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PARC JUNE 9, 2008 <br />Committee Members Present: Councilmember Ann Puzzello, Chairperson, Councilmember <br />Derek D. Dieter, Vice-Chairperson, Councilmember Oliver Davis, Martha Lewis, Citizen Member <br />Others Present: Dr. Paul Brenner, PhD; Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, John Voorde <br />UPDATE -GRID HEATING AT THE GREENHOUSE <br />Councilmember Ann Puzzello, Chairperson, called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. Chairperson <br />Puzzello introduced Professor Paul Brenner, PhD from Notre Dame's Center for Research <br />Computing. Dr. Brenner provided a handout (attached) and proceeded to discuss developments <br />to date with apower-point presentation. Essentially, Dr. Brenner, is.researching practical, <br />effective, and economical applications of the utilizing the considerable heat energy thrown off by <br />the university's computers. Working with the city and friends of the greenhouses Dr. Brenner <br />demonstrates the feasibility of using heat dissipating from computers to warm the greenhouses <br />thus saving utility costs incurred heating the greenhouses in cold weather and even heating <br />swimming pool water in the summer. This application would reduce or remove operational and <br />capital IT cooling costs, provide thermal benefit to the city facilities, and provide environmental <br />benefit by reducing thermal waste. <br />There being no further business to come before the committee, Chairperson Ann Puzzello, <br />adjourned the meeting at 5:20 p.m. <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br />Ann Puzzello, Chairperson <br />PARC <br />