DYNAMIC INFRASTRUCTURE: 300-level
SESSION 23
DATE // START TIME // ROOM NUMBER:
Thursday, September 30, 2010 – 9:00 am – Metro 2A
ABSTRACT:
PlaNYC, New York City’s sustainable growth plan, called for expanding the city’s clean distributed generation capacity by 800 MW. Though a total of 64 MW has been installed over the past three years, the city has a long way to go to reach its 800 MW goal. This presentation will focus on existing and emerging distributed generation strategies at the building and district scale that can contribute to de-carbonizing the City’s utility grid.
MODERATOR:
Kenneth A. Lewis, Director, New York Office, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
SPEAKERS:
Steven Caputo, Policy Adviser, New York City Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability
Florence D. Hudson, Energy & Environment Executive and Cloud Computing Strategist, IBM
Margarett Jolly, Distributed Generation Umbudswoman, Consolidated Edison
DESCRIPTION:
The presentation will begin with a look at 7 World Trade Center as an example of distributed generation technologies utilizing micro-turbines and a using Con Edison steam delivery system to generate electricity on-site. Design implications of distributed renewable energy systems on buildings will be illustrated with introductions of several Center for Architecture Science and Ecology CASE research areas.
The second part of the presentation will describe the critical need for distributed generation to aid in de-carbonization efforts and enhancing reliability, particularly through peak demand reductions. Incorporating distributed generation into She will then describe how distributed generation can be incorporated into Con Edison’s steam network—which is the largest in the country–—will also be discussed, along with and also discuss various incentives for clean distributed generation.
This portion of the session presentation will end with a summary of a range of distributed generation technologies available to design teams including such as Combined Heat and Power Plants (CHP), steam turbines, ice storage, and solar power.
In addition, the third presentation, the Mayor’s Office of Long-term Planning and Sustainability will describe the city’s efforts to encourage distributed generation in the context of PlaNYC. The city will discuss its efforts through the Department of Buildings to streamline permitting of co-generation facilities, as well as the creation of Solar Empowerment Zones and a citywide solar map to accelerate the adoption of solar power.
The session will finish with a Florence Hudson of IBM Smart Cities/Smart Buildings will round out the discussion of by highlighting what is possible through a smarter approach to building design and planning, and how can innovation in design can lead the way.
Learning objectives/Questions addressed:
- How can distributed generation be used in a dense urban environment like NYC.
- How can distributed generation be interconnected into existing steam and electric utility grids?
- What incentives and policies exist to encourage clean distributed generation?
- What are the political and policy implications?
- What are the new technologies for distributed generation?
- How can innovative design and planning lead the way?
