Council of Industrial Boiler Owners

Vision Statement

CIBO is dedicated to ensuring that non-utility industrial, commercial and institutional energy producers can continue to provide safe, cost-effective and reliable energy to sustain a strong and globally competitive economy.

Mission Statement

CIBO represents the interests of America’s non-utility energy products and users. It is the organization of choice for advocacy and accurate information to achieve safe and cost-effective solutions for industrial energy, technology and environmental issues.

CIBO activities are designed to:

1. Provide for the focused exchange of accurate technical information among organizational members, government and the public concerning policies, laws and regulations that impact industrial energy systems.

2. Provide a forum for the continued education of organizational members, and the broader industrial energy community on advances in technology and operations to improve the reliability, cost-effectiveness and environmentally safe production and use of energy.

Energy Issues

• National Energy Strategy
• Natural Gas Supply
• Regulatory Activity Relating to Fuels
• Energy Efficiency
• Carbon Management
• Alternative (Opportunity) Fuels
• Energy Project Evaluation
• Electricity Supply
• Utility Regulation
• Operator Training & Certification
• Ownership & Operations Options

Environmental Issues

• Boiler MACT
• NAAQS
• Environmental Litigation
• Cross States Air Pollution Rule (CAIR, CATR)
• New Source Review Reform
• RCRA Non-Utility Fossil Fuel Ash Classification
• GHG Regulations and Permitting
• Title V
• Ozone Transport SIPs (State SIPs, EGU/nonEGU)
• Water Issues
• TRI Reporting
• Waste Energy Registration

Legislative Issues

• Clean Air Act Review & Amendments
• Environmental Regulatory Advocacy (MATS, CATR, etc.)
• Coal Ash
• Clean Water Act Amendments
• Global Climate Change
• Fuel Supply (OCS)
• Multi-emissions (3P-4P)
• EGU, Non-EGU Definition
• Energy & Environmental Taxes
• Clean Coal/Carbon Capture & Sequestration
• Electricity Transmission Access (grid)

Technical Issues

• Emission Control Systems
• Energy Efficiency & Optimization
• Burners
• Boiler Design (Package, Stoker, FBC, PC, etc.)
• Boiler Life Extension & Upgrades
• Advanced Technologies (Monitoring & Development)
• Burner Management System/Safety System
• Ash Handling & Disposal
• Fuels & Fuel Handling
• Safety
• Water Treatment
• Turbine Generators
• Performance Benchmarking
• Controls & Instrumentation
• Electric Generation Systems
• Maintenance & Inspection
• Codes & Standards
• Risk Management
• Operator Training & Controls Interface
• Small Boilers
• Refractory

RESOURCES

Technical Magazines/Newsletters

Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News
Business News Publications
Consulting-Specifying Engineer
Control Engineering
Engineered Systems
Engineering News Record
Insulation Outlook
Manufacturing.Net
MIT Technology Review
Plant Engineering
Pollution Engineering
Power
Sustainable Facility
Today’s Facility Manager

Governmental

Congressional Quarterly
DOE (Department of Energy)
DOE Fossil Energy
DOE Office of Industrial Technologies
EnergySavers.gov
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
EPA Air Pollution Technology Fact Sheets & Tech Bulletins
EPA Clean Air Technology Center
EPA Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program
EPA Fossil Fuels RCRA Files
EPA Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy
EPA Office of Solid Waste & Emergency Response
EPA Recent Actions
EPA Section 126 Rulemaking
EPA Technnology Transfer Network
Government Printing Office (GPO)
GPO Federal Register Online
THOMAS – Library of Congress Search

Professional Organizations

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute
Air Conditioning Contractors of America
Alliance to Save Energy
American Boiler Manufacturers Association
American Consulting Engineers Council
American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
American Gas Association
American Institute of Architects
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American National Standards Institute
American Petroleum Institute
American Society for Metals
American Society for Testing and Materials
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Association of Physical Plant Administrators
Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering
Association of Energy Engineers
Building Owners and Managers Association
Cooling Technology Institute
Electric Power Research Institute
FacilitiesNet
Gasification Technologies Council
Illuminating Engineering Society
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
Institution of Engineering & Technology UK
Instrumentation Systems & Automation Society (ISA)
International Facility Management Association
International Standards Organization
National Insulation Association
National Society of Professional Engineers
New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers
Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals