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http://cleanenergytalk.com/ *

Europe Finds Clean Energy in Trash, but U.S. Lags: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/science/earth/13trash.html?hp=&pagewanted=all

wiki/Orion_Energy_Systems,_Inc. * www.oriones.com * wiki/Negawatt_power

www.danchiras.com * www.evergreeninstitute.com

 http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/thermoelectric.html
Waste-to-Energy Technology:  http://www.google.com/search?q=%E2%80%9CWaste+to+Energy+Technology%E2%80%9D&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=

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*MAN AND ENERGY A case for Sustainable Living through Renewable
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SCALE AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE FOR ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY
* Teaching Energy Literacy and Sustainability

Prof. Mudawar: https://engineering.purdue.edu/~mudawar/ >> Mudawar Thermal Systems

  https://www.ThermalFluidsCentral.org/

USDavis Energy Efficiency Center: http://eec.ucdavis.edu/index.php ; Alan Meier: http://eec1.ucdavis.edu/Members/akmeier

Alan Meier's homepage at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: http://eetd.lbl.gov/ea/akmeier/

Class Readings> http://eec1.ucdavis.edu/Members/akmeier/ttp-289a-004-energy-efficiency-understanding-the-other-side-of-the-meter-crn-64632/class-readings/

Up one level
Folk Quantification of Energy - Kempton et al.
 
NY Times: “Putting Energy Hogs on a Diet”
 
Course Mechanics
Details on how the course is operated and how to contact the instructor.
Popular Mechanics: Heat Recovery Ventilators
 
Exxon (Waddell): Impact of inflation pressure retention
 
How Guesses Become Facts
Anecdotes that will give you a healthy skepticism for the accuracy of data on the demand side.
Rugh artice on thermal comfort in cars
 
Why car batteries are dying young ( WSJ 2007)
Useful for problem set 5. An example of indirect >increases< in energy use.
McKinsey Report on reducing carbon dioxide emissions (2008)
Skim this report and familiarize yourself with the basic assumptions and conclusions (for problem set 5)
Description of rapid-chiller for beer and other beverages
Will this device make smaller refrigerators more attractive?
High-thermoelectric performance of nanostructured ... bismuth alloys
Just read the summary. Note similarities to question on problem set 2 and ability to extract work from heat reservoirs. Is this article signaling a breakthrough?
Kristin Heinemeier's presentation on Air Conditioning
 
Air conditioning background paper on evaporative cooling -- SWEEP
Recommended reading to reinforce presentation made by Kristin Heinemeier.
Learning from the Critics of Energy Conservation
An essay addressing several of the key criticisms of energy efficiency policies.
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