Brattleboro District Energy

Welcome to the Brattleboro District Energy web site. This project will increase energy efficiency and reduce Vermont's reliance on imported fossil fuels.

Building Energy Survey Form | March 29th Presentation

December 17, 2007 Update

Information about Brattleboro and Vermont
Brattleboro Chamber of Commerce	Town of Brattleboro	Brattleboro.com
Brattleboro Reformer	iBrattleboro	Wikipedia Article on Brattleboro
Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation	Brattleboro Climate	Vermont Utility Facts
Vermont Fuel Price Report	Vermont Map	Efficiency Vermont

Partial List of Potential Heat Customers
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital	Brattleboro Retreat	Brattleboro Union High School
Brattleboro Area Middle School	Brattleboro Community Area Land Trust	Thompson House Nursing Home
Eden Park Nursing Home	Estey Organ Museum	Latchis Hotel and Theatre
Brooks Memorial Library	Marlboro College Technology Center	BUHS Downtown Campus
Brattleboro Fire Department	Brattleboro Public Works Department	Brattleboro Municipal Center
Brattleboro Museum and Arts Center	Downtown Improvement District	Downtown Brattleboro Historic District
Cotton Mill	Exit One Industrial Park	Vermont Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Austine School)
Brattleboro Post Office	State Office Building	Court House
Morningside Commons	Brattleboro Housing Authority	Fairview Village Apartments

Brattleboro District Energy System Description

Brattleboro District Energy System Plan (March 2007 Update)
Cover and Table of Contents	Section 1 - Summary	Section 2 - Vermont Energy Overview
Section 3 - Energy in Brattleboro and Southern Vermont	Section 4 - Renewable Energy Resources	Section 5 - Technical Description of Proposed District Energy System

Renewable Energy Resources
Renewables in District Heating and Cooling	A Decade of Change: A Vision for Vermont's Renewable Energy Future	Biomass Resources Available Within 75 miles of Keene, NH (excerpt from New Hampshire Bio-Oil Opportunity Report)
US DOE Biomass Publications	SUNY ESF Short Rotation Woody Biomass Program	Biomass for Electricity Generation
Burlington Electric Department Willow Crop Experiment	Willow Biomass Producer's Handbook	UK Energy Crops Program
Growing Willow Biomass Crops on Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) Lands in New York State	Innovative Natural Resource Solutions, LLC	North East State Foresters Association Publications
Acorn	Vermont Family Forests

Modular Biomass Cogeneration Plant
Schematic Diagram	Biomass CHP Best Practice Guide	What is CHP?
Wartsila BioPower Brochure	Wartsila BioPower	Danish Board of District Heating Articles

Bio-Oil Refinery (option)
Dynamotive	Ensyn Technologies	Renewable Oil International
New Hampshire Bio-Oil Study	University of New Hampshire Bio-Oil Web Site	Bio-Oil Opportunities in Vermont and New York

Hot Water Distribution System
Map of Proposed District Energy System	Potential Pipe Routes in Downtown Area	Certification Guidelines for Quality Assessment of District Heating Pipes
Logstor		Danish Board of District Heating Articles

Building Connections and Metering
District Heating and Cooling Connection Handbook	District Heating Substation Design	District Heating Substations: Performance, Operation, Design
Kamstrup Hot Water Meters	Danfoss District Heating Book	Danish Board of District Heating Articles
APV Small Substations Stations	APV Large Substations	Danfoss Heating Substations

Modular Biomass Hot Water Generation
Alternative Energy Solutions	Chiptec Wood Energy Systems	Talbott's Biomass Energy
Uniconfort

Options
Liquid Desiccant Dehumidification	Adsorption Chillers	Solar Thermal

Other Information Resources
Biomass Energy Resource Center	Energy Information Administration	Vermont Department of Public Service
Vermont Public Service Board	Northeast Source for Combined Heat and Power	ISO New England
District Energy St. Paul	Jamestown, New York	FVB Energy, Inc.
How Denmark Paved the Way to Energy Independence	The Necessity for District Heating in New York	State and Local Heat Supply Planning: Insurance for a Warm Future

For Further Information:
Hervey Scudder Northeast Center for Social Issues Studies (NECSIS) PO Box 158 Brattleboro, VT 05302 Tel: (802) 254-3645 necsis@comcast.net	Morris A. Pierce 364 Rush Rhees Library University of Rochester Rochester NY 14627-0070 Tel: (585) 275-4331 Fax: (585) 442-2749 mapi@mail.rochester.edu