Sponsors
We would like to thank this year's sponsors for their generous and valuable support for making the 2008 Big Ten and Friends Utility Conference possible.

Carter & Burgess, Inc.
Our knowledge is your power.
Carter & Burgess is one of the nation's largest architectural and engineering firms. We provide a distinctive range of comprehensive design, planning and management expertise to client in almost every industry - public and private. Founded in 1939, our longstanding reputation for delivering longstanding reputation for delivering innovative, integrated and sustainable solutions has been the foundation for becoming one of the most respected firms in our field. Today, through more than 3,200 employees in 30-plus offices nationwide, whether the project is big or small, if it can be imagined, we can create it.
The Energy & Power Solutions Group at Carter & Burgess keeps abreast of the latest changes in the marketplace and provides you with an intelligent plan that will serve as your solid energy foundation well into the future.
With offices nationwide and clients coast to coast, there's a good chance we've worked on projects right inside your own community. An energy audit. A project feasibility study. A central plant upgrade or expansion. A utility infrastructure master-plan study. Large or small projects, we deliver locally with the depth of resources from a national firm.

ChemCal, Inc.
ChemCal, Inc. is a leader in water treatment science and technology. We provide innovative chemical, equipment, and service products aimed at controlling deposits, corrosion, and biological fouling in water-using systems found in industrial and institutional settings. ChemCal offers a myriad of products to people who own and operate steam boiler, process cooling, HVAC, thermal storage, evaporative condenser, closed loop, RO, influent, effluent, and potable water systems, both big and small.

Johnson Controls
Johnson Controls is a global leader in automotive experience, building efficiency and power solutions. The company provides innovative automotive interiors that help make driving more comfortable, safe and enjoyable. For buildings, it offers products and services that optimize energy use and improve comfort and security. Johnson Controls also provides batteries for automobiles and hybrid electric vehicles, along with systems engineering and service expertise.

YORK
On December 9, 2005, YORK was acquired by Johnson Controls to form the largest global provider of integrated products, systems and services in the buildings market. YORK provides heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning equipment to a full spectrum of commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities. The company has over 500 sales and services offices, over 30 manufacturing plants and serves in over 125 countries.

Stanley Consultants
Stanley Consultants, a multidiscipline engineering/architecture firm, assists institutions with their energy, infrastructure and environmental needs. Services include feasibility studies, energy efficiency studies, permitting, engineering design, environmental, commissioning and construction management services for central heating/cooling plants; cogeneration facilities; energy generation; electrical distribution; distribution systems; telecommunications; water treatment and distribution; and wastewater collection and treatment projects.

Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc.
Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) is a leading global supplier of fossil utility boilers, environmental equipment, and power plant services to improve availability and efficiency. Since 1867, B&W PGG has been supplying innovative solutions to meet the ever-changing energy needs of utility and industrial customers. Today, with more than 270,000 megawatts of installed generating capacity in 85 countries and over 80,000 megawatts of installed or on-going contracts of environmental clean-up equipment for the removal of a variety of pollutants (SO2, Nox, mercury, etc.), B&W PGG is truly generating powerful solutions ikn an environmentally responsible manner. We are the leading supplier of both flue gas desulfurization (FGD) and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems in the United States (U.S.).
B&W PGG is a major operating unit of The Babcock & Wilcox Company, a provider of advanced energy and operational solutions such as nuclear component manufacturing and technical services for the U.S. government, and nuclear power plant components and services.

Benz Air Engineering Co., Inc.
Benz Air Engineering is the only developer and provider of clean and intelligent energy solutions providing emission control simultaneously with higher efficiency. Our control only approach reduces energy consumption for customers across a broad range of commercial, institutional and industrial utility plants. We reduce NOx, CO, & CO2 Through Efficiency.
Since 1992 Benz Air Engineering has been reducing emissions through efficiency. Facing increasing fuel costs, our business once driven by regulation is now positioned to offer higher efficiency with the added benefit of reduced emissions. Benz Air Engineering has been providing engineering solutions and installation for fifteen years giving our customers energy efficiency solutions with savings that increase as the cost of fuel and electricity increase.
We are a pioneer in the development, implementation and broader adoption of technology-solutions for energy efficiency. As the provider of a control only approach to emission reduction, we are well positioned to address the substantial opportunity for response to the future demand for the reduction in energy use.

Tegron
Tegron is an award-winning, industry leading independent professional services firm with a growing international footprint. We specialize in the application of Industrial Automation and Information technologies that improve efficiency, reliability, flexibility, and safety to the plant floor in a variety of industries. Since 1986 we have been helping our clients design and build the future into their business, facility, and production systems. Our focus on their long-term success has helped the clients we first served in 1986 to become leaders in their respective industries today. Over the years, we have developed and continue to hone unique business and engineering methods that allow us to transform our diverse experience into knowledge that directly benefits our customers. Our knowledge becomes your competitive advantage in each of Tegron’s core businesses:
- Consulting & Information Services
- Industrial Control & Automation Project Services
- Plant-Sustaining Technical Services
Homeyer Consulting Services
Homeyer Consulting Services, Inc. is the country’s largest independent Industrial Water Consulting Firm, specialized in HVAC and process related waters. With more than 25 years of experience and corporate headquarters just north of Boston, Massachusetts, we proudly deliver services to over 3,500 sites around the United States and Latin America. Our clients are some of the largest companies in the World, this include industries such as large universities, property management firms, data centers, pharmaceutical firms, plastics plants, chemical plants, casinos, banks, insurance companies, hospitals, hotels, and a growing number of industrial clients.
Emerson Process Management
Emerson Process Management, part of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), is a leading global supplier of products, services, and solutions that measure, analyze, control, automate, and improve process manufacturing-related operations. We offer broad capabilities to help energy companies and process manufacturers control, connect, and manage their process and business. These include leading measurement, analytical, and control technologies which are coupled with a broad array of engineering, consulting, maintenance, and project management services.
From our offices, factories, and service centers around the world, our team offers unmatched capabilities to improve process and asset performance for customers in the district energy markets, including colleges and universities around the world.
To learn more about Emerson Process Management and what we can do for you, please feel free to explore our website – www.EmersonProcess.com