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The MIT Energy Initiative is pleased to announce<br>
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ENERGY FUTURES WEEK 2009 - a series of engaging and informative
events<br>
January 12-15<br>
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Special focus on "Walking the Talk on Energy and Environment at
MIT" <br>
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Please join us for one or all events - Check the MITEI website<br>
(web.mit.edu/mitei) starting January 12 for updates and the chance to
win<br>
prizes!<br>
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Individual event postings below and at
http://student.mit.edu/iap/nc43.html<br>
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Come Walk the Talk! ...on Energy<br>
Mon Jan 12, 1-3:00pm, 34-101<br>
with Theresa Stone, Robert Armstrong, Steven Lanou, and Jason Jay<br>
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Help launch Greening MIT, a community campaign for responsible use of
energy<br>
and natural resources on campus!<br>
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Hear what Executive VP Terry Stone and your fellow students, staff,
faculty,<br>
and administrators are doing to support campus energy efficiency
and<br>
conservation, and how you can get involved. Enjoy an exciting visit
from a<br>
local celebrity (come find out who!), free refreshments, and giveaways
to<br>
help you engage your friends and colleagues in conserving energy on
campus.<br>
Most importantly, take this chance to bring your own questions and
ideas to<br>
the process!<br>
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This event kicks off Energy Futures week, a series of exciting and
enriching<br>
events from January 12 to 15.<br>
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Cosponsors: Working Group on Recycling, Facilities, IS&T, Closing
the Loop,<br>
Sustainability@MIT<br>
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Lighting Audit of DuPont Athletic Center<br>
Tue Jan 13, 2-5:00pm, 5-234<br>
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Interested in green architecture? This session is a hands-on
introduction to<br>
sustainability in building design and operation. We'll go over the
basics of<br>
lighting efficiency and then conduct a lighting audit of the DuPont
Athletic<br>
Center. See how big an impact the littlest things have on energy
efficiency.<br>
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Sponsor: Undergraduate Association<br>
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2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference (Poland): Implications
for<br>
Domestic Energy Policy, Copenhagen, and Beyond<br>
Tue Jan 13, 7-8:30pm, 32-155<br>
with Gilbert Metcalf, John Parsons, John Reilly, and Robert Stowe<br>
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In early December 2008, the latest United Nations Climate Change
Conference<br>
took place in PoznaŸ, Poland. The conference ended with an agreement
to<br>
shift into full negotiating mode in 2009 in order to draft an
international<br>
response to climate change, to be agreed upon at the Climate
Change<br>
Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009. Wondering what the PoznaŸ
(and<br>
Copenhagen) conference's implications on future domestic and
international<br>
energy policy will be? Come hear energy and climate policy experts
from the<br>
greater Boston area discuss their views.<br>
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Cosponsor: Energy Club<br>
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Sustainability in Action: Greening your Place at MIT<br>
Wed Jan 14, 12-2:00pm, 68-181<br>
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Are you interested in taking action in your "place" at MIT
to make a<br>
difference? Come join this interactive lunchtime workshop to learn
about<br>
strategies and practices you can employ to reduce the environmental
impact<br>
in your MIT "place" - office, lab, classroom or dorm. The
workshop will<br>
present information and a new set of tools to help you make choices
that<br>
reduce energy use and conserve resources at MIT and beyond, while<br>
brainstorming for new ideas and how to prioritize your efforts. Topics
will<br>
include best practices for energy conservation, recycling, commuting
and<br>
catering, while providing reference material to get you started. A
light<br>
lunch will be provided. Walk the talk and bring your own plate and mug
to<br>
minimize waste!<br>
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Cosponsors: Environment, Health and Safety Office, Department of
Facilities,<br>
IS&T, Closing the Loop<br>
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Wed Jan 14, 2-3:30pm, E51-355<br>
with John Sterman, Harvey Michaels, Stephen Samouhos, Walt Henry<br>
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As we debate our energy future, we must remember that the energy coin
has<br>
both supply and demand sides. Improving how we produce and
distribute<br>
conventional energy supplies and develop clean renewable energy
supplies are<br>
critical to meeting global energy challenges, but it's also true that
the<br>
cleanest and cheapest power plant or gas processing facility is one
you<br>
never have to build.<br>
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That's why the technologies to support demand-side management,
energy<br>
efficiency, and conservation are so important and offer exciting<br>
opportunities for critical research and development.<br>
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MIT is exploring this frontier both in the lab and on campus. Come
hear<br>
examples of what faculty, staff, and students are doing to advance<br>
demand-side solutions to our energy challenges and discuss how they
are<br>
putting this knowledge to work at MIT.<br>
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Energy Careers Panel<br>
Thu Jan 15, 3:30-5:00pm, E51-355<br>
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Considering a job in the energy field? This event will feature MIT
alums<br>
working in the energy sector with a wide spectrum of experience
and<br>
perspectives. Learn from them about the current job market, their
paths out<br>
of MIT, and what they would have done differently while at MIT had
they<br>
known what they do now. There will be time for Q&A.<br>
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Co-sponsor: MIT Careers Office<br>
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Energy, Environment, and Sustainability Student Group and Project
Showcase<br>
Thu Jan 15, 6-8:00pm, Lobby 10<br>
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This showcase is a mix and mingle style poster session at which
students who<br>
have been doing research or who belong to groups on campus that
revolve<br>
around energy, environment, and sustainability will share and explain
their<br>
work. This is a great opportunity to connect with fellow students
active in<br>
a wide array of energy research and projects. Light refreshments will
be<br>
provided. Come and learn about the great research and student
group<br>
activities that your classmates have been working on!<br>
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/education/index.html<br>
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Questions? Email jdimase@mit.edu or agraham@mit.edu<br>
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Jennifer DiMase<br>
Student Activities Coordinator<br>
MIT Energy Initiative<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
Building E19-370D, 400 Main St<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
617-452-3199<br>
jdimase@mit.edu<br>
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