Hello, rservice-ga!
I have chosen to go ahead and post an answer with some additional
material I have found for you. Since you are dealing with a family
emergency and I cannot pursue other research questions while
maintaining a lock on your question, I have presented some cases
studies under some of your suggested categories while adding a few
categories of my own. I hope you find them satisfactory. I have tried
to provide enough references so you can pick and choose among them to
create an interesting presentation.
Since you will be speaking to energy company executives, I tried, for
the most part, to find case studies which involved innovative uses of
energy by smaller energy companies, sometimes in concert with the
local communities. I hope these with be the types of cases which fall
outside the scope of general knowledge and pique their interest with
some interesting particulars.
I hope all is going well with your family! I look foward to hearing
from you when you get an opportunity to relax and look over my answer.
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WIRELESS APPLICATIONS IN THE ENERGY INDUSTRY
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"From rig to retail: keeping the energy industry running smoothly -
Case Study." http://www.cw.com/docs/solutions/case_studies/rig-cs.pdf
Excerpt: "In 2004, Shell became the first company to benefit from
Cable & Wireless? fully managed fixed-line communicationsservice in
West Africa. Frank Edozie, IT Manager for Shell Exploration &
Production?s Africa region, said: "We chose Cable & Wireless because
we needed an international communications company that could
understand our local requirements, and work with government and
industry partners to deliver a single solution."
Read entire article...
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From "Landmark Graphics: Wireless Data Capture Solution Improves
Profits and Reduces Oil Production Costs." Case Study, March 24, 2004
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/casestudies/CaseStudy.asp?CaseStudyID=15078
"Striving to increase production volumes, oil field operators manually
gather data on a daily basis for equipment performance and fluid
production from low-producing wells. But the remoteness of many wells
and the lengthy, manual processes involved with data collection and
reporting limit responsive adjustments and cut into profit margins.
Landmark Graphics Corporation, a provider of software and services to
more than 90 percent of the world's exploration and production
enterprises, developed a handheld field-data capture solution that
enables oilfield operators to record and report well production data
remotely, view trends, and communicate with engineers instantly
regarding problem wells. For customers, the solution increases
production and profitability while reducing costs; for Landmark the
solution provides a business growth opportunity."
read further..
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USING ENTERPRISE PORTAL TECHNOLOGY (this may not be of interest to you)
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Case Study and Return on Investment: Use of SAP NetWeaver at BG
Group." Rob Hailstone. IDC
http://www.sap.com/usa/industries/oil-gas/pdf/BWP_IDC_BG_Group.pdf
"Examine how BG Group rapidly implemented the SAP NetWeaver platform
against critical time constraints to achieve the advantages of
enterprise portal technology -- attaining both central control and
distributed content ownership." IDC (2003)
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"Case Study - Statoil Uses SAP Learning Solution, LSO 100, for
Enterprisewide Learning Management." Rebecca Segal. October 2004
http://www.sap.com/usa/industries/oil-gas/pdf/BWP_ROI_Statoil.pdf
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ENERGY COMPANIES MOVE INTO SOLAR POWER
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The Solar Division of British Petroleum is a well-known innovator in
the move into alternative energy. Numerous Case Studies can be found
on the following site:
http://www.bp.com/managedlistingsection.do?categoryId=3050486&contentId=7004985
Some examples:
Case Study: Whole Foods Market
http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=3050486&contentId=3060036
Case Study: City of Vallejo
http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=3050486&contentId=3060037
Case Study: USMC 29 palms
http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=3050486&contentId=3060039
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Shell Oil shows committment to solar energy by investing in automation
of it's solar panel manufacturing process:
See "Case Study -- Shell Solar Implements Robotics to Increase
Productivity." Robotics Online. (Posted 01/27/2005)
http://www.roboticsonline.com/public/articles/index.cfm?cat=433
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THE SUCCESS OF WIND POWER
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The ICLEI website has numerous case studies featuring local
governments which have successfully implemented innovative wind power
projects.
http://www.greenpowergovs.org/wind/Case%20Studies.html
Links to the Case Studies follow:
Waverly Lake, Iowa
http://www.greenpowergovs.org/wind/Waverly%20case%20study.html
"As the first municipal utility in the US to install and operate its
own wind power, Waverly Light and Power (WL&P) has not only pioneered
the development of local wind resources, but has demonstrated that
cleaning up the local energy mix can have lasting economic benefits.
Austin, Texas
http://www.greenpowergovs.org/wind/Austin%20case%20study.html
"In 1999, the Austin City Council made a landmark decision to
accommodate growing energy demands with renewable power by requiring
that a percentage of the city's electricity come from renewable
sources. To meet the goal set by the Renewable Portfolio Standard, the
City's municipal utility created the GreenChoice program, a highly
successful green pricing program."
Fort Collins, Colorado
http://www.greenpowergovs.org/wind/Fort%20Collins%20case%20study.html
"Fort Collins Utilities (FCU), a municipal utility, was the first
utility in Colorado and among the first in the nation to offer its
customers the option to purchase wind power. The utility's wind
project began as a pilot program in 1998 and has since acquired five
times as many customers. Investments from the project have led to the
addition of 7 new turbines at the Medicine Bow wind farm in Wyoming.
Requiring participants to sign on for several years has allowed the
utility to more accurately predict demand and make low-risk
investments in wind facilities accordingly."
Kotzebue, Alaska
http://www.greenpowergovs.org/wind/Kotzebue%20case%20study.html
"Kotzebue Electric Association, a non-profit electric co-op, is the
first US utility to use large-scale wind power to significantly offset
diesel-generated power. Despite higher than average costs due to harsh
conditions and the extreme remoteness of Northwest Alaska, the
Kotzebue wind farm has successfully demonstrated that wind can be a
viable alternative to diesel generation.
Madison, Wisconsin
http://www.greenpowergovs.org/wind/Madison%20case%20study.html
"Madison Metro Transit, the City's public transit agency, is the
largest municipal consumer of energy (electricity and fuel) in
Madison. As a result, the agency's CO2 emissions are also significant,
constituting 15% of the City's total municipal emissions. By being the
first city agency in Madison to buy electricity from Madison Gas and
Electric's (MGE) wind power program, Metro has shown that purchasing
wind can be a visible and cost-effective way to be an environmental
leader in city government and within the community."
Spirit Lake, Iowa
http://www.greenpowergovs.org/wind/Spirit%20Lake%20case%20study.html
"The Spirit Lake Community School District has taken advantage of the
wind resources blowing across the grounds of its school yards by
becoming the first school district in the US to use wind power as a
primary energy source. The district's highly visible 250-kW and 750-kW
turbines will soon provide enough electricity to power all of the
district's operations, and excess electricity from the first turbine
has already made a profit for the elementary school."
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ENERGY COMPANIES CANNOT IGNORE THE GROWING TREND TOWARD SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
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Manitoba Hydro sets the example with a sustainable office building
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"Manitoba Hydro Unveils Final Design for World-class Energy Efficient
Headquarters." AZOBuild.com. July 27, 2005
http://www.azobuild.com/news.asp?newsID=1245
Excerpt:
"Manitoba Hydro has unveiled the final design for the corporation?s
new, $188 million world-class energy efficient headquarters to meet
Hydro?s current and future business needs while serving as a model for
highly energy-efficient building design and operation."
"Along with being a model for energy efficiency and a source of pride
for Manitobans, Manitoba Hydro?s new office building will be the next
pillar in the revitalization of Winnipeg?s downtown, bringing
approximately 2,000 people to the city?s downtown," said Premier Gary
Doer."
"The 22-storey building will encompass approximately 690,000 square
feet, including public, retail, commercial and Manitoba Hydro office
space. It will include the areas required to achieve the building?s
energy reduction target of 60 per cent - which would make it one of
the most energy efficient buildings in the world."
Energy efficiencies include:
* a geothermal heat pump system (extracting heat from the ground in the
winter, returning it to the ground in warmer temperatures),
* a living "green" roof with mosses, grasses and lichens,
* atriums to provide conditioned fresh air,
* a solar chimney to enhance fresh air ventilation,
* windows designed to maximize daylight and reduce artificial lighting,
* energy efficient lighting, pumps and drives, and a double external wall to
reduce heating and cooling requirements in extreme temperatures.
"The building?s form and orientation optimizes passive systems for
ventilation, heating and cooling, contributing to the building?s world
class energy efficiency and a healthy, productive workplace."
Read further..
See more building specs at
http://www.hydro.mb.ca/issues/downtown_final_design.shtml
About Manitoba Hydro
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"Manitoba Hydro is the province's major energy utility, headquartered
in Winnipeg, Manitoba. We serve 505 883 electric customers throughout
Manitoba and 253 631 gas customers in various communities throughout
southern Manitoba. Virtually all electricity generated by the
provincial Crown Corporation is from self-renewing water power. We are
the major distributor of natural gas in the province. The
Corporation's capital assets-in-service at original cost exceed $10
billion, making us one of the largest energy and natural gas utilities
in Canada." http://www.hydro.mb.ca/about_us/about_us_home.shtml
Target Zero-Energy Homes
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From Nations Building News Online:
http://www.nbnnews.com/NBN/issues/2004-04-05/bnc2c.html#12
"Zero-energy homes" are gaining popularity among the nation's home
builders. These dwellings produce more energy than needed, allowing
residents to sell the excess to local utility companies. Builders are
employing solar technology such as photovoltaic cells and parabolic
trough systems - the latter of which use mirrors and sunlight to heat
fluid inside receiver tubes to create steam, run a turbine generator
and make electricity. Solid-state lighting, landscaping,
high-performance windows, cellulose insulation and efficient water
heaters also are important components of zero-energy homes. Incentives
offered by some states make the technology more affordable, and U.S.
Energy Department official David Garman says federal officials also
are looking to slash the cost of photovoltaic cells and other
products. Though zero-energy projects generally are undertaken by
custom builders, Centex is among the production builders interested in
this approach. Centex, for instance, collaborated with the Davis
Energy Group on the Livermore, CA-based Los Olivos development, where
a demonstration model of a zero-energy home generates electricity even
when outdoor temperatures exceed 100 degrees."
(From Philadelphia Inquirer (03/28/04) P. K1; Heavens, Alan J.)
Bonneville Power Teams up to build a zero-energy manufactured home
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From "Zero Energy Manufactured Home." Bonneville Power Administration.
Page last modified on July 07, 2005.
http://www.bpa.gov/Energy/N/tech/zemh/
"The BPA, WSU, and Nez Perce Zero Energy Manufactured Home Project
demonstrates and promotes innovative energy saving technologies to the
HUD code manufactured housing industry and new homebuyers. This
project has evolved into a major energy efficient home demonstration
project with huge support and involvement from the manufactured
housing industry and innovative building technology suppliers. The
homes manufactured for the project serve as tribal housing for
operations staff at the Nez Perce Hatchery at Cherry Lane, Idaho (near
Lewiston)."
"This project also involves a second home, the Base Home, which is
located next to the Zero Energy Manufactured Home. The Base Home has
an identical floorplan to the Zero Energy Manufactured Home, and is
built to Super Good Cents standards, but does not include the many
beyond current practice technologies used in the Zero Energy
Manufactured Home."
"BPA and WSU worked together to install meters on both the Base Home
and the Zero Energy Manufactured Home to monitor the energy
performance of each home over the course of a year or more. Since both
homes arelocated side-by-side, they experience almost exactly the same
climate. This is very advantageous when comparing the energy
consumption of both homes."
Listed below are just a few of the innovative, energy saving
technologies incorporated into the Zero Energy Manufactured Home:
Icynene Insulation
6 kW Photovoltaic System - grid connected
Solar Domestic Hot Water Heating System
Energy Star Windows, Appliances and Lighting
Energy Star Heating/Cooling Equipment - Insider Heat Pump
Heat Recovery Ventilation System
Passive Solar Design
See the complete Case study:
"Manufactured Home Performance Case Study: A Preliminary Comparison of
Zero Energy and Energy Star," by Michael Luliner, Adam Hadley and
Andrew Gordon.
http://www.bpa.gov/Energy/N/tech/zemh/docs/Performance.pdf
State by State Case Studies for Energy Efficient Building
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You can read over numerous interesting case studies on the U.S.
Department of Energy webstite:
http://www.eere.energy.gov/state_energy_program/case_studies_by_topic.cfm/topic=113
Green Buildings for the Future
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"Four Times Square - Rethinking the Skyscraper." Cool Solutions for
Global Warming.
http://dev.cleanair-coolplanet.org/information/pdf/four-times-square.pdf
Case Study: Stop and Shop Supermarkets. Less is More." Clean Air Cool Planet
http://dev.cleanair-coolplanet.org/information/pdf/StopShop.pdf
** See more Case Studies from the Clean Air Cool Planet Website:
http://dev.cleanair-coolplanet.org/for_business.php#case_studies
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Also see "Are We There Yet? Are your clients ready for a sustainable
custom home?," By Bruce D. Snider. Custom Home Magazine. 7/1/2005
http://www.customhomeonline.com/industry-news-print.asp?sectionID=224&articleID=158289
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LANDFILLS ARE GOOD FOR MORE THAN JUST BURYING TRASH!
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They may also provide a viable source of energy in the future.
From "US Landfills Convert Trash into Clean Energy Source," by Zulima
Palacio. Energy Village. August 3, 2005.
http://www.energyvillage.org/news/000126.shtml
Excerpt:
"Now the EPA is embarked on a five-year, $53 million project to
promote the use of methane gas. Brown Station Landfill, in Prince
George's County is an active participant. It's located near Washington
D.C. The open section of the landfill is taking up to 2,500 tons of
trash per day."
"This is our drill: we place the waste, we push it up, we compacted it
and we cover it with soil," says Darryl Flick, head of the Prince
George's Waste Management Division. "All these black lines show you
all the horizontal piping associated with gathering this gas. Each one
of the dots is a well or a trap."
"There are now 160 gas wells. For more than a decade, a closed off
section of the landfill has been producing about 100,000 cubic meters
of gas per day. After methane gas is drawn out of the landfill it is
placed in a pipeline and sent to the generator facility. "This is a
classic landfill gas well" he says, "All this power is being produced
by landfill gas."
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From "A CASE STUDY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LANDFILL GAS-TO-ENERGY
PROJECT FOR THE ANTIOCH, ILLINOIS, COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT." Mark
Torresani, Solid Waste Engineering RMT, Inc. Madison, Wisconsin, Ben
Peotter, Solid Waste Engineering RMT, Inc. Madison, Wisconsin
http://microturbine.com/Documents/SWANA04LFG&CHP.pdf
ABSTRACT: "The HOD Landfill, located within the Village of Antioch in
Lake County, northeastern Illinois, is a Superfund site consisting of
approximately 51 acres of landfilled area. On September 28, 1998, the
United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) issued a Record
of Decision (ROD) for the site requiring that specific landfill
closure activities take place. The Remedial Action (in response to the
ROD), which was completed in January 2001, included the installation
of a landfill gas collection system with 35 dual gas and leachate
extraction wells. This system collects approximately 300 cubic feet
per minute of landfill gas. In 2001, RMT and the Antioch Community
School District began exploring the option of using this landfill gas
to generate electricity and heat for the nearby high school. In April
2002, the Antioch Community School District applied for and received a
$550,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community
Affairs? (DECCA?s) Renewable Energy Resources Program (RERP) to
construct a cogeneration system to use the landfill gas to produce
electricity and heat at the high school. On December 24, 2002,
construction of the system began. The design and construction of the
energy system posed a number of challenges, including resolving local
easement issues, meeting local utility requirements, connecting to the
existing school heating system, crossing under a railroad, and meeting
the USEPA?s operational requirements. One-half mile of piping was
installed to transfer approximately 200 cubic feet per minute of
cleaned and compressed landfill gas to the school grounds, where 12
Capstone MicroTurbines are located in a separate building. The 12
Capstone MicroTurbines produce 360 kilowatts of electricity and,
together with the recovered heat, meet the majority of the energy
requirements for the 262,000-square foot school. The system began
operating in September 2003. This use of landfill gas proved
beneficial to all parties involved. It provides energy at a low cost
for the high school; clean, complete combustion of waste gas;
decreased emissions to the environment by reducing the need for
traditional electrical generation sources; public relations
opportunities for the school and community as being the first school
district in the U.S. to get electricity and heat from landfill gas;
and educational opportunities in physics, chemistry, economics,
andenvironmental management for Antioch High School students, as a
result of this state-of-the-art gas-to-energy system being located at
the school."
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MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES
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General Electric pursues sustainable energy with Ecoimagination
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"GE Launches Ecomagination to Develop Environmental Technologies;
Company-Wide Focus on Addressing Pressing Challenges." May 2005
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/ge/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&ndmConfigId=1002373&newsId=20050509005663&newsLang=en&ndmConfigId=1002373&vnsId=681
More articles about Ecoimagination:
http://www.ge.com/en/product/ecomagination/news.htm
Ecoimagination website (I can't get anywhere but perhaps you can!)
http://ge.ecomagination.com/@v=08042005_0132@/index.html
Plastics manufacturer works to improve energy efficiency
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"Case Study: Harbec Plastics - Power and Productivity Through Energy Innovation."
http://dev.cleanair-coolplanet.org/information/pdf/Harbec_case_study.pdf
(See sidebar of Case study snapshop along with entire article)
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I hope I have provided enough case studies for you to put together an
interesting presentation. Please let me know if I can clarify anything
further for you.
Sincerely,
umiat
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