Schedule (speakers and times subject to change)
Monday, October 18, 2010
8:15 Coffee and Case Study
Abstract for
Jaime Jurado's presentation: A Texan brewery has made investment
decisions across a three-year window framed on the traditional tools of
payback with a view to maximize environmental benefit. After
computation of GHG footprint, the first step was to carefully identify
the right engineering partner to leverage know-how. EPS identified and
proposed appropriate energy reduction measures, and prioritized,
project managed, supervised, commissioned and trained brewery staff. A
cluster of fast-ROI energy reduction projects implemented over the
course of a year at a budget slightly over $1 million provided
confidence-building and familiarization between the engineers and the
brewery and after successful implementation and handover, a new major
project in design and management of a new anaerobic wastewater
treatment plant and biogas generation reactor was committed for $3.5
million which goes on stream in late 2010. The biogas will be blended
into purchased natural gas and fed to a biogas-compatible boiler.9-10 Panel presentation on water science and the Great Lakes
ecosystem's health, Clean Wisconsin, Jim Nicholas, director of the United States
Geological Survey’s Water Science Center in Lansing, MI.
10-11 Thomas Pape, Alliance for Water Efficiency, Chicago, IL, brewery and pub water audits and how to use audit findings
11-12 a roundtable with John Haggerty of New Holland Brewing
Co., Holland, MI, Jason Fox, brewmaster of Custom Brewcrafters, Rochester, NY,
Fred Scheer, MBAA Global Emerging Issues Committee Chairman, Franklin, TN, to
discuss management and reduction of brewery effluent.
Noon lunch – Invited speaker, Todd Ambs, executive director,
The River Network
1-2 Brian Hunt from Moonlight Brewing in Sebastapol, CA,
talking about water conservation in a small brewhouse, (2.6 gal water/gal.
brew)
2-3 Stone Brewing Co.'s case history on biofiltration
wastewater treatment, presented by Bill Sherwood
3-4 a panel on waste-to-energy production, with Karl Crave
of Crave Bros Cheese, Brian Driscoll of the State of Wisconsin Office of Energy
Independence, Jaime Jurado, The Gambrinus Company, Franco X. Milani, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
4-5 panel on brewery/cheese plant designs and systems for
water efficiency and CIP savings, with Linda Rastani of Alfa Laval
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
8-9 Breakfast and presentation at Madison Concourse Hotel, board buses at 9 AM for one hour drive to Plain, WI
10-1pm Visit Cedar Grove Cheese Co. biofiltration plant designed by cheesemaker Bob Wills
1-2 pm, lunch
2-5pm, Tour of the Capital Brewery, Middleton, WI
For further information and for any questions regarding the event or agenda, please contact the conference organizer, Lucy Saunders, h20greatlakes@gmail.com.