Past Events
March 15, 2010
Speaker: Norbert Lechner, Architect and Professor Emeritus, Auburn University, Alabama. Abstract: Global warming is the greatest challenge humankind has ever faced in recorded history. Fossil energy must be replaced as quickly as possible by both clean renewable energy and energy efficiency. Since buildings are the main users of energy (about 48%), they must become much more efficient. Most of the energy used by buildings is for heating, cooling, and lighting all of which are very much impacted by the sun. Thus, a sustainable building must be a solar responsive building.
March 15, 2010
Dr. Judith Perlwitz, Research Scientist, NOAA Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, will present a lecture in the MIT Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Series.
March 10, 2010
Dr. Bob Kopp, a geobiologist currently serving as a AAAS Science & Technology Technology Policy Fellow in the Office of Climate Change Policy & Technology at the U.S. Department of Energy, will present a seminar in the MIT Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Lecture Series.
March 10, 2010
Speaker: Janet Besser, VP, National Grid. This is an open lecture in Dr. Raab's Energy Policy for a Sustainable Future class and presents a regulator's and utility's viewpoint, covering topic such as renewables and transmission, long-term contracting for renewables, energy efficiency, and decoupling sales from profits. Presented by the MIT Energy Club. Open to the general public.
March 09, 2010
Prof. Joseph Sussman, MIT CEE and ESD, will speak in the Transportation@MIT Seminar Series. Abstract: It is almost a cliche currently to link transportation to a variety of what we call "critical contemporary issues" — energy, clean air and clean water, global climate change and economic development, among others. But these linkages are quite real and quite important too. So making decisions about transportation is more difficult and more critical than ever before.
March 08, 2010
Speaker: Bill Vogel, Founder Trilliant Inc. Abstract: Wondered why's there so much buzz about smart grid? Want to learn about the current trends in the energy infrastructure market? Interested in business development opportunities in the grid? Bill Vogel founded Trilliant Inc., one of the leading Smart Grid companies, with wireless mesh network solutions in real-time Advanced Metering, Demand Response and Grid Management.