About Us

The Northeast CHP Application Center (NAC) was established in October 2003 with a mission to provide CHP application assistance, technology information, and educational support in the seven Northeast states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. A critical objective of the Center is coordination across states within the region, across technologies, across upstream and downstream business sectors and end-use applications, and across nationwide DOE resources leading to the development of more favorable market conditions throughout the entire northeastern United States. The NAC serves as a focal point for communication among key stakeholders in the Northeast Region.

Services

Education and Outreach

Conducting education and outreach activities in the form of presentations, workshops, and site visits for target markets and CHP stakeholder organizations.

Technical Assistance

Providing technical assistance and other direct client services to technical professionals and facility/energy managers considering CHP

Contacts

Tom Bourgeois, NAC Co-Director for Education and Outreach
(914) 422-4013 (voice)
(914) 422-4180 (fax)
tbourgeois@law.pace.edu

Beka Kosanovic, NAC Co-Director for Technical Assistance
413) 545-0684 (voice)
413) 545-1027 (fax)
kosanovi@ecs.umass.edu

A New Perspective on Energy

Integrated systems for cooling heating and power (CHP) for buildings incorporate multiple technologies for providing energy services to a single building or to a campus of buildings. Electricity to such buildings is provided by on-site or near-site power generators using one or more of the many options: internal combustion (IC) engines, combustion turbines, mini- or micro-turbines, and fuel cells. In CHP systems, waste heat from power generation equipment is recovered for operating equipment for cooling, heating, or controlling humidity in buildings, by using absorption chillers, desiccant dehumidifiers, or heat recovery equipment for producing steam or hot water. These integrated systems are known by a variety of acronyms: CHP (Cooling, Heating and Power), CCHP (Combined Cooling Heating and Power), BCHP (Buildings Cooling, Heating and Power), and IES (Integrated Energy Systems).

CHP systems provide many benefits, including:

• Reduced energy costs
• Improved power reliability
• Increased energy efficiency
• Improved environmental quality

These systems can be located at or near the building site and maximize efficiency of energy resources by utilizing thermal energy, generally wasted, from power generation equipment for cooling, heating, and/or controlling humidity in buildings.