Climate change course free online

This week Michael Smith released a package of material for teaching sustainable development for engineers and IT professionals: Energy Transformed: Sustainable Energy Solutions For Climate Change Mitigation. This was sponsored by CSIRO. The material is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate engineers, computer people, architects and policy makers:

• Module A: Understanding, Identifying and Implementing Energy Efficiency Opportunities for Industrial/Commercial Users – By Technology
  • Lecture 1.1: Achieving a 60 percent Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050
  • Lecture 1.2: Carbon Down, Profits Up – Multiple Benefits for Australia of Energy Efficiency
  • Lecture 1.3: Integrated Approaches to Energy Efficiency and Low Carbon Technologies
  • Lecture 1.4: A Whole Systems Approach to Energy Efficiency in New and Existing Systems
  • Lecture 2.1: The Importance and Benefits of a Front-Loaded Design Process
  • Lecture 2.2: Opportunities for Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings
  • Lecture 2.3: Opportunities for improving the Efficiency of HVAC Systems
  • Lecture 3.1: Opportunities for Improving the Efficiency of Motor Systems
  • Lecture 3.2: Opportunities for Improving the Efficiency of Boiler and Steam Distribution Systems
  • Lecture 3.3: Energy Efficiency Improvements available through Co-Generation
• Module B: Understanding, Identifying and Implementing Energy Efficiency Opportunities for Industrial/Commercial Users – By Sector
  • Lecture 4.1: What Factors are Causing Rising Peak and Base Load Electricity Demand in Australia?
  • Lecture 4.2: Demand Management Approaches to Reduce Rising ‘Peak Load’ Electricity Demand
  • Lecture 4.3: Demand Management Approaches to Reduce Rising ‘Base Load’ Electricity Demand
  • Lecture 4.4: Making Energy Efficiency Opportunities a Win-Win for Customers and the Utility: Decoupling Energy Utility Profits from Electricity Sales
  • Lecture 5.1: Demand Management Approaches to Reduce Rising ‘Peak Load’ Demand
  • Lecture 5.2: Opportunities for Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing Industries
  • Lecture 5.3: Opportunities for Energy Efficiency in the IT Industry and Services Sector
  • Lecture 6.1: Opportunities for Energy Efficiency in the Tourism and Hospitality Sectors
  • Lecture 6.2: Opportunities for Energy Efficiency in the Food Processing and Retail Sector
  • Lecture 6.3: Opportunities for Energy Efficiency in the Fast Food Industry
• Module C: Integrated Approaches to Energy Efficiency and Low Emissions Electricity, Transport and Distributed Energy
  • Lecture 7.1: Opportunities and Technologies to Produce Low Emission Electricity from Fossil Fuels
  • Lecture 7.2: Can Renewable Energy Supply Peak Electricity Demand?
  • Lecture 7.3: Can Renewable Energy Supply Base Electricity Demand?
  • Lecture 7.4: Hidden Benefits of Distributed Generation to Supply Base Electricity Demand
  • Lecture 8.1: Designing a Sustainable Transport Future
  • Lecture 8.2: Integrated Approaches to Energy Efficiency and Alternative Transport Fuels – Passenger Vehicles
  • Lecture 8.3: Integrated Approaches to Energy Efficiency and Alternative Transport Fuels - Trucking
  • Lecture 9.1: Residential Building Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Opportunities: Towards a Climate-Neutral Home
  • Lecture 9.2: Commercial Building Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Opportunities: Towards Climate-Neutral Commercial Buildings
  • Lecture 9.3: Beyond Energy Efficiency and Distribute Energy: Options to offset emissions