Raytheon Polar Services. She spent four years implementing energy projects at the United States Antarctic Program s stations, despite the extreme conditions. She has gained knowledge and experience in lighting schemes, VFDs and motors, heat transfer calculations, potable water production, boiler controls, utility metering, generator controls, wind and solar systems, and presenting energy data to a variety of audiences. Some of her achievements include reducing water consumption at McMurdo by 30% (from 15.2 to 10.8 million gallons). She helped the effort to reduce electrical energy by 1400 MW-hrs (10%). Since her time at the South Pole, fuel usage for heating has been reduced by 93,000 gallons saving nearly $2.5 million. She is currently testing a 2.5KW wind turbine, solar PV module, and soon, a thermal hot water system. (Caption: Carl Salas Presented Nana Wilberforce (L) with the Young Energy Engineer of the Year Nana Wilberforce is the Energy Manager at PNC Financial Services Group. He helped in the effort for a corporate wide lighting retrofit project, which has created a payback of 1.4 years. He also streamlined all utility bill payments, negotiated new utility rates, and encouraged his management team to increase onsite energy generation. PNC will soon be installing their first solar panels.

4 Special Recognition Award (Caption: Tim Regan (L) accepted the Special Recognition Award for Corning) Corning Incorporated Global Energy Management In 2006, Corning Incorporated established its Global Energy Management (GEM) process. GEM provides funds, training, technical support, and other resources to Corning s business units to increase their energy efficiency and productivity. GEM has helped reduce Corning s greenhouse gas emissions by more than 149,000 metric tons, and has saved them more than $73 million in energy costs. These savings alone are equivalent to the total energy requirement and carbon footprint of 382 Corning office buildings, or more than 6,035 single family homes. GEM has also provided capital funds for 152 projects. Leadership in Federal Energy Management Award (Caption: Carl Salas presented Rick Khan (L) with the Leadership in Federal Energy Management Rick Khan is the Senior Advisor for Facilities Programs for the Federal Energy Management Program at the U.S. Department of Energy. His experience includes Principal Deputy Regional Commissioner at U.S. General Services Administration, Principal Energy Executive at the U.S. Air Force, Director, Federal Energy Management Program at the Department of Energy, and various executive and technical leadership positions at Capitol Hill, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company s Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. He is considered a leader in energy including energy efficiency, fossil, nuclear and renewable for facilities, transportation and aviation. He personally led the effort to implement the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 incorporating latest energy efficient and renewable technologies to achieve high performance green buildings. He directed and oversaw completion and submission to Congress a Comprehensive Energy Conservation and Management Plan required by public law, PL He championed the three-phased ESPC worth over $100 million for the FDA White Oak campus. He was responsible for developing and executing strategies and programs to reduce energy demand and increase alternative energy supplies for the U.S. Air Force in the areas of aviation, installations and ground transportation in order to reduce its annual energy budget of $7 billion and dependence on foreign oil. Distinguished Service Award (Caption: Carl Salas presented Rusty Hodapp (L) with the Distinguished Service Rusty Hodapp, AEE s 2009 President, is the Vice President for Energy & Transportation Management at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Under his leadership, DFW s energy efficiency and air quality initiatives have been widely acclaimed winning a U.S. Department of Energy Clean Cities Excellence Award in The Association of Energy Engineers named him International Corporate Energy Manager of the Year in 2003 and Region IV Corporate Energy Manager of the Year in As a Life Member of AEE, he has served as Region IV Vice President, on the Business Energy

5 Professional (BEP) Certification Board, and a Past President of AEE. He is active in the North Texas AEE chapter, having served as President, Vice President, Board Member and Awards Committee Chair. He also serves on the LEED energy & Atmosphere Technical Advisory Group for the U.S. Green Building Council. He is a regular speaker on issues related to energy and sustainability, and an advisor to the Transportation Research Board on energy efficiency and sustainability in the aviation industry.