Brewster McCracken - Pecan Street Project
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“Collaborations among business, government, entrepreneurial, and academic partners – all focusing to leverage local resources to compete in the global marketplace – is a most powerful strategy for 21 st century business creation, and also, therefore, for economic development.” George Kozmetsky Frederick Williams Victoria Williams Pecan Street Project Inc.
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June 15, 2011 Brewster McCracken's presentation from America’s Sustainable Future: How U.S. Cities Are Making Energy Work, an invitational conference of public-private partnership efforts from U.S. cities pursuing innovative energy management and smart grid initiatives. The assembled leaders in industry, research and policy-making will explore the diverse energy strategies emerging in Philadelphia and across the United States. “We’re really looking forward to both learning from the great examples set by other cities represented in the conference, and showing off the groundbreaking work happening right here in Philadelphia,” says Laurie Actman, Viridity Energy’s director of strategic partnerships and public policy. “With smart ideas and smart policy, we should be able to build support for smart grid projects and microgrids at the federal, state and local level.”"Energy technology is changing at such a rapid pace, it's crucial to examine who's doing it right in smart grid and microgrid projects all around the country," says Eugenie Birch, Penn IUR co-director. "With the right policy moves—which we'll be exploring at the conference—Philadelphia can be a national leader in energy innovation," noted Susan Wachter, Penn IUR co-director.
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“Collaborations among business, government, entrepreneurial, and academic partners – all focusing to leverage local resources to compete in the global marketplace – is a most powerful strategy for 21st century business creation, and also, therefore, for economic development.” George Kozmetsky
Frederick WilliamsVictoria WilliamsPecan Street Project Inc.
Things change
Two energy economies
Electricity Transportation
Percentage from petroleum:
0.6 percent
Percentage not from petroleum:
0.3 percent
Define the challenge
Challenges in electricity
Peak demand
Pollution impact
How customers use
electricity
Sometimes…lessis
more
No one can do
this alone
Energy grid
Building codes
Market dynamics
Research
Distribution utility
City gov’t
Tech company
University
Customer response
Economic development
Environmental progress
customerretailer
Tech-savvy NGO
Chamber, city
Creating dynamic economic sector
Create new companies
Innovate
Collaborate
•research university•private sector•public sector
•711 acre mixed use
•2 miles from Capitol
•All green-built
•world’s first LEED platinum hospital
•reclaimed water system•native landscaping
•25% affordable housing
•senior housing
•CHP gas microturbine
•Chilled water loop
MuellerCommunity
Lessons
Utilities should not lead…but should participateHas to be done through an independent organizationWork with volunteers
Values should drive missionFocus on customer products
The future?Look to telecom
Structure
Electric vehiclesHome Energy Mgmt Systems
Products
Apps accessing energy dataHealth care
Services
Solar (west aligned)Distributed batteries
Components
Distributed systems
Addendum
What we do
• Smart grid & clean energy R&D
• Industry standards – testing and evaluation
• Economic analysis• Pricing model
development and testing
Who weare
•Headquartered at UT
•7 employees
•$4 M budget • FY 2010-11
•501(c)(3)
•Spend more on UT researchers and grad students than on own salaries
Who weare
Board of directors
• University of Texas – 2 seats• Austin City Council• Austin Chamber of Commerce• Austin Energy• Environmental Defense Fund
