Combined Heat and Power Partnership
Webinars
Events
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Past Webinars
- April 30, 2013
CHP as a Boiler Replacement Opportunity- View the video >>

- Introduction (PDF) (3 pp, 126K)
Susan Wickwire, U.S. EPA - Evaluating CHP as a Boiler Replacement Option (PDF) (47 pp, 5.2MB)
Jay Weist, Worley Parsons - CHP as a Boiler Replacement at PSU (PDF) (29 pp, 4.5K)
Paul Moser and Laura Miller, Penn State University - Question and Answer Log (PDF) (3 pp, 60K)
These resources are also available upon request by contacting the CHP Partnership helpline at chp@epa.gov or 703.373.8108.
- View the video >>
- January 10, 2013
U.S. Heat Metering Standard: Assessment of Need and Path Forward- View the video >>
- Transcript (PDF) (21 pp, 171K)
- Introduction (PDF) (8 pp, 155K)
James Critchfield, U.S. EPA - Steam Flow Measurement (PDF) (23 pp, 1.5MB)
Bowen Ierna, ONICON Incorporated - Massachusetts Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard: Metering Steam Energy (PDF) (15 pp, 124K)
John Ballam, MA Department of Energy Resources - California Experience: The Value of a Heat Metering Standard and Metering Accuracy (PDF) (10 pp, 771K)
George Simons, Itron, Inc.
- November 15, 2011
Strengthening Critical Infrastructure: Combined Heat and Power at Wastewater Treatment Facilities- Introduction
Neeharika Naik-Dhungel (Moderator), U.S. EPA CHP Partnership - A Continuing Commitment to CHP (PDF) (12 pp, 498K)
Tom Bourgeois, U.S. DOE's Northeast Clean Energy Application Center - NYSERDA CHP Programs (PDF) (5 pp, 68K)
Edward B. Kear III, P.E., New York State Energy and Research Development Authority - Combined Heat and Power at NYCDEP Wastewater Treatment Plants (PDF) (17 pp, 1 MB)
Luis Carrio, New York City Department of Environmental Protection - Combined Heat and Power at Wastewater Treatment Facilities: Market Analysis and Lessons from the Field (PDF) (14 pp, 289K)
Paul Lemar, Resource Dynamics Corp.
- Introduction
- September 15, 2011
GHG Permitting Requirements for CHP Systems- Introduction (PDF) (5 pp, 210K)
Neeharika Naik-Dhungel, U.S. EPA CHP Partnership - Greenhouse Gas Permitting for CHP Systems (PDF) (28 pp, 152K)
Juan Santiago and Dave Svendsgaard, U.S. EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
- Introduction (PDF) (5 pp, 210K)
- November 3, 2010
E-GGRT Training Webinar on User and Facility/Supplier Registration
Presentation no longer available. - July 23, 2010
Output-Based Emissions Standards 101
Presentation no longer available. - May 20, 2010
The Role of CHP in a District Energy Setting- Introduction (PDF) (7 pp, 105K)
Neeharika Naik-Dhungel, U.S. EPA CHP Partnership - District Energy and Combined Heat & Power: Local Solution, Global Benefits (PDF) (8 pp, 7.9 MB)
Rob Thornton, International District Energy Association - District Energy St. Paul (PDF) (24 pp, 865K)
Michael Burns, Ever-Green Energy, LLC - The Role of CHP in a District Energy Setting: Sustainable Energy at Cornell - Aiming Toward a Climate Neutral Future (PDF) (30 pp, 4.1 MB)
Lanny Joyce, Cornell University
- Introduction (PDF) (7 pp, 105K)
- March 18, 2010
CHP Opportunities and Project Development Strategies: Part 1 entitled, "Capturing New CHP Opportunities—Maybe in Your Own Backyard"- Introduction (PDF) (2 pp, 94K)
Claudia Tighe, U.S. EPA CHP Partnership - Capturing CHP Opportunities (PDF) (53 pp, 1.3MB)
Bruce Hedman, ICF International - Capturing New CHP Opportunities: What EPA's CHPP Brings to the Table (PDF) (23 pp, 404K)
Claudia Tighe, U.S. EPA CHP Partnership - U.S. Department of Energy Clean Energy Application Centers: Promoting CHP, District Energy & Waste Heat Recovery (PDF) (17 pp, 708K)
John Cuttica, DOE Midwest Clean Energy Application Center
- Introduction (PDF) (2 pp, 94K)
- January 21, 2010
CHP: Opportunities at Wastewater Treatment Facilities- CHP: Opportunities at Wastewater Treatment Facilities (PDF) (13 pp, 118K)
Neeharika Naik-Dhungel, U.S. EPA CHP Partnership - Using NYSERDA's Anaerobic Digester Gas-to-Electricity Program to Harness CHP Potential at NYS WWTPs (PDF) (10 pp, 703K)
Kathleen O'Connor, NYSERDA - Gloversville-Johnstown Case Study: Brown to Green ADG-CHP (PDF) (32 pp, 1.7M)
George Bevington, Gloversville-Johnstown Joint Wastewater Treatment Facility - Shifting the Paradigm: Making Anaerobic Digestion & Combined Heat & Power Feasible for Small WWTFs (PDF) (24 pp, 1.3M)
Bill Fitzgerald, Public Works Fairhaven, MA; Eian Lynch, Brown and Caldwell
- CHP: Opportunities at Wastewater Treatment Facilities (PDF) (13 pp, 118K)
- November 19, 2009
CHP: A Strategy to Meet Sustainable Community Planning Goals- CHP: A Strategy to Meet Sustainable Community Planning Goals (PDF) (16 pp, 187K)
Claudia Tighe, U.S. EPA CHP Partnership - U.S. EPA State and Local Climate and Energy Program Resources for Combined Heat and Power Projects (PDF) (16 pp, 299K)
Emma Zinsmeister, U.S. EPA Local Climate and Energy Program - Progress Report on CHP Development in Stamford (PDF) (16 pp, 629K)
Michael Freimuth, City of Stamford Office of Economic Development; Guy Warner, Pareto Energy - Building a Sustainable County: King County Washington's 20 Year Commitment to Renewable Energy (PDF) (21 pp, 2M)
David Van Holde, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks
- CHP: A Strategy to Meet Sustainable Community Planning Goals (PDF) (16 pp, 187K)
- September 17, 2009
CHP Opportunities, Challenges and Applications at Data Centers- CHP at Data Centers: Opportunities, Challenges and Applications (PDF) (10 pp, 179K)
Neeharika Naik-Dhungel, U.S. EPA CHP Partnership - CHP for Data Centers: BP Helios Project (PDF) (19 pp, 666K)
Tom Pierson, TAS - Combined Heat and Power Use in Data Centers (PDF) (30 pp, 1.3M)
Doug Demaret, Capstone Turbine Corporation - ENERGY STAR for Data Centers (PDF) (16 pp, 369K)
Alexandra Sullivan, U.S. EPA
- CHP at Data Centers: Opportunities, Challenges and Applications (PDF) (10 pp, 179K)
- June 25, 2009
Biomass CHP Applications - Part 2 of 2- North Country Health Systems and Their Biomass CHP System (PDF) (22 pp, 528K)
Wayne Bonhag, Bonhag Associates - A New Standard for Distributed Biomass CHP (PDF) (20 pp, 3.6MB)
Mike Scott, Nexterra - Biomass CHP: An Overview (PDF) (30 pp, 964K)
Bruce Hedman, ICF International
- North Country Health Systems and Their Biomass CHP System (PDF) (22 pp, 528K)
- April 30, 2009
Biomass CHP Applications - Part 1 of 2- Biomass CHP Applications - Part 1 of 2 (PDF) (4 pp, 101K)
Charlie Goff, ERG (Contractor to U.S. EPA CHP Partnership) - State Bioenergy Primer (PDF) (2 pp, 24K)
Danielle Sass Byrnett, U.S. EPA - CHP and Biomass: Market Drivers and Outlook (PDF) (19 pp, 354K)
Paul Lemar, Jr., Resource Dynamics Corporation - EPA CHP Partnership - Biomass CHP Applications (PDF) (23 pp, 259K)
Bill Carlson, Carlson Small Power Consultants - Biomass CHP in Massachusetts RPS and APS (PDF) (18 pp, 111K)
Howard Bernstein, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
- Biomass CHP Applications - Part 1 of 2 (PDF) (4 pp, 101K)
- February 26, 2009
Funding Incentives and Environmental Revenue Streams for CHP- CHP Partnership Funding Incentive and Environmental Revenue Stream Resources (PDF) (10 pp, 124K)
Charlie Goff, ERG (Contractor to U.S. EPA CHP Partnership) - Funding Opportunities for CHP - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (PDF) (10 pp, 98K)
Jessica Bridges, United States Clean Heat & Power Association - NYSERDA CHP Programs: Lessons Learned, Challenges and Future Plans (PDF) (25 pp, 584K)
Edward Kear, New York State Energy Research & Development Authority
- CHP Partnership Funding Incentive and Environmental Revenue Stream Resources (PDF) (10 pp, 124K)
- January 29, 2009
Output-Based Environmental Regulations
- Output-Based Regulation: Best Practices (PDF) (24 pp, 155K)
Joel Bluestein, ICF International - Output-Based New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) (PDF) (8 pp, 70K)
Christian Fellner, U.S. EPA - Output-Based Allocation Methodology under CT's NOx Budget Programs & CHP Set-Aside under CT's RGGI Rule (PDF) (13 pp, 126K)
Chris Nelson, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
- Output-Based Regulation: Best Practices (PDF) (24 pp, 155K)
- December 18, 2008
CHP for Hospitals / Health Care Facilities- CHP for Hospitals / Health Care Facilities (PDF) (4 pp, 133K)
Charlie Goff, ERG (Contractor to U.S. EPA CHP Partnership) - Overview of Issues Pertaining to Combined Heat and Power Systems in Hospitals (PDF) (25 pp, 378K)
Tom Bourgeois, Northeast Combined Heat and Power Application Center - Hospital Energy (PDF) (14 pp, 285K)
Mark Mininberg, Hospital Energy - Combined Heat & Power in Hospitals Webinar (PDF) (13 pp, 106K)
Steven Jalowiec, Waterbury Hospital
- CHP for Hospitals / Health Care Facilities (PDF) (4 pp, 133K)
- November 20, 2008
CHP Opportunities and Incentives in the Utility Sector- Utility Incentives for Combined Heat and Power (PDF) (5 pp, 110K)
Katrina Pielli, U.S. EPA - Exploring the Viability of Cogeneration (PDF) (8 pp, 299K)
John O'Connor and Brian Wilcox, Nebraska Public Power District - Municipal Utility CHP Case Study (PDF) (18 pp, 561K)
Rod Schwass and Ed Mardiat, Burns & McDonnell - CHP Southwest Gas Incentive Program (PDF) (20 pp, 135K)
Brian O'Donnell, PE, Southwest Gas
- Utility Incentives for Combined Heat and Power (PDF) (5 pp, 110K)
- October 30, 2008
The Role of CHP in State Renewable or Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards- Washington State's RPS/EPS and CHP (PDF) (6 pp, 25K)
Chuck Collins, Allied Electric - Olympia, WA - Texas Combined Heat & Power Initiative (PDF) (5 pp, 155K)
Rich Herweck, Executive Director, Texas CHP Initiative - CHP and Class III Portfolio Standards in Connecticut (PDF) (15 pp, 106K)
Cindy Jacobs, Principal Finance Specialist, Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control
- Washington State's RPS/EPS and CHP (PDF) (6 pp, 25K)
- September 25, 2008
CHP Greenhouse Gas Tools: Demonstration of the Partnership's CHP Emissions Calculator- The CHP Emissions Calculator (PDF) (13 pp., 508K)
Bruce Hedman, Charlie Goff, Susan Wickwire, U.S. EPA CHP Partnership
- The CHP Emissions Calculator (PDF) (13 pp., 508K)
- August 28, 2008
Utility Revenue Decoupling: What it is and isn't, how it can affect a utility's perspective on CHP- Decoupling: Potential Value for CHP and Challenges to Getting it Right (PDF) (9 pp, 103K)
Chris Young, Northeast CHP Initiative (NECHPI) - Customer-Sited Resources and Utility Profits: Aligning Incentives with Public Policy Goals (PDF) (25 pp, 322K)
Frederick Weston, The Regulatory Assistance Project
- Decoupling: Potential Value for CHP and Challenges to Getting it Right (PDF) (9 pp, 103K)
- July 31, 2008
- Leveraging CHP Project Development Tools and Resources from EPA's CHP Partnership (PDF) (21 pp, 577K)
Felicia Ruiz, Katrina Pielli, Bruce Hedman, and Bob Sidner, U.S. EPA CHP Partnership
- Leveraging CHP Project Development Tools and Resources from EPA's CHP Partnership (PDF) (21 pp, 577K)
- June 26, 2008
Interconnection Standards: Best Practices for Effective Rules and Standards- Overview of State Distributed Generation Interconnection Rules (PDF) (24 pp, 62K)
Wayne Shirley, Director, Regulatory Assistance Project - Small Systems/Standardized Interconnections: California Experience (PDF) (22 pp, 368K)
Bob Panora, President, Tecogen, Inc. - Interconnection Procedures Under Development in Illinois (PDF) (9 pp, 45K)
Jason Keyes, Attorney, Interstate Renewable Energy Council - More information on interconnection standards
- Overview of State Distributed Generation Interconnection Rules (PDF) (24 pp, 62K)
