The CITRIS-LBNL-CIEE i4Energy Center focuses on the development of information technology systems that facilitate significant energy and cost savings.
Free and open to the public, the i4Energy Speaker Series is a weekly roundtable of lectures and discussions that highlight these research issues. All talks take place at noon on Fridays in 310 Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium on the UC Berkeley campus, unless otherwise indicated. All talks may be viewed on our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/citrisuc.
Web viewing at UC Davis: 1007 or 1065 Kemper Hall
Web viewing at UC Merced: SE1 100
Web viewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building, Room 506
JANUARY 27 Energy Savings with LEDsPaul Michael Petersen, Technical University of Denmark
Link to YouTube video
FEBRUARY 3 Tackling the Load from Hell: Cooling Efficiency Research at UC Davis WCEC
Mark Modera, UC Davis/WCEC
Link to YouTube video
FEBRUARY 10 Electric Grid Modernization: How You Can Help Make a Smarter Grid
Wendy al-Mukdad, California Public Utilities Commission
Link to YouTube video
FEBRUARY 17 Automated Demand Response to Enable the Integration of Renewable Resources
Dave Watson, LBNL
Link to YouTube video
FEBRUARY 24 Enabling Technologies For Residential Demand Response
Yusuf Ozturk, San Diego State University
Link to YouTube video
MARCH 2 Opportunities for Low-energy, Low-carbon Cloud Computing
Eric Masanet, LBNL
MARCH 9 Using Wireless Technology to Evaluate Building Performance
Tom Webster, UC Berkeley/Center for the Built Environment
Link to YouTube video
MARCH 16 Achieving UC Merced’s Triple Zero Commitment: Zero Net Energy, Zero Landfill Waste, and Zero Net Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2020
John Elliot, UC Merced
Link to YouTube video
MARCH 23 The Role of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage in California’s Energy Future
Elizabeth Burton, DOE West Coast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership
Link to YouTube video
MARCH 30 No seminar due to Spring Break
APRIL 6 Optimal Demand Response and Power Flow
Steven Low, Caltech
Link to YouTube video
APRIL 13 Optimizing Data Centers
Raju Pandey, UC Davis/SynapSense
Link to YouTube video
APRIL 20 Large-scale Renewable Energy Infrastructure Modeling: Application in Sustainable Bioenergy Systems Development
Bryan Jenkins, UC Davis
Link to YouTube video
APRIL 27 Renewable Energy Microgrid Testbed at NASA Ames Research Center
Link to YouTube video