ON-CAMPUS ENERGY EVENTS:
Climate Policy and Planning Coalition presents talk on Sustainability:Energy Internship Panel
Monday, October 31
12:30 – 1:30 pm in Cabot 206
Interested in starting or continuing a career in energy? Come hear about summer energy internships from members of the Fletcher community! Whether you are interested in consulting, government, oil and gas or energy efficiency, we will have panelists to address your questions.
Our featured panelists spent their summer at:
* The Department of Energy
* Energy Market Authority
* Environmental Defense Fund
* PFC Energy
* Statoil
"The Last Mountain" Campus Film Screening
Mugar 200, Fletcher School (this location may change; stay tuned)
Wednesday, November 16th, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.CPPC, Fletcher Green, and the Tufts Institute of the Environment are co-sponsoring our participation in a nationwide campus screening of The Last Mountain, which will include a Q&A session with the film director via Skype. From the film's website: "The mining and burning of coal is at the epicenter of America’s struggle to balance its energy needs with environmental concerns. Nowhere is that concern greater than in Coal River Valley, West Virginia, where a small but passionate group of ordinary citizens are trying to stop Big Coal corporations...from continuing the devastating practice of Mountain Top Removal... A passionate and personal tale that honors the extraordinary power of ordinary Americans when they fight for what they believe in, THE LAST MOUNTAIN shines a light on America’s energy needs and how those needs are being supplied. It is a fight for our future that affects us all."
White House Classroom (UEP), 72 Professor's Row
Monday, November 7th, 12 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
This month's meeting will feature two exciting speakers: UEP's Kim Ake, on her experience studying international environmental negotiations and sustainability this summer in the Netherlands, and Tufts Office of Sustainability Director Tina Woolston, on climate and sustainability initiatives happening here on campus.
"The Last Mountain" Campus Film Screening
Mugar 200, Fletcher School (this location may change; stay tuned)
Wednesday, November 16th, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
CPPC, Fletcher Green, and the Tufts Institute of the Environment are co-sponsoring our participation in a nationwide campus screening of The Last Mountain, which will include a Q&A session with the film director via Skype. From the film's website: "The mining and burning of coal is at the epicenter of America’s struggle to balance its energy needs with environmental concerns. Nowhere is that concern greater than in Coal River Valley, West Virginia, where a small but passionate group of ordinary citizens are trying to stop Big Coal corporations...from continuing the devastating practice of Mountain Top Removal... A passionate and personal tale that honors the extraordinary power of ordinary Americans when they fight for what they believe in, THE LAST MOUNTAIN shines a light on America’s energy needs and how those needs are being supplied. It is a fight for our future that affects us all."
From Chase Maxwell '13 . . .
The Living Building Challenge, the premier initiative of the Living
Future Institute and the Cascadia Green Building Council in the
Pacific Northwest, is dedicated to the idea that the built environment
need not compound environmental degradation, climate change, or social
inequities. With its rigorous accreditation system, The Living
Building Challenge 2.0, it aims to create buildings that are net zero
energy users (they produce most all electricity on site), produce,
reuse, or capture all water on site, and buildings that use no toxic
materials in production. For more information on the rigor of this
system, see the attached PDF.
This year, the Living Future Institute issued an exciting new
challenge for designers that has a unique interdisciplinary flare: The
Aleutian Living Home Competition. This competition, in partnership
with the Aleutian Housing Authority hopes to prove to the world that
"living buildings" can be constructed in the most hostile of climates,
at a competitive, affordable price. Of course, this expression of a
living building's versatility in extreme climates and manageable
budget will hopefully propel the movement into the mainstream,
providing an effective tool against climate change. Indeed, given
that emissions from the built environment constitute the largest
single contribution to climate change, perhaps this could be the most
effective tool.
The challenge requires the assembly of an interdisciplinary design
team composed of architectural designers, engineers, geologists,
biologists, anthropologists, poets, humanitarians, among others to
create a Living Aleutian Home for a single family in Atka, Alaska. I
am curious in exploring the potential of a Tufts entry in this
contest, leveraging the wide-ranging skills that Tufts students
possess. Entries are due in mid-January.
The following is a sample of the building's criteria:
* Living Building 2.0 Standards
* 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath
* 1,000 - 1,250 sf
* Place-specific sensitivities and utilization of indigenous forms
* Must be replicable for other sites in the Aleutian islands
Please send an e-mail to
chase.maxwell@tufts.edu<mailto:chase.maxwell@tufts.edu> if you are
interested, or join the Facebook Group: Tufts Living Aleutian Home
Competition.
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OFF - CAMPUS EVENTS:
Pre-Registration Required
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Smart Grid 101, October 25, 5-6pm, 565 Commonwealth Ave., Room 101
Come join us for a presentation on the current status of the energy grid in the US, as well as a presentation on Smart Grid.
Our speaker, Chet Geschickter, focuses on information technology for the smart grid, including technology strategy, application integration and consumer adoption. He is the author of a recent GTM Research report on Meter Data Management and a new report on Home Energy Management.
Chet has a twenty year career that spans a range of technology leadership positions, including serving as director of research for a leading technology analyst firm, leading the development of digital strategies and roadmaps for top global corporations, and running marketing for venture-backed software companies. Chet has also served as head of relationship management and planning for a full-service interactive agency and as a strategy architect for a leading eBusiness consultancy.
Chet has an MBA from The University of Michigan and a BA in Political Science from Duke University. He works in GTM Research's Boston office.
Chet has a twenty year career that spans a range of technology leadership positions, including serving as director of research for a leading technology analyst firm, leading the development of digital strategies and roadmaps for top global corporations, and running marketing for venture-backed software companies. Chet has also served as head of relationship management and planning for a full-service interactive agency and as a strategy architect for a leading eBusiness consultancy.
Chet has an MBA from The University of Michigan and a BA in Political Science from Duke University. He works in GTM Research's Boston office.
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THE FUTURE OF ENERGY
Fall 2011
Susan Tierney, Managing Principal at Analysis Group and former Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Energy
“Risks and Opportunities of Natural Gas”
Wednesday, October 26
5:00 pm
Harvard University
Northwest Labs B-103
52 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Sue Tierney is an expert on energy economics, regulation and policy. She previously served as the Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. DOE, and held various senior positions in Massachusetts government (Secretary for Environmental Affairs; public utility commissioner; executive director of the Energy Facilities Siting Council). She co-chaired the DOE Agency Review Team for the Obama/Biden Presidential Transition Team. She chairs the Board of Directors of the Energy Foundation and NREL’s Advisory Council; serves on the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (and its Shale Gas Subcommittee); chairs the Policy Subgroup of the National Petroleum Council’s study of the North American natural gas resources; and is a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center's energy project. She is a director of the World Resources Institute; Clean Air Task Force; Clean Air-Cool Planet; and EnerNOC. She previously co-chaired the National Commission on Energy Policy, and taught at the University of California at Irvine and at MIT. She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in regional planning at Cornell University.
The Future of Energy lecture series is sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment with generous support from Bank of America. All of the lectures are free and open to the public. View detailed lecture information at http://environment.harvard.edu/events/2011-10-26/future-energy-risks-and-opportunities-natural-gas
MIT Energy Finance Forum
November 18th, 2011Pre-Registration Required
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