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South Bend Redevelopment Commission <br /> Regular Meeting—December 13, 2011 <br /> 6. NEW BUSINESS (CONT.) <br /> C. Airport Economic Development Area <br /> (2) continued... <br /> innovation within existing parks they are <br /> familiar with. <br /> Mr. Lake responded that that is happening at <br /> Innovation Park. Also, BSA is a member of <br /> the National Business Incubator Association. <br /> He doesn't have company names, but BSA <br /> goes to conferences annually and it's a very <br /> common theme that incubator managers talk <br /> about how company A lent its technology to <br /> company B which becomes a spin off <br /> company and the sum is better than the <br /> individual parts. The way to get that kind of <br /> sharing of innovation is to get a mixture of <br /> types of research companies. That's what <br /> we're trying to do with a"forest" concept. <br /> Mr. Miles said that the trees portray <br /> sustainability. They don't power buildings, <br /> they power themselves. BSA would use <br /> them as a marketing strategy; something that <br /> emanates sustainability for the future. The <br /> rainwater harvesting is sustainable, and also <br /> saves money to the City of South Bend. At <br /> the highest level sustainability is what BSA <br /> presented as CCHP in the Master Plan: <br /> Combined Cooling, Heating & Power. We <br /> need to make a decision today as to whether <br /> CCHP is the right thing for this park. We'd <br /> like to know this before the first tenants <br /> come into the park. We need to build the <br /> infrastructure into the park up front. What <br /> CCHP does is centralize equipment in the <br /> Renewable Energy Center, for redistribution <br /> of electrical, chilled water, and heating hot <br /> water to all facilities. It can be done in <br /> 63 <br />