John Brunner was a UK science fiction writer active from the 1950s through the 1990s. Some of his work was truly prescient, mostly the four novels Stand on Zanzibar (1968), The Jagged Orbit (1969), The Sheep Look Up (1972) and The … [Read more...]
Energy (and Other) Events Monthly – November 2022
Events at the colleges and universities in Greater Metropolitan Boston, MA. Saturday, October 29, 2022 Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - November 2022 **Conferences** 2022 C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium & Awards … [Read more...]
Zero Net Energy – October 20, 2022
An energy rule of thumb is one third of energy goes to buildings, one third goes to industry, one third goes to transportation. The technology is certainly available to reduce the energy that goes to buildings drastically, nearly to zero … [Read more...]
Energy (and Other) Events Monthly – October 2022
**Conferences** Cambridge Science Festival Sunday, October 2 - Sunday, October 9 ———— HONK! Festival 2022 Friday, October 7, 3 PM – Sunday, October 9, 6 PM ———— Winter Is Coming: Europe’s Energy Crisis and What It Means … [Read more...]
Climate Preparedness Week, September 24-30
CREW [Communities Responding to Extreme Weather] Climate Preparedness Week Throughout the week of September 24th-30th, CREW will be hosting (or co-hosting) a variety of events that will spotlight the invisible effects of climate … [Read more...]
Insulate Britain Was a Bargain
Insulate Britain (https://insulatebritain.com) is an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion which demanded that the British government fund insulation for all public housing by 2025, and, by the end of 2021, the government must create a plan to … [Read more...]
City Agriculture – September 11, 2022
Sweden’s first carbon-positive district, Ljusekulla integrates agriculture throughout its 80 hectares https://www.skanska.se/en-us/about-skanska/sustainability/h22/ljusekulla/ hat tip: We Don’t Have Time … [Read more...]
Energy as a System, Systems as Synergy
MIT has designed a program which maximizes the production of wind farms by operating the wind farm as a system, not individual wind turbines. Reducing downwind turbulence within the whole wind farm can increase energy production by 1.2% to … [Read more...]
Studying 100% Renewable Energy Studies
the war that matters is the war against the imagination all other wars are subsumed in it. Diane di Prima, “Rant" On the History and Future of 100% Renewable Energy Systems Research (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9837910) is a … [Read more...]
Zero Net Energy – August 2022
Net zero energy city planned for Egypt, with plans to produce more energy AND food than it consumes https://urb.ae/projects/nexgensustainablecity/ https://inhabitat.com/first-climate-positive-net-zero-city-in-the-world/ Hotels With … [Read more...]
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