Physics of Sustainable Energy:

Using Energy Efficiently and Producing It Renewably

Sponsored by APS–Forum on Physics & Society and AAPT

UC-Berkeley, Evans Hall, March 1-2, 2008

AIP Conference Proceedings Available, July 2008

AIP 25 and 135 are now available at http://www.aip.org, and later at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/

The Proceedings of the March 2008 short course will appear in July 2008

I.          Overview on Energy Issues (David Hafemeister, Cal Poly, Chair)

1.1       Science of Photons to Fuels (Steve Chu, LBNL) - PDF | PowerPoint

1.2       Energy End-Use Efficiency (Art Rosenfeld, CEC) - PDF | PowerPoint

1.3       US–China Energy Issues (Mark Levine, LBNL) - PDF | PowerPoint

1.4       Carbon Reduction Wedges (Jim  McMahon, LBL and Rob Socolow, Princeton) - PDF | PowerPoint

1.5       Science and Policy for Deep Cuts in Carbon Emissions (Dan Kammen, UCB) - PDF | PowerPoint

II.         Energy-Use in Buildings  and Industry  (Barbara Levi, Physics Today, Chair)

2.1       Buildings as Systems (Danny Harvey, U. Tronto) - PDF | PowerPoint

2.2       Physics of Buildings (David Hafemeister, CalPoly) - PDF | PowerPoint

2.3       Windows and Daylighting (Steve Selkowitz, LBNL) - PDF | PowerPoint

2.4       Appliance Designs and Standards (Jim McMahon, LBNL) - PDF | PowerPoint

2.5       Lighting, the white LED (Steve DenBaars, UCSB) - PDF | PowerPoint

2.6       Heating/Ventilation and Airconditioning (Craig Wray, LBNL) - PDF | PowerPoint

2.7       Industrial Use of Energy (Lynn Price, LBNL) - PDF | PowerPoint

Banquet, Art Rosenfeld, “A day in the life of an Energy Commissioner”

III.       Energy–use by Automobiles (Mark Levine, LBL, Chair)

3.1       The Race for 21st  Century Auto Fuels (Alex Farrell, UCB) - PDF

3.2       Safe Automobiles (Tom Wenzel-LBNL and Mark Ross, U. Michigan) - PDF

3.3       Plug in Electric Cars and the Grid (Mark Duvall, EPRI) - PDF | PowerPoint

3.4       Batteries for Electric Cars (Venkat Srinivassen, LBNL) - PDF

3.5       Hydrogen for Vehicles (Jan Herbst, GM) - PDF | PowerPoint

IV.       Electricity Production (Pete Schwartz, Cal Poly, Chair)

4.1       Solar Photovoltaics (Michael McGehee, Stanford) - PDF | PowerPoint

4.2       Concentrating Solar Power (Mark Mehos, NREL) - PDF | PowerPoint

4.3       Wind Power (Robert Thresher, NREL) - PDF | PowerPoint

4.4       Nuclear Power (Per Petersen, UC-Berkeley) - PDF | PowerPoint

4.5       Carbon Capture and Sequestration (Larry Myer, CEC) - PDF | PowerPoint

4.6       Electrical–Grid Energy Storage (Imre Gyuk, DOE) - PDF | PowerPoint