10 Facts About Tom Casten

Thomas R Casten is an American businessman, author, and activist known for his work on industrial energy recycling.

Since 1977, Casten has founded and managed numerous companies and organizations associated with combined heat and power, decentralized energy, and waste energy recovery.

Tom Casten is a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and a former US Marine and Eagle Scout.

Tom Casten was the founding president and CEO of Trigen Energy Corporation and its predecessors from 1977 through 2000.

Tom Casten served until 2006 as founding chair and CEO of Primary Energy and its subsidiary Primary Energy Recycling Corp.

Tom Casten has said his goal is to combat global warming in a profitable way, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs at the same time.

Tom Casten has served as president of the International District Energy Association and co-founder and chairman of the World Alliance for Decentralized Energy, which are trade associations that promote combined heat and power, district heating, and other forms of distributed generation.

Tom Casten serves on numerous boards for energy-related institutions, has testified before the energy committees of the US Congress, and served on the informal policy advisory team of then-presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008.

Tom Casten is the author of Turning Off the Heat: Why America Must Double Energy Efficiency to Save Money and Reduce Global Warming.

Tom Casten has published articles in outlets including American Scientist, the Detroit Free Press, Electricity Journal, and the Albuquerque Journal, as well as a chapter in Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths.