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NORA Technical Review and Research Planning Workshop
2019-04-03 14:00 - 2019-04-04 09:00 (America/New_York) | NORA Research Center, 131 East Ames Court, Plainview, NY, 11803, United States
The renewal of the National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) in 2018 for a ten-year extension requires NORA to develop a long-term plan for its research program. To that end, we are inviting you to a 2-day event at the NORA Lab and Training Center in Plainview, New York on April 3 and 4.
The meeting will begin at 2 p.m on Wednesday, April 3rd. Wednesday will focus on the challenges of “beneficial electrification” and the efforts of many Northeastern states to convert homes to heat pumps.
This session will explore the strengths and weaknesses of Bioheat® and electric alternatives. We will review how those state programs will interact with the electrical grid and the reliability of all energy. Finally, there will be an open discussion of the path that this industry should take to develop new technologies to respond to the issues discussed during the afternoon.
Following this, Lab Director, Dr. Tom Butcher, will provide a tour of the facilities in Plainview and host a catered dinner for attendees.
The meeting will resume on April 4th at 9 a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. This day will provide a quick review of the technologies that NORA has worked to develop and some of the challenges that are occurring in the field. Breakout sessions will follow where attendees will conduct more complete discussions of the technologies. The group will then reconvene for a review of these recommendations to summarize and prioritize them for presentation to the NORA Board at a meeting in May.
We hope you can attend, but space will be limited. If necessary, NORA will move this to a nearby hotel. NORA will also have a room block at a hotel for $149 per night. We will be sending out a full agenda and speakers shortly. However, you should note that this is a participatory event.
In order to attend, you will need to RSVP by February 15th.
Please respond here: https://noraweb.org/tech-workshop-april-4-5-2019/

Fall 2018 NORA Board of Directors Meeting
2018-09-24 12:00 - 14:00 | Newport Marriott, 25 America's Cup Avenue, Newport, RI, United States

NORA Technology Workshop
2018-09-24 10:00 - 2018-09-25 12:00 | Newport Marriott, 25 America's Cup Avenue, Newport, RI, United States
Once again, the oilheating industry will gather in Newport, RI for a day of technical presentations and discussions as NORA hosts its 3rd Annual Technical Workshop on September 24th and September 25th at the Newport Marriott, Newport, RI.
As it was last year, the Workshop will be held in conjunction with the Southern New England Energy Conference which is sponsored by the Connecticut Energy Marketers Association, the Oilheat Institute of Rhode Island and the Massachusetts Energy Marketers Association.
The Workshop will highlight the research work being done at the NORA lab, NORA’s sponsored projects, innovations underway in Europe and technology advances from companies within the oilheating industry.

Spring Board Meeting
2018-05-22 12:30 - 14:30 | Foxwoods Resort Casino, 350 Trolley Line Boulevard, Mashantucket, CT, 06338-3777, United States

NORA Technical Workshop 2017
2017-09-18 - 2017-09-19 | Gurney’s Newport, Newport, RI, 1 Goat Island Newport, RI 02840, Newport, RI, 02840, United States
The National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) will hold a Technical Workshop in coordination with the Southern New England Energy Conference (SNEEC) at Gurney’s Newport, Newport, RI, September, 18-19, 2017 in the Heritage Room.

NORA is inviting proposals for presentations at this workshop which will be an open exchange among technical leaders of the oilheat industry.

General topic areas to be included are:

The direction of renewable heating and cooling in New England
Update on NORA-sponsored R&D projects

Technical aspects of biodiesel use and new biofuels

Advancing oilheat energy efficiency

Future directions in controls and diagnostics

An open forum on NORA research directions

Those interested should contact or send an abstract to Dr.Tom Butcher, Technical Director, NORA at tbutcher@noraweb.org or 571.234.7756.

NORA Board of Directors Meeting Spring 17
2017-05-23 12:30 - 14:30 | Hershey Lodge – Tower Suite 1, 325 University Dr, Hershey, PA, 17033, United States
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NORA Technical Workshop
2016-09-14 08:00 - 17:00 | Hotel Viking, 1 Bellevue Ave , Newport, RI, 02840, United States
On Sept. 14th, the National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) held Technical Workshop in Newport, Rhode Island. This is the first NORA Technical Meeting following their reauthorization.
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Board of Directors meeting
2016-09-12 12:00 - 16:00 | Hyatt Regency Newport, 1 Goat Island, Newport, RI, 02840 , United States
