UMaine Engineering Professor Conducts Energy-Savings Seminar For Businesses
Contact: Tom Weber: 207-581-3777
Scott Dunning, professor and director of the University of Maine School of Engineering Technology, will conduct a seminar in Portland March 31 and April 1 aimed at helping businesses to reduce their energy costs and increase their economic competitiveness.
The two-day seminar, which was quickly filled to capacity, will provide companies the basic knowledge and tools necessary to identify the most common opportunities for energy savings and how to calculate savings potential.
Topics will include such fundamentals as conducting energy audits, purchasing energy, maintenance programs and how to save on heating, ventilation and air conditioning. The seminar, offered by the Maine Public Utilities Commission’s Efficiency Maine program, will also address topics such as boiler efficiency, lighting equipment and performance and waste heat recovery.
For many, the advice could not come at a better time.
“Companies in Maine are getting squeezed in the national economic slowdown,” says Dunning, who is recognized nationally as an expert in energy efficiency and is one of six key instructors for the Association of Energy Engineers. “Their costs for materials and employee health benefits are rising, while consumer demand for their products may be softening. It’s absolutely critical at this time for companies to find ways to reduce energy costs in order to stay competitive during these tough economic conditions.”