Chattanooga Engineers Club Newsletter

NEXT MEETING________________________

Monday May 3 – Noon – DOUBLETREE HOTEL (407 Chestnut Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402)

Near Zero Energy Homes - How Close Can We Get? David Dinse, Project Manager, TVA Technology Innovations

David Dinse will discuss three experimental homes in the Campbell Creek area of Knoxville that are being monitored to evaluate residential building technologies, energy efficiency technologies, smart grid concepts and consumer energy-use behaviors in a realistic environment. TVA will use the results to develop cost-effective residential energy efficiency and demand-response programs and educate builders, developers, and consumers. One home represents a typical house currently built in the Tennessee Valley (Builder Home). The second home is also a typical house, but has been retrofitted to improve efficiency (Retrofit Home). The third house has been built using the latest in construction technologies to make it as efficient as possible and still provide excellent curb appeal. This home employs photovoltaic panels and solar water heating to help make it a near zero-energy house (nZEH).

David Dinse is a registered professional engineer with a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Connecticut, who has been employed at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) since 1981. He is an active member of ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) and is TVA’s leading technical authority on geothermal heat pump technology.

Officer Election - Mark Wojnovich has accepted nomination as Secretary. Other nominees will be solicited, followed by a vote of the members present, using secret ballots.

FUTURE MEETINGS ____________________

Monday May 10 – TBD

Monday May 17 – noon -Carbon Utilization Technologies vs. Carbon Sequestration

Dale Bradshaw, Senior Program Manager and Consultant to NRECA

Monday May 24 – TBD

Monday May 31 – No Meeting -- Memorial Day

PREVIOUS MEETING____________________________

Monday April 26 – Juan F. Villarreal, Director of Commercial Operations & Marketing, Babcock & Wilcox - Modular Nuclear Energy. Mr. Villarreal described Babcock & Wilcox Co.'s new reactor concept a scalable, modular, integral reactor. The design is largely based on proven technology, which should simplify the nuclear licensing process. It will be built in 125-megawatt modules, allowing the capacity to more closely match demand, and permitting much of the construction to take place off-site. These features should reduce price uncertainty and lower risk to investors.

CHATTANOOGA ENGINEERS CLUB — CORPORATE SPONSORS______________

We gratefully acknowledge the corporate sponsorships listed below.

2010 — Robbins & Bohr, LLC

2009 — Coca—Cola

2008 — Alstom

2008 — Chattanooga State

MEETING LOGISTICS_______________________

The Chattanooga Engineer's Club meets at the DOUBLETREE HOTEL, CHATTANOOGA,
407 Chestnut St., Chattanooga, TN 37402. Free parking is available in the gated parking lot on the south side of the Hotel.

For noontime meetings, the gate will be open from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Plan to arrive at about 11:30 a.m., if you intend to park in the limited space available.

QUESTIONS and SUGGESTIONS______________

If you have any questions, items that would be of interest to the Chattanooga Engineers Club, or suggestions for future programs, please contact Ralph Boroughs by e-mail at rdboroughs@gmail.com or by phone at 423-227-0412. You can find membership application forms, references to future programs, historical data, and other info at: http://www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org. To receive future meeting announcements by email, join the Chattanooga Technology Organization mailing list at: http://www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org/email.

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