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SUMMARY:Implementation of System-Wide Reduced Carbon Emissions Solutions -
  Speaker to be confirmed
DTSTART:20110210T120000Z
DTEND:20110210T140000Z
UID:TALK29502@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:18154
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract*\n\nThis seminar will explore the options to signifi
 cantly reduce system-wide carbon emissions. Specifically\, carbon reductio
 n options in the built environment\, and throughout supply chains will be 
 discussed.The first two speakers will focus on financing mechanisms to imp
 rove energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions in buildings. Speakers 
 three and four will focus on supply chain wide carbon emissions options. S
 peaker three will present tools for consumer goods manufacturers\, and spe
 aker four will discuss practices in China.\n\n*Speakers*\n\n* Andrew Joyne
 r Fund analyst for Hines and Finance Advisor for the Clinton Foundation - 
 Energy Efficient Building Retrofit Group\n* Jenny Ya He PhD student\, Depa
 rtment of Engineering\, University of Cambridge\n* Nancy Bocken PhD studen
 t\, Department of Engineering\, University of Cambridge\n* Jialun Hu PhD s
 tudent\, Institute for Manufacturing\, University of Cambridge\n\n*Speaker
 s' Abstracts*\n\n*Andrew Joyner\, "Financing Energy Efficient Retrofits in
  the Built Environment"*\n\nBuildings consume more than one-third of the w
 orld's energy and\, in cities\, buildings can account for up to 80 percent
  of CO2 emissions. The built environment is therefore a critical part of t
 he climate change problem - and solution. Most existing buildings were not
  designed to be energy efficient\; but by retrofitting with modern technol
 ogies\, a typical building can realize significant energy savings. However
 \, building owners must make a large up-front capital investment to fund r
 etrofit projects. Energy efficient retrofit financings stretch out the pay
 ments for a retrofit over the functional life of the green technology\, cr
 eating cost neutrality for the borrower. Therefore retrofit finance repres
 ents a budget friendly way to empower property owners to invest in a clean
  energy future.\n\nBased on the experiences of The Clinton Foundation's En
 ergy Efficient Retrofit Team\, Andrew will discuss the financing models th
 at have met resistance\, highlight the key market barriers\, and shed ligh
 t on the emerging models that are currently gaining momentum in the US and
  the UK.\n\n*Jenny Ya He\, "Financing Energy-Efficient Lighting in Hotels"
 *\n\nThe research seeks to understand the barriers to energy efficiency re
 trofit in commercial buildings through investigating the financing of ener
 gy efficient lighting in hotels. Hotel establishments are used as an exemp
 lar of commercial sector buildings\, which embed complex organisational st
 ructure and contractual relationships for ownership and management. Lighti
 ng technologies are representations of cost-effective energy efficient tec
 hnologies\; their strong economic case will expose the financial barriers 
 and other factors hindering energy efficiency in the built environment. Fi
 nancing mechanisms are financial packages\, which overcome the financial\,
  social and human behavioural underpinnings of energy efficiency retrofit.
  The research lies at the interface of the implementation of new technolog
 ies\, energy efficiency finance and the organizational and operational con
 text of commercial buildings. The study aims to reveal and to shed light o
 n the processual and contextual intricacies of different financing mechani
 sms for energy efficiency.\n\n*Nancy Bocken\, "Identification and Evaluati
 on of Options to Reduce Supply Chain Wide Carbon Emissions Associated with
  Consumer Goods"*\n\nConsumer goods manufacturers aiming to reduce the env
 ironmental impact associated with their products are already pursuing incr
 emental changes\, but these have only small effects. One strategy to antic
 ipate more stepwise reductions throughout the product life cycle\, is to p
 repare a portfolio of innovations providing different levels of impact red
 uction in exchange for different levels of commitment. This research aims 
 to develop two tools to support this strategy. The first tool aims to faci
 litate the generation of radical product and process ideas giving step cha
 nge emissions reductions. The second tool aims to predict the environmenta
 l benefit of each innovative option against the difficulty of implementati
 on. Initial trials of the tool set suggest that it facilitates rapid devel
 opment and evaluation of eco-innovative options.\n\n*Jialun Hu\, "Low Carb
 on Supply Chain: Some Practices in China"*\n\nWhen the world is calling fo
 r low carbon emission industry revolution\, China\, contributing second la
 rgest emissions just listed behind the U.S.\, is also paying great attenti
 on to reduce GHG through different kinds of technology and innovations. Ha
 ving pressure from government policy\, MNCs and domestic companies are bot
 h transforming not only the production process but also their supply chain
 \, including product innovation\, transportation and customer use after sa
 les.This talk aims to give a glance at some of the recent decarbonization 
 practices in electronic and automotive industry of China.
LOCATION:CRASSH Seminar Room 17 Mill Lane
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