Renewable Biomass Energy: Reducing Carbon Footprint and Saving on Fuel Costs

Join the Air & Waste Management Association and presenter Thomas M. McGowan, president and founder of TMTS Associates, for “Renewable Biomass Energy: Reducing Carbon Footprint and Saving on Fuel Costs” to get the information you need to choose and implement an environmentally-friendly energy system designed to meet your organization’s needs.

This informative Webinar will discuss all aspects of biomass and alternate fuels, including information about:

• Reducing emissions
• Converting these fuels into energy
• Required equipment and installation processes
• Alternative fuels’ effect on capital, operating, and production costs
• How using alternative fuels can reduce air pollution emissions (including basics of greenhouse gas calculation methods)
• Direct combustion of wood and biomass
• Production of liquid fuels from biomass
• Cost comparison for competing alternate fuels, including gas, solid wastes, and oil

Diagrams and photographs of equipment and installations will also be offered to provide attendees with step-by-step guidance for converting these carbon neutral fuels into energy.

Presenter:

Thomas M. McGowan, PE, TMTS Associates, Inc.

Thomas M. McGowan is president and founder of TMTS Associates, Inc., a firm that specializes in thermal systems and air pollution control. He was previously employed by RMT / Four Nines, American Combustion, the Georgia Tech Research Institute and Particulate Solid Research, Inc. McGowan has 35 years of experience in combustion, air pollution control, solids handling, and industrial waste ventilation, including combustion and gasification of biomass fuels.

REGISTRATION FEES:

Registration fee includes: one telephone connection, one Internet connection, access to downloadable handout materials, and unlimited participation at your site.

• Member: $185.00
• Non-member: $240.00
• Student: $100.00

CD RECORDING:

The CD recording is a recording of the live webinar presentation. If you can't make it to the live event, consider a CD recording!

• Member: $185.00
• Non-member: $240.00
• Student: $100.00

Participants will have the opportunity to receive a certificate of participation from A&WMA upon completion of the webinar.

If written notice of cancellation is received on or before January 1, 2010, payment will be refunded, less a $75 cancellation fee. (Cancellation fees apply regardless of payment method). Substitutions may be made at any time; payment for any difference is due at the time of substitution. This refund policy applies to all occurrences, including weather-related events and other natural disasters. In the unlikely occurrence of event cancellation, the Association is not liable for any expenses incurred by the registrant other than the full refund of registration fee(s) paid.

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

To request a certificate of participation after the event, or after viewing the CD Recording, note the two codes provided during the program and enter them here: http://secure.awma.org/reg/CertificateRequest