Course Details
Sustainable Energy
3 Mar 2014
Personal Interest
Other
Victoria University Community Continuing Education
This course is only offered in Wellington
Part Time
12 weeks, Mon and Thu 8:30 AM - 11:20 AM
12 weeks, Mon and Thu 8:30 AM - 11:20 AM
$895.00
Early Bird 10% Discount Fee available until 28 days prior to the course start date $805.50 excl GST
Early Bird 10% Discount Fee available until 28 days prior to the course start date $805.50 excl GST
Overview:
This interdisciplinary course surveys energy technologies, resources, economics, environmental impacts, and public policies, with an emphasis on renewable energy and energy efficiency for the power, transport, and building sectors. Comparative assessments among clean energy technologies and conventional fossil fuel technologies lead to analysis of policy options at local, national, and international levels. Options for long-term sustainable energy futures for New Zealand and globally are discussed.
This course is offered as both a non-assessed professional development course (non-credit) and a 500-level special topic paper (http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sgees/courses/ENVI-529.aspx)
Who should attend:
This course is for professionals and anyone interested in Sustainable Energy. This includes: environmental and resource planning and management, energy sector, engineering, policy makers, architecture and building, local and regional government, and consultants.
There are no course prerequisites.
Learning objectives:
The course is intended to provide a broad overview of sustainable energy concepts and issues. By the completion of the course, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of:
•key concepts in understanding energy technology, economics, environmental impacts and policy
•how to evaluate and compare renewable and fossil-fuel-based supply technologies and energy-efficiency options
•the need for public policy and different perspectives on policy solutions, both in New Zealand and internationally
•how to think realistically about sustainable energy futures.
Course outline:
1.Course introduction. Energy's role in social, economic, and sustainable development. Conventional energy technologies and resources. Oil, gas, coal, electric power, vehicle fuels. Energy units and conversion efficiencies.
2.Renewable energy technologies for buildings (including heating/cooling), power generation, transport, and agriculture. Advanced technologies including clean coal, energy storage, and smart grids. Energy units and conversions continued.
3.Energy efficiency and advanced vehicle technologies. Indicators of energy intensity and efficiency. Efficiency in industry, buildings, appliances, and vehicles. Hybrid and electric vehicles. Energy units and conversions continued.
4.Environmental comparisons and climate change impacts. Environmental impacts and comparisons across a range of energy supply technologies. Human health impacts. Environmental assessment chains.
5.Economic analysis and comparisons. Life cycle analysis, financial analysis, cost of conserved energy, and externalities. Cost assessment of supply technologies vs. energy-efficiency.
6.Economic analysis and comparisons (continued) and justifications for public policy intervention. Learning curves and cost trends. Market failures and barriers, subsidy justifications.
7.Policy options. Emissions limits and fees, incentives for energy efficiency, demand-side management, electric utility regulation and restructuring, other tax and incentive policies.
8.Policy options (continued). Renewable energy policies, including feed-in tariffs, portfolio standards, targets, tax incentives, and biofuels mandates. International policies for climate change and energy security. Local policies.
9.Sustainable energy futures. Global scenarios, promising technologies, and development pathways. Clean coal and carbon sequestration. Electric vehicles, energy storage, distributed generation, and smart grids.
10.New Zealand’s sustainable energy future. What mix of technologies and policies is possible or desirable? New Zealand’s energy strategy to 2050. Consideration of transport, buildings, and bulk power generation.
Course format and timetable:
This course is offered as both a non-assessed professional development course (non-credit) and a 500-level special topic paper (15pt credit) (http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sgees/courses/ENVI-529.aspx).
It is a small lecture format with opportunities for interaction and discussions.
Course is scheduled to run for 12 weeks starting on Monday 3 March 2014, 8.30am-11.20pm (24 classes). Lectures take place at Pipitea campus (downtown).
Further details:
If you would like more information about this programme, please contact us on:
Ph: 64 4 463 6556 Email: profdev@vuw.ac.nz
Customised workshops:
Victoria Professional and Executive Development are able to customise many of our workshops to meet specific individual or organisational requirements. Please contact us for further information.
This interdisciplinary course surveys energy technologies, resources, economics, environmental impacts, and public policies, with an emphasis on renewable energy and energy efficiency for the power, transport, and building sectors. Comparative assessments among clean energy technologies and conventional fossil fuel technologies lead to analysis of policy options at local, national, and international levels. Options for long-term sustainable energy futures for New Zealand and globally are discussed.
This course is offered as both a non-assessed professional development course (non-credit) and a 500-level special topic paper (http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sgees/courses/ENVI-529.aspx)
Who should attend:
This course is for professionals and anyone interested in Sustainable Energy. This includes: environmental and resource planning and management, energy sector, engineering, policy makers, architecture and building, local and regional government, and consultants.
There are no course prerequisites.
Learning objectives:
The course is intended to provide a broad overview of sustainable energy concepts and issues. By the completion of the course, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of:
•key concepts in understanding energy technology, economics, environmental impacts and policy
•how to evaluate and compare renewable and fossil-fuel-based supply technologies and energy-efficiency options
•the need for public policy and different perspectives on policy solutions, both in New Zealand and internationally
•how to think realistically about sustainable energy futures.
Course outline:
1.Course introduction. Energy's role in social, economic, and sustainable development. Conventional energy technologies and resources. Oil, gas, coal, electric power, vehicle fuels. Energy units and conversion efficiencies.
2.Renewable energy technologies for buildings (including heating/cooling), power generation, transport, and agriculture. Advanced technologies including clean coal, energy storage, and smart grids. Energy units and conversions continued.
3.Energy efficiency and advanced vehicle technologies. Indicators of energy intensity and efficiency. Efficiency in industry, buildings, appliances, and vehicles. Hybrid and electric vehicles. Energy units and conversions continued.
4.Environmental comparisons and climate change impacts. Environmental impacts and comparisons across a range of energy supply technologies. Human health impacts. Environmental assessment chains.
5.Economic analysis and comparisons. Life cycle analysis, financial analysis, cost of conserved energy, and externalities. Cost assessment of supply technologies vs. energy-efficiency.
6.Economic analysis and comparisons (continued) and justifications for public policy intervention. Learning curves and cost trends. Market failures and barriers, subsidy justifications.
7.Policy options. Emissions limits and fees, incentives for energy efficiency, demand-side management, electric utility regulation and restructuring, other tax and incentive policies.
8.Policy options (continued). Renewable energy policies, including feed-in tariffs, portfolio standards, targets, tax incentives, and biofuels mandates. International policies for climate change and energy security. Local policies.
9.Sustainable energy futures. Global scenarios, promising technologies, and development pathways. Clean coal and carbon sequestration. Electric vehicles, energy storage, distributed generation, and smart grids.
10.New Zealand’s sustainable energy future. What mix of technologies and policies is possible or desirable? New Zealand’s energy strategy to 2050. Consideration of transport, buildings, and bulk power generation.
Course format and timetable:
This course is offered as both a non-assessed professional development course (non-credit) and a 500-level special topic paper (15pt credit) (http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sgees/courses/ENVI-529.aspx).
It is a small lecture format with opportunities for interaction and discussions.
Course is scheduled to run for 12 weeks starting on Monday 3 March 2014, 8.30am-11.20pm (24 classes). Lectures take place at Pipitea campus (downtown).
Further details:
If you would like more information about this programme, please contact us on:
Ph: 64 4 463 6556 Email: profdev@vuw.ac.nz
Customised workshops:
Victoria Professional and Executive Development are able to customise many of our workshops to meet specific individual or organisational requirements. Please contact us for further information.
Presenter:
Dr. Eric Martinot resides in Tokyo as a senior research director with the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP). He is also a senior visiting scholar at Tsinghua University in Beijing, where he teaches annually on clean energy, and an adjunct professor at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, where he also teaches annually. He maintains an affiliation as research fellow with the Worldwatch Institute in Washington DC, and serves in several other roles including chair of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE), editorial board member of the journal Energy Policy, and advisor to a number of international organisations. He is perhaps best known as research director (2005-2008) and lead author (2005-2010) of the widely-read REN21 Renewables Global Status Report, produced annually since 2005 in collaboration with a global network of researchers that he first established. More information http://www.martinot.info/
Dr. Eric Martinot resides in Tokyo as a senior research director with the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP). He is also a senior visiting scholar at Tsinghua University in Beijing, where he teaches annually on clean energy, and an adjunct professor at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, where he also teaches annually. He maintains an affiliation as research fellow with the Worldwatch Institute in Washington DC, and serves in several other roles including chair of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE), editorial board member of the journal Energy Policy, and advisor to a number of international organisations. He is perhaps best known as research director (2005-2008) and lead author (2005-2010) of the widely-read REN21 Renewables Global Status Report, produced annually since 2005 in collaboration with a global network of researchers that he first established. More information http://www.martinot.info/