Expanded Schedule for 2011 Green Building Power Forum

Expanded Schedule for 2011 Green Building Power Forum

The EMerge Alliance, Armstrong World Industries, the Center for Power Electronic Systems (CPES), Nextek Power Systems, and the Korea Electrotechnology Institute will be represented during the Plenary Session of Darnell’s third-annual Green Building Power Forum (GBPF ’11) in San Jose, California, on January 24-26. Brian Patterson, Chairman of the EMerge Alliance and General Manager of Armstrong World Industries will open GBPF ‘11 with a presentation of how “DC Microgrids Hold the Key to Net Zero Energy Buildings.” Paolo Mattavelli, Professor at CPES will review the latest developments related to “DC Power Systems for Sustainable Buildings.” Paul Savage, CEO of Nextek Power Systems will continue the session with a paper titled, “Double Duty: How local storage in a DC Microgrid can solve some of the grid’s problems and the customers’ problems at the same time,” Ju-Won Baek, Principal Researcher, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute, will close the session with a discussion of “Compatibility of Conventional Server Power Supplies with DC Powering.”

“This is an exciting time for dc power distribution. The initial standard has been approved, products have been certified and momentum for commercialization is beginning to build,” stated Jeff Shepard, president of Darnell Group. “As occurred at last year’s GBPF, the EMerge Alliance will again host a post-conference workshop at GBPF ‘11, and this time there will be in-depth discussions of next steps for commercialization of the technology and continued adoption of dc power standards.”

You can find the complete news release at:

www.darnell.com/News/2011-01-13_GreenBuildingPowerConferenceSchedule.pdf

You will find the complete schedule at:

greenbuildingpower.darnell.com/sched.php