The Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), a non-profit membership organization of over 10,000 energy professionals and a Rebuild America Partner, is pleased to announce that Baxter Healthcare Corporation has selected the 2004 World Energy Engineering Congress as their location to hold their International Baxter Energy Engineering Conference.

The 27th World Energy Engineeering Congress to be held in Austin, Texas, September 22-24th, 2004 is set to attract energy professionals from around the world. Baxter Healthcare, a show corporate leader, is co-locating their International Energy Managers meeting with the WEEC Event.

Austin, TX (PRWEB) May 31, 2004 --The Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), a non-profit membership organization of over 10,000 energy professionals and a Rebuild America Partner is pleased to announce that Baxter Healthcare Corporation has selected the 2004 World Energy Engineering Congress as their location to hold their International Baxter Energy Engineering Conference.

The Baxter Energy Engineering Conference is held every two years and is a global conference. Previously they have had over seventy people representing 41 facilities from over twenty different countries. All of the Baxter's facilities are requested to send at least one representative. The conference is seen by Baxter senior management to add significant value and save energy costs and has given their full support of the program initiative.

According to Brian Douglas, Director of E-Commerce & Business Development with AEE, "The Baxter meeting demonstrates their corporate commitment to reducing energy costs, improving their operations, strengthening their return on investment (ROI); and at the same time do great things for the environment, their employees, and the world economy through productivity gains. We invite other visionary companies to hold events with the 27th Annual Energy Congress. Energy efficiency is good for business, good for the economy and great for the environment. Its like a triple crown win."

Each Baxter facility that is represented has to report on three energy projects that they had committed to in the previous conference and now have completed. The reporting of these projects shares all the ideas at one time.

Baxter Energy Engineering Conference Details:
By co-locating with the WEEC, key Baxter employees and decision-makers will be able to not only share their experiences with other team members, but will have the opportunity to network with the cross-section of equipment vendors, services providers, industry speakers and other conference attendees who typically participate in the event.

Highlights of the Baxter Conference Include:
• Awards program with six targeted categories to recognize out-standing achievements. The Awards are presented at the awards dinner.
• Training seminars to tackle cost reduction, new technologies, and operational improvements.
• Specialist guest speakers and networking
• Highlighting best practices and case study Success Stories"
• Discuss new technologies and vendors via the WEEC Expo

About Baxter:
Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) is a global health-care company that, through its subsidiaries, assists health-care professionals and their patients with treatment of complex medical conditions including hemophilia, immune disorders, kidney disease, cancer, trauma and other conditions. With 2003 sales of $8.9 billion, and approximately 50,000 employees in more than 100 countries, Baxter applies its expertise in medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology to make a meaningful difference in patients lives. For more information about Baxter, please visit www.baxter.com

About AEE:
The Association of Energy Engineers and its division is an industry source for information on the dynamic field of energy efficiency technologies, distributed generation and CHP application, facilities management and operational issues, energy management, as well as environmental and renewable technology innovations. With a full array of information outreach programs from technical seminars, conferences, books to critical buyer-seller networking tradeshows, local chapters, and certification programs, AEE offers a variety of information resource tools. As a growing membership organization, the overall strength of AEE is highlighted by a strong membership base of over 10,000 professionals and recognized certification programs such as the CEM Certified Energy Manager. AEE features industry specific divisions such as the Facility Managers Institute, Cogeneration & Distributed Generation Institute, Energy Service Institute, Security Managers Institute, and Environmental Engineers & Managers Institute. AEE's roster of corporate members is a veritable "Who's Who" from the commercial, industrial, institutional, governmental, energy services, and utility sectors. Contact: AEE, 4025 Pleasantdale Road, Suite 420 Atlanta, Georgia 30340, Phone: 770-447-5083, Email: info@aeecenter.org, Web: http://www.aeecenter.org

About WEEC 2004:
For 2004, AEE joins forces with host Austin Energy and major sponsors to bring the WORLD ENERGY ENGINEERING CONGRESS (WEEC) to Austin, Texas -- one of the most progressive cities in the nation in the area of promoting green energy and energy efficient technologies- September 22-24th, 2004. As one of the energy industry's largest and most important annual end user events, the WEEC is both the information resource and shopping place of choice for top decision makers throughout business, industry and government. WEEC 2004 targets the complete spectrum of technologies and services of greatest importance to our show attendees, including:

• Renewable and alternative energy
• Combined heat & power / cogeneration / distributed generation
• Lighting efficiency
• HVAC systems and controls
• Integrated building automation & energy management
• Thermal storage and load management
• Boilers and combustion controls
• Geoexchange technologies
• Solar and fuel cell technologies
• Applications specific to federal energy management programs
• Energy services and project financing

WEEC attendees represent all of the major market segments, including commercial, industrial, institutional and governmental energy users. A major portion of these are key prospects and customers you will have the opportunity to meet only at the WEEC. For more information visit: http://www.energycongress.com or for exhibitor information visit: http://www.aeecenter.org/weec