ULI Philadelphia - South Jersey/Delaware Regional Committee Behind the Scenes Tour

Date: October 8, 2008
Location: Pedricktown, NJ
Venue: Energy Freedom Pioneers Eco-Industrial Park

As a result of a Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission decision, a former Nike missile defense site in Salem County NJ is being redeveloped as an Eco-Industrial Park. Reconstruction, remediation, renovation, and leasing of space are approximately 10 percent complete. The redevelopment, equidistant between the Delaware Memorial Bridge and the Commodore Barry Bridge, is on U.S. Route 130 (just off I-295), just a few miles south of Gloucester County’s DREAM Park.

The Salem County Eco-Industrial Park offers “energy freedom” to its tenants (targeting firms in the clean energy and sustainability sector) with on-site distributed bio-diesel generators, a centralized anaerobic digestion generation plant, geothermal closed loop heating and up to a 1.25 MW photovoltaic array (solar electricity), along with traditional shared services.

Construction planned for 2009 includes retrofitting existing buildings with unique R-40-equivalent insulation and condensation control systems, as well as multi-zone air handling systems using a geothermal closed loop base ($1.25 million); and construction of the photovoltaic array (up to $7.25 million) in phases.

Brian Blair, President, Energy Freedom Pioneers, will lead this luncheon roundtable discussion regarding the technical characteristics and financing of the proposed photovoltaic array and its implications for various stakeholders. The solar project is relevant for LEED certification of the various buildings on the campus; registration and progress towards LEED certification will be discussed.

Thank you to event sponsor: Energy Freedom Pioneers. Lunch will be catered by the Green Grille. Lunch will begin promptly at 12:00 pm followed by discussion and tour. Roundtable is limited to 25 participants so register quickly!

Directions and more information on Delaware Valley’s only Eco-Industrial Park can be found at http://www.energyfreedompioneers.com/

Registration at http://philadelphia.uli.org/