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The Pennsylvania State University Presents:
SYMPOSIUM AND WORKSHOP . FEB 3-4, 2017
INFORMATION
SPEAKERS
Joana Abreu
Behavior Scientist, Building Energy Management, Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems CSE
Kael Greco
Software Engineer, [Google] Sidewalk Labs
Cole Roberts
Associate Principle, Energy and Sustainability Practice, Arup
Talk abstracts
Joana Abreu
Understanding demand flexibility in households
The presentation will assess the importance of demand response, and will provide a review about different analytical and practice frameworks regarding demand response. We will discuss incentives and ways of implementation (economic, technology enabled behavioral, voluntary or automatic), in specific emergency scenarios. To finalize we will discuss the results of focus groups conducted in new Mexico and Michigan to assess the flexibility of everyday routines. This research is sponsored by an NSF grant CRISP Type 2: Revolution Through Innovation: A Controls Approach to Improve How Society Interacts with Electricity
Kael Greco
Confronting energy consumption through data-smart housing and mobility
The proliferation of new digital technologies—from real-time sensors and connected infrastructure, to high-resolution location services and advanced data modeling tools—present new ways of understanding and confronting our most pressing urban problems. There exists an incredible opportunity to reimagine cities as more efficient, equitable, dynamic and responsive systems, but what does this mean for energy consumption and environmental emissions? Specifically, how might data-driven advances in transportation and housing impact our net energy utilization?
Cole Roberts
A delusion of rational outcomes: psychology, energy infrastructure, and the not so smart city
We are offered a challenge. If we fall short, at best, we are at risk of not meeting our potential. At worst, we lose our civilization. We are working against our goals of energy efficiency and losing ground in performance despite gains in performance. It is becoming clear that the greatest opportunity for breaking out of the diminishing returns in building energy efficiency is to think beyond our rational models, beyond the current climate, beyond our own behavior, and with a keen eye toward the happiness objective of cities. In his talk, Cole will offer a model for the relationship between smart cities, trusting cities, wise cities, and happy cities. He will draw on insights from long term planning, psychology research, climate science, the optimum scale of systems. He will make the case that we are on the verge of great success, but only if synergy increasingly trumps efficiency.
program committee
Michael Bérubé - Director of Institute for the Arts and Humanities
Jose Duarte - Director of Stuckeman School for Design Computing
Lisa Iulo - Director of Energy Efficient Housing Research group
Loukas Kalisperis - Professor of the Department of Architecture
Mehrdad Hadighi - Head of Department of Architecture
Mina Rahimian - PhD Candidate, Stuckeman Center for Design Computing, Founder and Organizer of CEI2017
venue
Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Stuckeman Family Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA, 16802
schedule
9:45AM
Opening Remarks
By Penn State University President, Dr. Eric Barron
10:30AM
A delusion of rational outcomes: psychology,
energy infrastructure, and the not so smart city
Cole Roberts (Arup) - Moderator: Clarissa Ferreira
11:45AM
Introduction
Mina Rahimian, Director and Organizer of CEI2017
12:00PM
Confronting energy consumption through data-smart housing and mobility
Kael Greco ([Google] Sidewalk Labs) - Moderator: Shokofeh Darbari
1:00PM
Lunch
3:30PM
Coffee Break
5:00PM
Reception
3:45PM
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Moderated by Loukas Kalisperis
2:30PM
Understanding demand flexibility in households
Joana Abreu (Fraunhofer) - Moderator: Chris Hazel
9:15AM
Welcome
Mina Rahimian, Director and Organizer of CEI2017
Mehrdad Hadighi, Head of Department of Architecture
Michael Bérubé, Director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities
11:30AM
Break
2:15PM
Speaker Introduction
Lisa Iulo, Director of Energy Efficient Housing Research Group
10:15AM
Introduction
Jose Duarte, Director of Stuckeman Center for Design Computing (SCDC)
day2
schedule
8:30AM - Noon
Workshop (By Invitation Only)
Please contact us for application
Cities of the 21st century are facing radical changes and dynamic challenges. On one hand, our current ways of extracting, producing, and consuming energy have resulted in emitting greenhouse gases to the environment and have caused significant transformations in the climate. On the other, the Digital Technology Revolution has introduced ubiquitous connectivity and new technologies that are drastically transforming our lives and how we interact with the city. The Penn State Department of Architecture, Stuckeman Center for Design Computing (SCDC), and the Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH) have coordinated a multidisciplinary symposium and workshop as a venue to examine the unfavorable effects of these challenges, and introduce new possibilities to address our current urban energy problems.
The “City, Energy, Information” symposium will provide new insights on how the proliferation of data and novel urban experiments enable innovative technology-driven responses in governance, policy, economics, and the daily life interactions of citizens as an intellectual means to overcome wider energy issues in cities. Invited scholars and practitioners will propose strategies for cities to empower and engage local stakeholders, rethink economic solutions and governance models, and to develop a new manifesto for adopting technology and information as a tool towards an energy efficient future.
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