[bioundgrd] Fwd: Announcing Energy Futures Week 2009!

[Janice Chang]

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