Earth Day Planning Kick-Off Meeting
Niamh Kelly, Jennifer DiMase
Mon Jan 25, 01-02:00pm, E19-319
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Prereq: RSVP to jdimase@mit.edu
Do you have some great ideas for Earth Day? Want to be part of a fun planning committee and make this year’s Earth Day better than ever?
Join in a collaboration of groups representing the academic, staff, and student communities at MIT in planning Earth Day 2010! Earth Day 2009, held in the Stata Center on April 23, featured a variety of MIT groups and vendors to let participants know how they could make their lives more sustainable. The focus of the fair was Sustainability in Action, with five major themes: energy conservation, food, green purchasing, recycling, and transportation. We had food, workshops, displays, giveaways, and entertainment for everyone who attended.
So come to the planning meeting with your ideas and excitement for Earth Day 2010!
Contact: Jennifer DiMase, jdimase@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Environment, Health and Safety Office
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Energy and Environment Projects Showcase
Jennifer DiMase
Thu Jan 14, 06-07:30pm, Lobby 10
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
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://mit.edu/mitei/education/groups.html
Contact: Jennifer DiMase, E19-370D, 452-3199, jdimase@mit.edu
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Exploring Careers in Energy
Nancy Richmond
Wed Jan 13, 05-07:00pm, 32-155
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Considering a career in the energy sector? Come hear from those who work in the industry about some of the many career options in this growing sector and what it takes to succeed in this field.
For more information and to register, visit CareerBridge: https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/ and select Workshops, Career Fairs and Events.
Web: https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/
Contact: Nancy Richmond, 12-170, x3-4733, richmond@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Global Education and Career Development
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Fantasy Electricity Markets Game I: Introduction to the Game and Lecture on Electricity Economics and Markets
Nidhi Santen, Mar Reguant-Rido
Mon Jan 11, 02-05:00pm, 32-141
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops.
Learn about electricity economics, markets, and firm bidding strategy while still having fun! Join a one week-long fantasy electricity markets game designed to teach real electric power sector competitive bidding strategy and market behaviors. The activity will adopt the “Electricity Strategy Game,” developed by Severin Borenstein at UC Berkeley. Most game playing will occur via internet, once a day, between Monday and Friday. Session I is an introductory session to the topics and game. Session II is a debriefing where game winners will be announced and questions will be addressed.
Co-sponsored by: MIT Electricity Student Research Group
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mit-esrg/www
Contact: Nidhi Santen, nrsanten@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Energy Club
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Fantasy Electricity Markets Game II: Debriefing
Nidhi Santen, Mar Reguant-Rido
Fri Jan 15, 03-04:00pm, 56-114
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn about electricity economics, markets, and firm bidding strategy while still having fun! Join a one week-long fantasy electricity markets game designed to teach real electric power sector competitive bidding strategy and market behaviors. The activity will adopt the “Electricity Strategy Game,” developed by Severin Borenstein at UC Berkeley. Most game playing will occur via internet, once a day, between Monday and Friday. Session I is an introductory session to the topics and game; Session II is a debriefing where game winners will be announced and questions will be addressed.
Co-sponsored by: MIT Electricity Student Research Group
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mit-esrg/www
Contact: Nidhi Santen, nrsanten@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Energy Club
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High-Performance Rechargeable Batteries for Sustainable Transportation and Large-scale Storage of Electric Power
Prof. Donald Sadoway
Mon Jan 11, 11am-12:00pm, 32-155
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The road to sustainability is paved with advanced materials. Advances in rechargeable batteries would enable widespread adoption of practical electric vehicles taking us beyond hybrids and obviating the need for fuel-cells. The reduction in greenhouse gas emissions plus the freedom from reliance on overseas sources of petroleum with attendant geopolitical implications give special value to an all-electric fleet. Innovation in stationary electrical energy storage at high amperage would enable us to store off-peak power from the grid for subsequent delivery on demand during high usage periods. Adoption of wind or photovoltaic generation hinges to a large extent on the advent of proper storage technology: renewables are enabled by colossal batteries. Examples of innovation in both portable and stationary energy storage will be presented.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/liquid-battery.html
Contact: Jennifer DiMase, E19-370D, 452-3199, jdimase@mit.edu
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Mass Energy Trek
James Luong
Mon Jan 11, Tue Jan 12, Wed Jan 13, 08am-05:00pm, Greater Boston area, Meet in E51 Tang Lobby
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Fee: 50.00 for gas, mileage reimbursement, & gift to companies
Mass Energy Trek is a three-day trek in the second week of January during IAP. It's is the Energy component of MIT Tech Treks organized jointly by Sloan E&E, Media Tech, and MIT. We will visit innovative companies in and around the energy space at different stages of maturity. Participants are requested to attend all sessions within one day, but can choose to attend one, two, or all three of the days.
Co-sponsored by: Sloan Energy and Environment Club
Contact: James Luong, james.luong@sloan.mit.edu
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Nuclear Energy and Sustainability
Charles Forsberg
Thu Jan 14, 05-07:00pm, 5-217
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Seeing Green: Approaching Any Field from the Sustainable Perspective
Sustainability is an approach, not a field unto itself. Learn about the different ways sustainability is relevant in different departments at MIT.
Charles Forsberg, Executive Director of the MIT Nuclear Fuel Cycle Project, will speak on nuclear energy and its relationship to sustainability.
Sponsored by: Sustainability@MIT
Web: http://web.mit.edu/nse/people/faculty/forsberg.html
Contact: Sarah McDermott, sarahmac@mit.edu
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PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Co-optimizing Economic Welfare, Energy Supply and Demand, Environment, and Employment
Nicholas Ashford
Tue Jan 12, 05-07:00pm, E51-145
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Environment and employment are essential concerns of sustainable transformations, focusing on co-optimizing economic welfare, environment, and employment in an integrated, rather than merely coordinated, manner through both regulation and the correct incentives. This involves (1) broadening and opening the policy agenda beyond environmental concerns; (2) removing perverse incentives for unsustainable practices; (3) avoiding lock-in and agenda/government capture by incumbent industry and stakeholders; and (4) government acting as a trustee for industrial transformations, not merely a referee of competing interests. Finally, the necessary and sufficient conditions for change must be addressed in policy initiatives: willingness, opportunity/motivation, and capacity for the private sector, government, and people to change.
Contact: Aaron Thom, athom@mit.edu
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Potential for Wind-Generated Electricity in China
Xi Lu Ph.D. Candidate at Harvard University
Sat Jan 16, 06-07:30pm, 2-105
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Prereq: No enrollment limit but advance sign up required to order fr
Wind offers an important alternative to coal as a renewable source for power generation in China with potential for significant reduction of CO2 emissions. The present study investigates both onshore and offshore potentials for wind energy in China based on the winds from NASA. The analysis assumes deployment of a network of 1.5-MW turbines and 3.6-MW turbines to capture the kinetic energy in onshore and offshore wind respectively in China. Assuming a guaranteed price of 0.516 RMB/kWh over an initial fixed‐price period, the results suggest that wind could accommodate all of the demand for electricity projected for 2030, about twice current consumption. Electricity available at a concession price as low as 0.4 RMB per kilowatt-hour would be sufficient to displace 23% of electricity generated from coal.
Web: http://ceer.mit.edu/event
Contact: Hengwei Liu, Hengwei_Liu@hks.harvard.edu
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Power Up!: Strategies for Getting Energy Information
Angie Locknar, Chris Sherratt
Mon Jan 11, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
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.
Contact: Angie Locknar, 14S-134, x3-9320, locknar@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries
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Power up with Maps! GIS and Energy Resources
Anne Graham, Lisa Sweeney
Mon Jan 11, 01-02:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
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.
Contact: Anne Graham, 10-500, x3-7744, grahama@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries
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Power-up!: Energy Industry Resources
Katherine McNeill
Wed Jan 13, 01-02:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
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.
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Libraries
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RecycleMania 2010 IAP Session
Niamh Kelly
Wed Jan 13, 12-01:00pm, 66-156
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: None
RecycleMania 2010 Planning & Information Session. RecycleMania is a national recycling competition to promote recycling & waste reduction.
Contact: Niamh Kelly, N52-496, 258-5639, niamhk@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Environment, Health and Safety Office
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Successful Strategies for Promoting Green Behavior: A Workshop for MIT Green Ambassadors
Niamh Kelly, Kat Donnelly, Steve Lanou
Fri Jan 15, 12-02:00pm, 46-3189
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 08-Jan-2010
Single session event
Prereq: email niamhk@mit.edu if you plan to attend
This workshop - designed to support the work of MIT's Green Ambassadors, but open to all - will offer an interactive session that provides insights into the latest thinking and research on effective behavior change strategies to promote greener practices on campus. Breakout sessions will explore on-campus strategies that work in your office, lab, or dorm. Kat Donnelly, a Ph.D. student in Technology, Management & Policy who is conducting cutting edge research on behavior change and energy conservation, will be presenting. A light lunch will be provided. If enrollement becomes limited, preference will be given to MIT Green Ambassadors.
Co-sponsored by the Campus Energy Task Force and Walk The Talk Community Organizing & Communications Teams
Contact: Niamh Kelly, N52-496, 258.5639, niamhk@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Environment, Health and Safety Office
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The Road from Copenhagen: A live, interactive role-play negotiation using the C-ROADS climate policy simulation
John Sterman
Wed Jan 13, 10am-12:00pm, 4-153
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
MIT Professor John Sterman will present the C-ROADS model in a live, interactive session in which participants will have a chance to negotiate their own climate treaty. We’ll discuss what the current science tells us, what happened (and didn’t) in Copenhagen, and how the C-ROADS model is being used by senior policymakers in the US and abroad, before, during and after COP-15.
C-ROADS is a joint project of MIT, the Sustainability Institute, and Ventana Systems.
Web: http://climateinteractive.org
Contact: Jennifer DiMase, E19-370D, 452-3199, jdimase@mit.edu
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Tour of MIT Cogeneration Plant
Peter Cooper, Roger Moore, Seth Kinderman
Mon Jan 11, 02-03:30pm, Building 42, Meet at plant front door
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2010
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
Tour of Central Utility/Cogeneration Plant will be conducted by plant engineering staff. Energy flow, equipment and systems as well as the Cogeneration development history will be presented, followed by tour of the 20MW gas turbine, heat recovery steam generator, boilers, chillers and plant controls.
Co-sponsored by: MIT Facilities
Contact: Luzette Alvarado-Ortiz, alva@plant.mit.edu
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Tour of the Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems
Kevin Huang, Jeff McAulay, Nolan Browne
Fri Jan 15, 10am-12:00pm, meet in Kendall Sq., near MIT Coop
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2010
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Fraunhofer is a world renowned non-profit contract R&D firm. Fraunhofer USA has recently set up a new research center in Cambridge as part of the Fraunhofer-MIT Alliance. Located at 25 First st. the Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSE) is conducting research in the areas of PV modules, Building Energy Efficiency and Smart Grid. The tour will consist of an overview of Fraunhofer followed by a tour of the PV module fabrication and testing lab.
Sponsored by Fraunhofer USA.
Web: http://cse.fraunhofer.org
Contact: Kevin Huang, kjhuang@MIT.EDU
Cosponsor: Energy Club
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U.S. Electricity Transmission Policy Panel Discussion
Nidhi Santen, Andrew Whitaker, Jordan Kwok
Tue Jan 12, 03-05:00pm, 32-141
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Electric transmission system infrastructure in the United States must be upgraded and improved, but who will shoulder the costs? Should investments be targeted at building a more reliable, efficient system, or is it more important to focus on integrating renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, regardless of other considerations? This panel discussion will address these and other issues critical to the future of United States electricity infrastructure.
Panelists include executives and representatives of ISO New England, New York ISO, Dominion Resources, and Virginia Power. Discussion will be moderated by MIT Visiting Professor, Ignacio Perez-Arriaga. Light refreshments will be served.
Co-sponsored by: MIT Electricity Student Research Group
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mit-esrg/IAP2010_Transmission
Contact: Nidhi Santen, nrsanten@MIT.EDU
Cosponsor: Energy Club
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Undergraduate Energy Education at MIT: Info about the new Minor and Energy classes
Dr. Amanda Graham
Tue Jan 12, 02-03:00pm, 4-149
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn about the new Energy Studies Minor and Energy classes that will be offered in the Spring semester. Light refreshments will be served.
Web: http://mit.edu/mitei/education/
Contact: Jennifer DiMase, E19-370D, 452-3199, jdimase@mit.edu
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Undergraduate Weatherization Workshop
Yangbo Du, Lucy Fan
Fri Jan 15, 09am-12:00pm, E52
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 14-Jan-2010
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Learn and apply cost-effective means of making existing buildings more energy-efficient. This workshop consists of an overview of building weatherization by MIT Facilities followed by application of demonstrated techniques at various locations in E52. The event is geared towards undergraduates but open to all MIT students.
Light morning refreshments will be served.
Co-sponsored by: MIT Facilities, UA Committee on Sustainability
Contact: Yangbo Du, yangbodu@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Undergraduate Association
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Virtual tour of energy & sustainability features in new Sloan & Koch buildings
Peter Cooper, Walt Henry
Tue Jan 12, 11am-12:00pm, 32-155
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Energy Features of the new Sloan Building and Koch Institute will be presented. Sloan is on track to be the most efficient building MIT has ever built and KI to be the most efficient lab building. Features incorporated to achieve this will be presented as well as the integrated design process employed.
Co-sponsored by: MIT Facilities
Contact: Peter Cooper, plcooper@mit.edu
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Wind Energy 101: Basics of the resource, technology, business and policy
Katherine Dykes
Wed Jan 13, 02-03:00pm, 32-124
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Wind Energy 101 presents an overview for all audiences as the fundamentals of wind power resource and assessment, the different subsystems and components of wind turbines and their grid interconnection, a brief look at the business development process and economics, the state of wind energy in the US and the world, and finally a look at environmental, social and political issues affected by or that affect the technology.
Sponsored by the MIT Wind Energy Sub-Community of the MIT Energy Club
Contact: Katherine Dykes, dykesk@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Energy Club
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