[E&E seminars] Starting Today - Energy Futures Week 2011: Energy Efficiency - January 10-14

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Energy Futures Week 2011: Energy Efficiency
January 10-14

http://web.mit.edu/mitei/iap
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Here is an overview of Energy Futures Week activities coordinated by the MIT Energy Initiative. Scroll down for details about each activity. This information is also available athttp://web.mit.edu/mitei/iap

MONDAY, January 10th
1) 1pm-2pm: Energy Information: Where to go, what to do
2) 2-3pm: An Efficient Future for Energy Use in the Built Environment (Featured Lecture)
3) 3:30-5pm: Energy Efficiency Research and Education at MIT (Panel Discussion)

TUESDAY, January 11th
4) 11am-12pm: Efficiency Forward Forum (with President Susan Hockfield)
5) 12-1pm: Energy Information: Maps and data to use with GIS
6) 1-2pm: Energy Information: Industries and Statistics
7) 2-3pm: Energy Education Open House
8) 3-4pm: Access to energy research articles: publisher policies & MIT output

WEDNESDAY, January 12th
9) 10:30-11:30am: UN Climate Roundtable: What should we expect from the UN climate negotiation process? A Discussion of International Climate Governance
10) 12-1:30pm: Green Ambassadors Workshop
11) 1-2pm and 2-3pm: Tour of Energy Features of Sloan E62
12) 5-7pm: Exploring Careers in Energy

THURSDAY, January 13th
13) 9am-4pm: "Fuel Your Mind" -- A Primer on Transportation Fuels, Current and Future
14) 2:30-4pm: Strategic Opportunities in Residential Energy Efficiency
15) 6:30-8pm: Residential Energy Savings: Real vs. Modeled

FRIDAY, January 14th
16) 11am-12pm: Wind Energy 101

OTHER EVENTS during IAP
17) 1/6, 11am-1pm: CO2 Emissions Control Options for Coal Based Power Generation
18) 1/11 6:30-9pm:
19) 1/12, 1/14, & 1/21, 10am-12pm: Tour of the MIT Research Reactor
20) 1/13, 2-5pm: Climate CoLab Workshop
21) 1/19, 12-1:30pm: IT-Enabled Electricity Services: The Missing Piece of the Environmental Puzzle <http://student.mit.edu/searchiap/iap-4695.html>
22) 1/17, 1/18, 1/20, 1/21, 9am-1pm, 1/22, 9am-5pm: ESD.940: Special Graduate Studies in Engineering Systems Division: Design of Wind Energy Systems
23) 1/21, 9am-5pm: Wind Week Technical Workshop on Wind Grid Integration
24) 1/24-1/28, 9am-1pm: ESD.941: Special Graduate Studies in Engineering Systems Division: Numerical Modeling Techniques for Decentralized Electricity Markets


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MONDAY, January 10th
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1) Energy Information: Where to go, what to do
Angie Locknar, Chris Sherratt
1-2pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Information on energy is everywhere! How do you find the scientific and technical information you need and keep on the cutting edge of what is published? Attend this hands-on session to find out.
Enrollment limited to 30 participants: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/energy-information-where-to-go-what-to-do
Contact: Angie Locknar, 14S-134, locknar at mit.edu<mailto:locknar at mit.edu>
Sponsored by: MIT Libraries

2) An Efficient Future for Energy Use in the Built Environment (Featured Lecture)
Neal Elliott, Associate Director for Research, ACEEE
2-3pm, 32-141
Over the past quarter century, building energy efficiency has focused on improvements to components and equipment. While component efficiencies increased dramatically, the size of our homes and the number of energy using stuff has increased even faster. Looking forward, the focus for energy efficiency in buildings will need to shift to systems rather than components. This shift will involve transformations in how we build, and where and how we live. This shift does not mean that we can ignore component efficiency, because energy using appliances are proliferating, but that we need to take a more holistic approach to our communities.

Neal Elliott is the Associate Director for Research of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), coordinating ACEEE's overall research efforts. Elliott is an internationally recognized expert and author on energy efficiency, energy efficiency programs and policies, electric motor systems, combined heat and power and clean distributed energy, and analysis of energy efficiency and energy markets.
Contact: Jennifer DiMase, jdimase at mit.edu<mailto:jdimase at mit.edu>
Sponsored by: MIT Energy Initiative

3) Energy Efficiency Research and Education at MIT (Panel Discussion)
Robert Armstrong; Leon Glicksman; John Reilly; Sarah Slaughter
3:30-5pm, 32-141
A panel on energy efficiency research and education at MIT moderated by MITEI Deputy Director Robert Armstrong.  Speakers include  John Reilly, Co-Director of the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, on the expected role of efficiency in meeting future energy needs;  Sarah Slaughter, Associate Director for Buildings and Infrastructure for MITEI, on an emerging MIT research program on building and infrastructure systems; and Leon Glicksman, Professor of Building Technology and Mechanical Engineering, on his fall 2010 project-based class, “Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings,” which focused on energy efficiency on the MIT campus.
Contact: Jennifer DiMase, jdimase at mit.edu<mailto:jdimase at mit.edu>
Sponsored by: MIT Energy Initiative

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TUESDAY, January 11th
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4) Efficiency Forward Forum
Susan Hockfield, Tom May
11am-12pm, E62 Lobby Sloan
Join President Hockfield and NSTAR CEO Tom May along with invited dignitaries as they kick off Efficiency Forward: Partnering for Success - A Forum to Recognize Innovations in Energy Efficiency
Contact: Steven Lanou, slanou at mit.edu<mailto:slanou at mit.edu>
Co-sponsored by: Campus Energy Task Force, Department of Facilities, EHS Headquarters Office, Sloan School of Management

5) Energy Information: Maps and data to use with GIS
Anne Graham, Lisa Sweeney
12-1pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Where are the power plants and the pipelines? How close are they to population centers? In this session, MIT GIS Services will introduce you to energy maps and spatial data available, and demonstrate GIS in action on the energy front.
Enrollment limited to 20. Register at http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Anne Graham, 10-500, x3-7744, grahama at mit.edu<mailto:grahama at mit.edu>
Sponsored by: MIT Libraries

6) Energy Information: Industries and Statistics
Katherine McNeill
1-2pm, 14N-132
Interested in researching or working in the field of energy? Want to find out how your energy project fits into the landscape of various industries? This session will give you the skills to research the business and statistical information on energy to find industry overviews, market research, news and data.
Enrollment limited to 25: sign up by Jan 10th required
Sign up at: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh at mit.edu<mailto:mcneillh at mit.edu>
Sponsored by: MIT Libraries

7) Energy Education Open House
2-3pm, E19-319
Stop by the Energy Initiative to learn about the Energy Studies Minor, energy classes, student groups, fellowships, and current research projects. Chat with students and faculty involved with energy.
Contact: Jennifer DiMase, jdimase at mit.edu<mailto:jdimase at mit.edu>
Sponsored by: MIT Energy Initiative

8) Access to energy research articles: publisher policies & MIT output
Ellen Duranceau, Chris Sherratt, Mat Willmott
3-4pm, 56-154
Join Scholarly Publishing and Licensing Librarian Ellen Duranceau as she explores where MITEI faculty are publishing and what the implications of those publishing practices are for worldwide access to essential energy research. This session will include data on MITEI faculty journal articles and will provide an assessment of the openness, or reach, of the articles based on the publishers’ policies. The MIT Faculty Open Access Policy and tools that analyze journal quality will also be discussed.
Sponsored by: MIT Libraries

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WEDNESDAY, January 12th
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9) UN Climate Roundtable: What should we expect from the UN climate negotiation process? A Discussion of International Climate Governance
Rebecca Dell
10:30-11:30am, 5-231
The international community unanimously resolved to "prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system" at Rio Earth Summit in 1992.  In the 18 years since then, we have achieved one binding international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions--the Kyoto Protocol--but global emissions now exceed the worst case scenario outlined in the 1990s.  Many have found the international process slow, confusing, and uninspiring, but there is no viable alternative framework for addressing a truly international problem like climate change.

Please join us for a round-table discussion on the UN climate negotiations process, where we will try to clarify how the UN is addressing climate change, what some of the key sources of conflict and obstruction are, and where the UN is making progress (because we are making progress in some areas).  The discussion will be lead by Rebecca Dell, a PhD student in climate science and the MIT student delegate to the recent meeting of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Cancun, Mexico.

Light refreshments will be served.
Contact: Jennifer DiMase, jdimase at mit.edu<mailto:jdimase at mit.edu>
Sponsored by: MIT Energy Initiative

10) Green Ambassadors Workshop
Come hear from your fellow Green Ambassadors
12-1:30pm, 46-3189
This workshop will allow all Green Ambassadors - as well as those interested in becoming a Green Ambassador - to meet over lunch and share and discuss strategies for promoting sustainability in their office, lab, or dorm.
Enrollment limited to 50. Advance sign up required by January 7th (see contact below)
Web: http://ehs.mit.edu/site/sustainability
Contact: Steve Lanou, slanou at MIT.edu<mailto:slanou at MIT.edu>
Sponsored by: Global Education and Career Development
Co-sponsored by: Campus Energy Task Force, EHS Headquarters Office, MITEI

11) Tour of Energy Features of Sloan E62
Peter Cooper, Frank Higson
1-2pm and 2-3pm, E62 Lobby Sloan
Energy efficient features of the new Sloan Building (E62) will be visited and discussed on this tour conducted by Department of Facilities' Engineers. Sloan is the most efficient building of its kind on the MIT campus. Features incorporated to achieve this will be shown, and the integrated design process that was employed will be described.

For more information about this building visit: http://web.mit.edu/facilities/construction/completed/sloan.html
Enrollment limited to 25 per tour: advance sign up required
RSVP to Damaris Colono by 1/10/2011 4:00 pm damarisc at plant.mit.edu<mailto:damarisc at plant.mit.edu>
Sponsored by: Department of Facilities

12) Exploring Careers in Energy
Amanda Peters
5-7pm, 32-155
Considering a career in the energy sector? Come hear from those who work in the industry about some of the many career options and what it takes to succeed in this growing field. The first hour will feature a panel discussion, while the second will provide the opportunity to talk to the panelists individually.

Panelists:

•         Eerik Hantsoo, Engineer, 1366 Technologies, Inc.
•         Jennifer Pedro, VP Industrial Processes for Alstom Power, Thermal Services
•         Kara Rodgers, Senior Program Manager, Natural Gas Programs, Consortium for Energy Efficiency
•         Thomas Jarvi, CTO, Sun Catalytix
•         Vivek Mohta, Director, Energy Markets at Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources

Preregistration requested on CareerBridge, but not required. Visit CareerBridge: https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/ and select Workshops, Career Fairs and Events.
Contact: Amanda Peters, 12-170, x3-4733, acpeters at mit.edu<mailto:acpeters at mit.edu>
Sponsored by: Global Education and Career Development

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THURSDAY, January 13th
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13) "Fuel Your Mind" -- A Primer on Transportation Fuels, Current and Future
William H. Green (MIT Dept. of Chem. Eng.), George Huff & Jim Simnick (BP Global Fuels Technology)
9am-4pm, 56-114
How is crude oil converted into gasoline and other transportation fuels? Is the gasoline available in Boston the same as what is available in Chicago? What are biofuels and what is driving the demand for these fuels of the future? Which fuel properties matter for performance?

Please join us in this short course offered by engineers from BP and Prof. Green to answer these and other questions, and to gain a better understanding of transportation fuels, and fuel processing technology. Topics to be addressed include:

1. Fuel Performance Criteria
2. Refining
3. Gasoline and Diesel
4. Biofuels, Ethanol & E85
Sponsored by: Chemical Engineering

14) Strategic Opportunities in Residential Energy Efficiency
Harvey Michaels
2:30-4pm, 56-154
The year ahead will be an important one for concept of enabling efficiency as an energy resource, very challenging and with high stakes for its long term viability. It?s a great time to get engaged! In this session, we will discuss new strategies being developed or tested to more successfully mitigate market barriers to efficiency in homes, including consideration of:
-  New models for utility and government-supported incentives, including Green Communities
-  Behavior/feedback systems, supported by Internet and ?smart? electric/gas meters.
-  New business approaches, and policies promotive of innovation.

Please come and share your thoughts on:
-  What are the big ideas that change everything?
-  How will consumers respond to them?
-  How do we align incentives with objectives?
-  How can efficiency performance be effectively measured?

Harvey Michaels directs the multidisciplinary MIT Energy Efficiency Strategy Project, which performs case research and analysis of utility, community, and smart grid-enabled efficiency deployment models. As well, Harvey is a Lecturer on energy efficiency with focus on strategy innovation, and serves on the MIT Campus Energy Task Force.  From 1997 to 2007, Harvey led Nexus Energy Software (now Aclara Software) which builds utility efficiency and customer service Web sites and Meter Data Management systems. Before founding Nexus, Harvey was president of XENERGY (now part of Kema Consulting and Con Edison Solutions), which specialized in efficiency resource studies and analysis systems.  He can be contacted at hgm at mit.edu<mailto:hgm at mit.edu>.
Contact: Harvey Michaels, hgm at mit.edu<mailto:hgm at mit.edu>
Sponsored by: MIT Energy Initiative

14=5) Residential Energy Savings: Real vs. Modeled
Michael Blasnik, Independent Consultant
6:30-8pm, 32-141
Michael Blasnik will explain:
• How to save the most energy in your home
• Why real world savings don’t always equal modeled savings
• Why the energy efficiency field needs great researchers

Michael Blasnik:
• Has analyzed the energy use of millions of homes over the last 25 years
• Heads the energy impact evaluation for the National Weatherization Assistance Program
• Is feisty, funny, and informative
Co-sponsored by: MITEI, Sustainability at MIT, the MIT Energy Club, HEET, Cambridge Energy Alliance and Greenport

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FRIDAY, January 14th
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16) Wind Energy 101
Katherine Dykes
11am-12pm, 3-133
Come join for an overview of wind energy fundamentals from the physical resource, to the technology, to the economics, policy and social impacts. For details on our wind energy activities, please seehttp://windenergy.mit.edu<http://windenergy.mit.edu/>
Co-sponsored by: The MIT Wind Energy Sub-Community of the Energy Club

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OTHER EVENTS during IAP
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17) CO2 Emissions Control Options for Coal Based Power Generation
Ja'nos M. Bee'r
Thu Jan 6, 11am-1pm, 66-110
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the principle means of long term, significant CO2 emissions control in both new and existing coal based electric power generating plant.
Main technology options for CCS application, in high efficiency energy conversion cycles including
-Pulverized coal combustion in ultra-supercritical steam cycle
-Coal gasification combined gas turbine-steam cycle, and
-Oxygen blown coal combustion cycle are discussed for their RD&D needs, Costs and Timeline of deployment.
Sponsored by: Chemical Engineering

18) The Smart Grid: The Case for Modern Communication Architecture
Tim Heidel, Gene Zimon
Tue Jan 11, 6:30-9pm, 66-110
Gene Zimon, veteran utility and IT industry professional will overview the US electric grid infrastructure and illustrate how modern communication technology will be used to drive the transformation of our power grid. Gene Zimon is President of Edge Advisers and Managing Director of JAZfund and formerly CIO at NSTAR, VP of Business Development for Utilities at Oracle and CIO of Boston Gas. Gene Zimon has established a national reputation for his innovative use of technology and IT management practices in the utility industry.
Sponsor: MIT Club of Boston

19) Tour of the MIT Research Reactor
Edward Lau
Wed Jan 12, Fri Jan 14, 21, 10am-12pm, NW12 1st floor desk
Learn how the MIT Research Reactor is operated and utilized. A descriptive lecture and a walking tour of the lab will be given with emphasis on interdisciplinary research and applications. Advance sign up and photo ID required. To register, send email including full name (each full name, if signing up more than one person), relation to MIT, and which tour date you prefer. If no date is specified, then one will be assigned.
Enrollment limited to 25: advance sign up by 1/18 required (see contact below)
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Contact: Edward Lau, NW12-116, x3-4211, eslau at mit.edu<mailto:eslau at mit.edu>
Sponsored by: Nuclear Reactor Lab

20) Climate CoLab Workshop
Robert Laubacher, Professor Thomas W. Malone, Joshua Introne
Thu Jan 13, 02-05:00pm, NE25-746
The Climate CoLab is a web forum where people for all over the world can work together to create proposals for what we should do about climate change. It is a project of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence. The system combines web-based climate and economic modeling, structured online conversation, and new kinds of group decision making tools.

In this workshop, we invite students to learn about the Climate CoLab and share their ideas about how the project might evolve in the future. The workshop will start with a presentation on the Climate CoLab by Sloan Professor Thomas W. Malone. We then will invite students to undertake a series of tasks using the system. The final part of the session will be a discussion of possible future directions for the project, where we will welcome student input.

The workshop will be of value to students with an interest in sustainability, climate change, and emerging energy technologies. It will also be useful to students who would like to learn about next generation Web 2.0 technologies.

Attendees should bring a laptop so they can use the Climate CoLab during the session.
Web: http://climatecolab.org<http://climatecolab.org/>
Contact: Robert Laubacher, NE25-753, x3-0526, rjl at mit.edu<mailto:rjl at mit.edu>
Sponsored by: Sloan School of Management

21) IT-Enabled Electricity Services: The Missing Piece of the Environmental Puzzle
Prof. Marija Ilic Visiting Professor, MIT Engineering Systems Division
Wed Jan 19, 12-01:30pm, E51-145 (Brown bag lunch; refreshments)
In this talk we describe the role electric power grid and its
Information Communications Technologies (ICT) play in enabling
sustainable electricity services. Examples of ICT's role in affordable integration of renewable resources, as well as the role of T&D management for enabling delivery of cleaner and cheaper power are discussed. The talk also provides a brief summary of the Spring 2011 Course on Smart Grids.
Sponsored by: Technology and Policy Program

22) ESD.940: Special Graduate Studies in Engineering Systems Division: Design of Wind Energy Systems
Mort Webster, Katherine Dykes
Mon Jan 17, Tue Jan 18, Thu Jan 20, Fri Jan 21, 9am – 1 pm, Sat Jan 22, 9am-5pm, E51-145
Opportunity for individual or group study of advanced topics in ESD not otherwise included in the curriculum. Offerings are initiated by faculty on an ad-hoc basis subject to ESD approval.

Subject covers fundamentals of wind power, wind resource characterization, modeling the wind, aerodynamics of wind turbine operation, wind turbine blade design, structural dynamics and wind turbine design, electrical systems for wind energy and grid interconnection, wind turbine control systems, offshore wind energy system design, grid integration of large-scale wind energy, economics, environmental and policy issues associated with wind energy. Assignments include exercise on spectral analysis of wind turbulence and design of a wind turbine. Course is geared towards advanced undergraduates and first year graduate students in engineering disciplines.
Enrollment limited to 35 participants. Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class. Listeners allowed, space permitting
Level: G 3 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit
Sponsored by: Engineering Systems Division

23) Wind Week Technical Workshop on Wind Grid Integration
WEPA and the MIT Energy Club Wind Energy Group
Fri 1/21, 9am-5pm, 26-100
Full day workshop featuring various international experts on topics related to integration of wind energy into the electric grid: from short term fluctuation and control to long-term planning and policy.
See https://sites.google.com/site/mitwindweek2011/wind-integration-workshop for details (registration required)
Sponsored by: MIT Wind Energy Projects in Action and the MIT Energy Club Wind Energy Group

24) ESD.941: Special Graduate Studies in Engineering Systems Division: Numerical Modeling Techniques for Decentralized Electricity Markets
M. Webster, I. Perez-Arriaga, and additional invited faculty from IIT--Comillas University
Mon Jan 24 – Fri Jan 28, 9am-1pm, E62-221
Opportunity for individual or group study of advanced topics in Engineering Systems Division not otherwise included in the curriculum at MIT. Offerings are initiated by faculty on an ad-hoc basis subject to ESD approval.

Subject covers methods for numerical simulation of decentralized (market-based) electric power systems. Includes review of traditional power systems modeling approaches for centrally planned systems; fundamentals of economic game theory for strategic interactions; unit commitment models in decentralized market; capacity expansion models for decentralized markets; and advanced topics including modeling for markets for ancillary services. See website on Stellar for course details.
Enrollment limited to 35 participants. Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class. Listeners allowed, space permitting
Level: G 3 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit
Sponsored by: Engineering Systems Division
More details (including information about each day's session) at: http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/ESD/ia11/ESD.941/index.html
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