Speakers and Films
Past Speakers, 2008:
Building Green Seminar Series: "Meet the Future: The Zero-Net Energy Home"
Speaker-Dr. David Riley
Come see and learn about the future of residential housing, homes that create all of the energy that they use. It’s all in the design and materials, and it’s here now- the “MorningStar Pennsylvania”, Penn State University’s nationally award winning zero-net energy home. Designed to lead the way in energy efficiency while remaining affordable and durable, this house showcases renewable and responsible energy use. Join Dave Riley, lead faculty on this project, to walk through this home and learn about its technical and environmental features. Dr. Riley will highlight the direct connection between energy use, the economy, and our homes.
William Harrison, 2008-2009 ASHRAE President:
Energy, Food and Environment — ASHRAE's Global Challenges
This talk will address the need for global energy efficiency, alternative energy sources, energy efficiency in new buildings vs. energy conservation in existing buildings, challenges in developing meaningful building energy performance metrics, and energy's environmental impact.
Wondering How to Green Your Home?
Green Building and Energy Efficiency
for the Homeowner: The First Steps
with Liam Globle,
from Envinity
Green Design and Construction
“Whole System Thinking
and Radical Energy Efficiency.”
with
Amory Lovins,
Rocky Mountain Institute
Cofounder, Chairman, and Chief Scientist
April 29th at 5:00 p.m.
HUB-Robeson Auditorium
on the University Park Campus
Keynote speaker of the 2008
Colloquium on the Environment,
Sonsored by PSIEE , OPP’s Finance and
Business Environmental Stewardship Strategy and
The Center for Sustainability and Penn State Outreach
For more information visit: http://www.psiee.psu.edu/news/colloquium.asp
Here Comes the Sun: The Business Case for the Solar Energy
Reframing the Energy Policy Debate in PA and Beyond
Tuesday, April 8 from 7-9pm
22 Dieke Building
University Park Campus
with Dr. David Riley
Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering
Executive Director of the Center for Sustainability
And Distinguished Panelists:
Dr. Gerald I. Susman
Associate Dean for Research, The Robert & Judith Klein Professor of Management,
Director, Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change (CMTOC)
Dr. Susan Stewart
Research Associate, Energy Science and Power Systems Division, Applied Research Laboratory (ARL)
How do we prepare for the deregulation of the state’s electricity industry, respond to climate change, and reinvigorate our economy all at the same time? Are we preparing our students for leadership roles in the new global energy economy? What are the challenges must be overcome to enable clean energy sources to displace tradition fossil fuels? With a new administration about to tackle energy security, engaging local decision makers will be crucial to building an informed community of voters and consumers. Please join us for this timely discussion to explore how the energy policy debate must expand as we gain an understanding of solar energy and its potential in Pennsylvania and beyond.
"The ballooning interest in renewable energy at this point is like a gold rush," said Gerald Susman, forum panelist and Director of the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change. "Manufacturing facilities need to be built, new technologies developed, new supply chains formed, and workers trained and investors secured—the opportunities are almost endless from an economic standpoint."
This lecture is the third in a new series, Reframing Critical Public Policy Debates, sponsored by the Penn State Institute’s for the Environment and the Penn State Social Science Research Institute. These lectures are made possible through a partnership among the Departments of Political Science, Women’s Studies, and Geography, the Rock Ethics Institute, the Center for Sustainability and the Center for Policy Research on Energy, Environment, and Community Well Being.
Bio/background:
Dr. David Riley is a graduate of Penn State and a faculty member in the Department of Architectural Engineering and currently serves as Director of The Penn State Center for Sustainability, the American Indian Housing Initiative (AIHI), and the Partnership for Achieving Construction Excellence (PACE). In 2005 Dr. Riley received the President’s Award for Student Engagement at Penn State, and recently lead Penn State’s interdisciplinary effort in the 2007 Solar Decathlon competition. His research expertise includes green building methods, sustainable housing design, and models for sustainability education. His current efforts are focused on creating new ways to engage Penn State students in the Penn State’s Environmental Stewardship efforts, and the development of new hybrid solar energy systems for low income communities.
Dr. Gerald Susman is the Associate Dean for Research for the Smeal College of Business and the Robert and Judith Klein Professor of Management. He also is Director of the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change. He has been a consultant to many public and private organizations including the Office of Personnel Management, the National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life, and the U.S. Departments of Labor, Commerce, and State. He served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Technology and Innovation Management Division of the Academy of Management and served on the editorial boards of Management Science, International Journal of Human Factors in Manufacturing, and Managerial Psychology. He is the author of numerous books and monographs; his most recent publication is “Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Global Economy”, a comprehensive look at SMEs in the global marketplace. His current research interests include change management, new product/new service development, and supply chain network dynamics.
Dr. Susan Stewart is currently a research associate in the Energy Science and Power Systems Division of the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State University. She is working on developing a new business area for the Laboratory in alternative energy and has recently been a part of developing working groups across campus in areas of wind energy and energy efficiency research. Prior to joining ARL in March of 2007, she was a research engineer for the Strategic Energy Institute at Georgia Tech. In this position she focused on performing technology assessments of various alternative and conventional energy systems as well as strategic studies on energy system technology implementation and deployment. She participated in a two year study funded by Southern Company to assess the feasibility of offshore wind power for coastal Georgia. She received her PhD & MS in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2003 and 2001, respectively, and she obtained a BSME from Penn State University in 1999.
Wild Pennsylvania
Multimedia Presentation
Virtual Tour
of Our Beautiful Ecosystems
With wildlife photographer
Michael Gadomski
Tuesday, March 25
at 7PM
Community Room
Schlow Public Library
211 South Allen Street
State College
Sponsored by the Moshannon Group Sierra Club
Which renewable energy sources will be part of our future?
Post-Fossil-Carbon Energy Strategies:
Confronting the Bogeymen and Doing Some Math
Thursday, February 28th at 7pm
in 119 Osmond Building, University Park Campus
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With Dr. Richard Schuhmann
Post-Fossil-Carbon Energy Strategies: Confronting the Bogeymen and Doing Some Math
Are you prepared for regime change in Canada and Mexico in order to grow the corn we need to feed our cars? How about nuclear energy programs in every country in the world? Who are the bogeymen that are chasing us into our energy future?
Come join us for a lecture by Dr. Rick Schuhmann who will discuss the fears driving how many of us view our energy future, and provide an analysis of the capacity of alternative energy technologies to provide us with a new energy paradigm.
Dr. Schuhmann will discuss solar, wind, hydrogen, nuclear, and biomass energy sources and some of the latest economic policies associated with the development of these important alternatives. Learn about hidden costs, resource limitations and some of the numbers behind the current hype.
Dr. Schuhmann’s Bio:
Dr. Rick Schuhmann began teaching environmental engineering at Penn State University in 1998. Since 2005 he has been the Director of Penn State’s Engineering Leadership Program. He regularly consults with law firms and community groups on environmental issues. Schuhmann received a B.S. in Geology from the University of New Hampshire, an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Houston, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Penn State.
Before coming to Penn State, Schuhmann had a 10 year career working offshore New England and in the Gulf of Mexico, including marine geophysical surveying and oil and gas exploration and production operations.
Directions:
The Osmond Building (Lab) is Across from the HUB, on Pollock Road-
Campus Parking is available in the HUB Visitors parking lot, $1 an hour
Map of Osmond: http://www.our.psu.edu/soc_maps/osmond.html
Map of Penn State Campus http://www.campusmaps.psu.edu/explore/index.shtml
PAST Programs in 2007
Energy Auditing
for Your Home and Business
Free Lecture!
Thursday, November 15, 7:00pm
101 Thomas Building
University Park Campus
Learn about these Two Pennsylvania Programs
to Help You Save Energy and Money
West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund
PA Home Energy Program
with
Envinity Green Design and Construction
and the
PA Business Energy Auditing Program
with the
Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program
PENN TAP
PA Home Energy
is a new program that uses building science
to provide clear-cut energy solutions to homeowners. The program’s qualified energy experts provide customized advice and cost effective measures to maximize the performance of both existing and yet-to-be-built homes. The PA Home Energy program is currently being piloted in Allegheny Power’s 23-county service region and is providing financial rewards worth up to twice the cost of the consultation services once improvements are certified.
Envinity Green Design and Construction
is a green design-build firm located in State College PA and a member of the PA Home Energy expert network. Envinity’s nationally certified team includes both Home Energy Rating System (HERS) and Building Performance Institute (BPI) specialists. Envinity will summarize the art of home energy assessment, provide details on the new PA Home Energy Program, and answer questions most relevant to workshop participants.
The Pennsylvania Technical
Assistance Program(Penn TAP)
supports technology-based economic development
by helping Pennsylvania companies improve competitiveness by providing a limited amount of technology assistance to help resolve specific technical needs. Penn TAP has expanded its services to now include energy auditing for businesses.
Center for Sustainability and Engineers for a Sustainable World
Film Night:
The Next Industrial Revolution:
William McDonough, Michael Braungart
& the Birth of the Sustainable Economy
Wednesday, October 3 at 7pm
162 Willard Building
University Park Campus
The Next Industrial Revolution tells the story of the movement led by architect Bill Mc Donough and chemist Michael Braungart to bring together ecology and human design. Shot in Europe and the United States, the film explores how businesses are transformming themselves to work with nature and enhance profitability.
Narrated by Susan Sarandon
55 minutes
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Penn State American Indian Housing Initiative
Building the Montana MorningStar
Multimedia Presentation
Wednesday, October 24, 6pm -9pm
22 Deike Building
University Park Campus
Come and learn why YOU should take this class!
Find out the incredible project history
and experiences of the class
who designed and built the sister home
of the Penn State MorningStar residence
Montana MorningStar
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Stopping Global Warming Here at Home:
The State College Borough Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Mitigation Report
& the GHG Emissions Reduction Initiative
with Dr. Brent Yarnal and Howard Greenberg
from the Center for Integrated Regional Assessment
and Penn State GEOGRAPHY 493 Students
Thursday, November 1 at 7pm
State College Area Borough Building
Community Room
243 South Allen Street
State College
Penn State students this fall will begin a thorough evaluation of the greenhouse gas emissions produced in and by the borough. The project -- offered at virtually no cost to the borough government -- will estimate emissions by vehicles, homes, businesses and the government, supervised by geography professor Dr. Brent Yarnal. Estimates will also include the emissions generated elsewhere to provide the electricity and other utilities used here.
Come and learn what the students have discovered- and what we can all do to keep Happy Valley green.
Students from Penn State’s Centre County Community Energy Project service learning class will present a status report on State College Borough’s development of its Climate Protection Action Plan. The presentation will include discussion of:
- the Borough’s greenhouse gas inventory
- the targets and goals adopted by the Borough in its Climate Protection Community Declaration
- identification of the Borough’s emission reduction options
- future steps to be taken in this collaboration between Penn State and the Borough
Centre County Community Energy Project
Mitigation Report from 2004
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Pennsylvania Programs to Help You Save Energy and Money
Energy Auditing For Your Home and Business
West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund
PA Home Energy Program
with Envinity Green Design and Construction
AND
The Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (Penn TAP)
PA Business Energy Auditing Program
Thursday, November 15, 7:00pm
101 Thomas Building
University Park Campus
When it comes to effectively reducing home energy costs, the answers are not often straight forward.
The PA Home Energy is a new program that uses building science to provide clear-cut energy solutions to homeowners. The program’s qualified energy experts provide customized advice and cost effective measures to maximize the performance of both existing and yet-to-be-built homes. The PA Home Energy program is currently being piloted in Allegheny Power’s 23-county service region and is providing financial rewards worth up to twice the cost of the consultation services once improvements are certified.
Envinity Green Design and Construction is a green design-build firm located in State College PA and a member of the PA Home Energy expert network. Envinity’s nationally certified team includes both Home Energy Rating System (HERS) and Building Performance Institute (BPI) specialists. Envinity will summarize the art of home energy assessment, provide details on the new PA Home Energy Program, and answer questions most relevant to workshop participants.
The Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program PennTAP supports technology-based economic development by helping Pennsylvania companies improve competitiveness by providing a limited amount of technology assistance to help resolve specific technical needs.
During 2006 PennTAP
» Created/retained 1,090 jobs
» Provided $48,000,000 in economic impact
» Had a 99% approval rating
Services were provided in areas of:
-Environmental Issues
-Energy Assessments
-Occupational Safety & Health
-Recycling Market
-Information Technology
-Health Care Information
-Food Processing Industry
-Forest Products Industry
-Product Development & Commercialization
-Federal Technology Funding
Industrial & Commercial Energy Assessments
PennTAP provides energy assessments for industrial and commercial clients across the commonwealth. Energy assessments address an array of components which may include:
- Electric Power & Billing Review
- Tax Exempt Analysis
- Lighting
- Motors
- Compressed Air Systems
- Boiler & Steam Systems
- Building Envelop
- Space Heating
- Fan Systems
- Pumping Systems
- Process Cooling
- Cooling Towers
- Chillers
- Process Heating
Sustainable Technologies and Service:
Students Making a Difference
Wednesday, April 18th at 3pm
358 Willard Building
University Park Campus
With Dr. Thomas Colledge
Director, Penn State Community Service Engineering Certificate Program
Faculty Advisor, Engineers for a Sustainable World
Faculty Member, The School of Engineering Design, Technology and Professional Programs
Robert Cameron, Ph D Candidate,
Department of Horticulture
Director of Operations, CFS Ecological Systems Lab
Students from ENGR 497C:
Leadership and Innovation for Meeting 21st Century Water Resource Challenge http://www.eldm.psu.edu/news.htm
Robert Cameron, will introduce and explore:
The Environmental Journey to Sustainable Technologies: how did we get here, what are some of the sustainable technologies available today, and where do we go from here?
Dr. Thomas Colledge, will discuss innovation and opportunity in Engineering:
The Community Service Engineering Certificate Program and Engineers for a Sustainable World: A “learning community” on campus dedicated to facilitating a rigorous academic program of service learning, with a strong emphasis on sustainability and poverty alleviation.
The Students of ENGR 497C , Leadership and Innovation
for Meeting 21st Century Water Resource Challenge will inspire you with:
“Morocco: A Water Story:
A discussion about water as a unifying bond and our responsibilities as global citizens”
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Climate Change / Climate Justice:
The Role of Religion
Monday, April 30
6 to 7:30 p.m.
Memorial Lounge
of the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
Co-sponsored by the Rock Ethics Institute and the Center for Ethics and Religious Affairs.
The theme for this final panel is
"From Ethics to Action,"
moderated by Nancy Tuana, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Rock Ethics Institute.
Panels Guests Include:
Andy Lau, Associate Director,
Center for Sustainability
Bruce D. Martin, Director and Campus Minister of United Campus Ministries
Thomazine (Timmy) Shanahan, chaplain for the Episcopal Student Ministries
Malcolm Woollen, Instructor, Department of Architecture
Environmentally Rational
Transport Policy
for the 21st Century:
A Proposed Framework
Dr. Stanley Long
Wednesday, May 2, at 1:00 PM
in 127 Sackett
Dr. Long is an applied microeconomist with teaching and research interests in transportation economics and also in environmental economics
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Penn State Green Tour
Friday April 20 at 9am, Noon and 3pm
Beginning at the Forest Resources Building
Park Avenue, University Park Campus
Preregister for this FREE two hour CATA bus tour
Learn about applied environmental practices, educational
and research programs
and state-of-the-art facilities that are part of the initiative to "green" the Penn State Campus.
Sponsored by CATA, The Office of Physical Plant and the Center for Sustainability
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Ecological Systems Laboratory
and Solar Tracker
Open House
Wednesday April 18th
from 10am to 1pm
Center for Sustainability Site
Porter Road
University Park Campus
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Penn State Earth Day Celebration
Saturday April 21, NOON
HUB LAWN
Join CFS, The Solar Decathlon Team, & The Sustainability Coalition at EcoAction's
Penn State Earth Day Celebration.
Keynote Speaker Christine Ervin
3-4 pm on the HUB Lawn
• First President and CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council—home of LEED® and Greenbuild™
• U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy overseeing $1 billion in annual investments for clean energy
• Director of the innovative Oregon Dept. of Energy
The Center for Sustainability's
CFS Assoc. Director, Andy Lau, speaking at 12:30pm
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Sustainable Transportation Event
with Challenge X
Friday, April 20 from 4-7pm
Reber Parking Lot
next to Foundry Park
Hybrid & Hydrogen Research Center
Come learn about Penn State's Transportation Institute and their efforts to make your ride more sustainable.
Challenge X will have thier vehicles on display.
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Jeff Schmidt, Director
Pennsylvania Sierra Club
will address:
Action on Global Warming:
Making a Difference
in PA
Thursday, January 25, 2007
at 7:00pm
112 Kern Building
(near Nittany Lion Inn Parking Garage)
Sponsored by :
The Center for Sustainability
The Penn State Sustainability Coalition
The Moshannon Group Sierra Club
Jeff Schmidt, Director of the PA Sierra Club,
was hired by the Sierra Club in 1983,
making him the first full-time environmental lobbyist in Pennsylvania. Prior to his present position, he was an active Sierra Club volunteer, having served as vice chair of the state organization. Schmidt was previously employed as a systems analyst in industry, as well as having operated a small organic farm and environmental consulting business. He is a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, where he studied journalism.
Past Programs Fall Semester 2006
Petroleum: Fueling More Than Just Your Car
UnEARTHing the Hidden Costs & Linkages of our Petroleum Fueled Economy:
Implications in the Face of Peak Oil
Wednesday, September 13 at 6pm in 10 Sparks
by
Pamela Quigley
The world has consumed a trillion barrels of petroleum since the world’s first commercial oil well was drilled in Titusville, PA in 1859. Many world renowned geologists predict that there is about another trillion barrels in known and yet-to-be found conventional oil reserves. It took the world 150 years to consume the first trillion barrels. As the rate of consumption increases (due to the industrializations of China and India) we’ll likely burn through the rest in one-third that time. The physics of oil production renders the scene even scarier as production irreversibly declines as oil fields mature. Soon, it will be physically impossible to ‘open the taps’ to meet increased demand.
When that happens:
- prices of fuel, food, goods and services will increase dramatically
- political tensions will increase between those that have oil reserves (the Middle East) and those needing them (U.S. and China)
- we will have to learn to do without (i.e., conserve) since renewable energy sources are either not suitable substitutes for oil or can not fill the gap
Petroleum has enabled America’s prosperity. In this lecture, we will unearth the hidden costs and linkages of petroleum in the face of Peak Oil.
Pam Quigley's Bio:
Pamela Quigley graduated with honors with a BS degree in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from Penn State University. While at university she also completed the Master’s degree course requirements. Pam worked for 16 years as a reservoir engineer for British Petroleum.
Pam is a well and reservoir performance expert. In her career, Pam has worked all over the world, including supervising exploration well testing operations on the North Slope of Alaska (just outside ANWR), offshore North Sea, and offshore deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Her final assignment with BP was as a crystalline photovoltaic Product Line manager for BP Solar at their plant in Frederick, MD.
Pam left BP in 2003, and moved to Denver, Colorado where she is a solar energy advocate and speaker on Peak Oil. Pam serves as the Technical Advisor to the newly formed University of California Oil Forum.
Free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact Laura Silver at las361@psu.edu
Dr. Yappa begins Speaker Series by addressing
poverty through sustainability and awareness
Dr. Lakshman Yapa
Penn State Department of Geography
Director, “Rethinking Urban Poverty: The Philadelphia Field Project”
www.geog.psu.edu/phila
"The Role of Sustainability Principles
in Poverty Alleviation”
Tuesday evening, January 24, 2006 at 7pm
121 Sparks Building, University Park Campus
Strong Meets with Solar D Design Team; Strong's Talk draws nearly 300 to Speaker Series
Steven J. Strong
President, Solar Design Associates, Inc.
http://www.solardesign.com/
“Sunlight
is Life: The Path Toward a Sustainable Future”
Tuesday, February 7th at 7pm
121 Sparks Building, University Park Campus
Steven Strong, President of Solar Design Associates, Inc. internationally
renowned solar systems architect and engineer, designed and oversaw the
installation of three solar energy systems at the White House in Washington,
DC. in 2002. Most recently, Strong designed a new ‘solar skin’
for the US Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland which
was completed this past summer. The project was sponsored by the US State
Department and is the first foreign diplomatic mission or embassy to be
powered with solar, and serves as an excellent example of how solar electricity
can be both functional and aesthetically pleasing.
Steve in front of the Stuckeman Family Building,
University Park's new "Green" Building
Steve Maruszewski, PE.
Deputy Associate
Vice President for Penn State Physical Plant
“Greening
the Penn State Campus”
Tuesday, February 21st at 7pm
121 Sparks Building, University Park Campus
Dr. Joel Anstrom
Director, Hybrid and Hydrogen Vehicle Research Center
Director, DOE Graduate Automotive Technology Education (GATE) Center
at the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute.
“Automobiles
of the Future"
Tuesday, February 28th at 7pm
101 Chambers Building
Elizabeth Goreham
State College Borough Councilwoman
“Environmental Policy Initiatives
in Centre County”
Tuesday, March 21 at 7pm
121 Sparks Building, University Park Campusp
Paul Simpson, MD.
“Sustainable Community Design and
Health”
Tuesday, April 4 at 7pm
119 Osmond Building, Note NEW Location!
University Park Campus
With alarming increases in obesity and depression in America, is the design of our communities playing a major role? What are the costs of suburban sprawl living? Are there healthier alternatives?
Paul Simpson is a local Internal Medicine physician and past president
of the Centre Region Bicycle Coalition. He studies the effects of
inequality in social structure and transportation design on human health.
He
is currently focusing on ways in which community development creates
biases against those who do not drive automobiles as their primary means
of transportation and how changes in infrastructure design can promote
health by helping to eliminate those biases
ril talks
Penn State Center for Integrated Regional Assessment
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
“Centre County’s Energy Footprint”
With GEOG 497K &
Professor Howard Greenberg
Tuesday, April 11 at 7pm
121 Sparks Building, University Park Campus
include:CfS Site Tours | Speaker Series and Films |Green Tour of University Park |
Community Gardening Program