Green Technology

The Economy for the Future

Dr. William Kao
May 15, 2012
Empowering Global Economy Through Technology
Agenda
What is Green/Clean Technology
- Renewable Energy ( 7 kinds)
- Energy Storage Methods (Batteries, Utility
Scale)
- Smart Grid (T&D), Sensor Networks, Smart
Cities
- Green Building (LEED, LED, Biomimicry)
- Green Transportation (EV, HSR)
- Clean Air, Water
Green Economy: Career and Jobs
Summary and Conclusion
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What is Clean Technology?
Clean Technology is a diverse range of
products, services, and processes that harness
renewable materials and energy sources, dramatically
reduce the use of natural resources, and cut or
eliminate emissions and wastes.
Clean Technology includes the renewable energy,
energy intelligence and efficiency, smart grid, green
transportation (electric vehicles, HSR) energy
storage, advanced batteries, green buildings, lighting,
and water, air filtration,
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Renewable Energy (7 kinds)
Solar
Wind
Biomass, Biofuel
Hydroelectric
Wave
Tidal
Geothermal
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Clean / Green Technology
Green Building
Energy T&D: Smart Grid
Green Transportation (EV, PHEV)
Energy Storage
HSR
LED: Energy Efficiency
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Clean Technology (continued)
Air pollution
Oil spills
Waste water
Water treatment, desalination (RO)
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Can group Clean Tech opportunity set
into eleven segments
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Smart Grid (Energy Transmission & Distribution)
Smart Grid is a transformed electricity transmission and distribution network or "grid"
that uses robust two-way communications, advanced sensors/meters, and distributed
computers to improve the efficiency, reliability and safety of power delivery and use.
Think of a Smart Grid as an "internet routing network for Electricity, instead of for
Data.
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Ubiquitous, Everywhere
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HAN : Sensors in a Home
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Application of WSN to Smart Cities
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Green Building
ZEB
Biomimicry
LED lighting
Green Building
Leadership in Energy &
Environmental Design
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LED ,CFLs, and Incandescent Lights compared
Energy Efficiency Energy Usage
Environmental Impacts Durability
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CNG: Compressed Natural Gas LPG: Liquefied Petroleum Gas
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The paradigm shift in transportation, from ICE
vehicles to advanced electric-drive vehicles
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LMID: Labor Market Information Division
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Clean Technology Economy
The clean-energy sector is delivering new job and economic
opportunities, as it moves from a once-marginalized niche to an
increasingly cost-competitive, mainstream offering.
Green-job naysayers often question the validity of green jobs,
stating that theres no clear definition for what constitutes a
green job and that any new jobs in clean tech simply displace
jobs from other sectors, creating no new net jobs.
But clean-tech jobs are not amorphous as these critics claim,
and instead represent some of the most dynamic sectors in the
technology landscape, including electric vehicles (cars, trucks,
and rail), energy storage, green-building materials,
advanced lighting, solar power, wind energy, and the smart
grid.
Green jobs can pay well and span the spectrum from green-
collar trade jobs to Ph.D.-level engineers.
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Clean Tech Economy
Money invested in clean energy, creates two to four jobs for
every one job created if the money were spent on fossil fuel
industries.
Many of these jobs cant be exported, as they are based
heavily on local jobs in installation, operations, and
maintenance.
CT Manufacturing is not Outsourced -Proof.
Industrial leaders in the U.S., China, South Korea, Germany,
Japan, and other nations, responding to this opportunity, are
now vying for clean-tech leadership and the jobs that come
with it.
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Summary and Conclusion
We covered what is Green Technology
Also talked about Green Economy
Smart Products, Smart Grid, Smart Homes,
Smart Cities
Green Career / Jobs
Importance of Sustainability
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For your attention
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California Polytechnic Institute
Contact for training seminars and courses in any aspect of
Green Technology
info@CalPT.com
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