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“UC Davis PIET: Building a heuris8c interdisciplinary program focused on dissemina8ng energy technologies in developing world” March 25, 2010 NCIIA Dr. Kurt Kornbluth Director, PIET
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In 2008, the University of California, in partnership with NCIIA, created the Program for International Energy Technologies (PIET) in order to accelerate the dissemination of low cost, clean energy, energy efficient solutions into the market in developing countries. The main objectives of this initiative are to: build an on-going program that will educate and engage UC Davis students in energy-related issues in developing countries; bridge the current gap between the need and existing technologies by creating market-based, entrepreneurial dissemination strategies; and allow student teams to create an impact on partner communities. The program's founder, Kurt Kornbluth, will talk about the PIET approach as well as curricula, the challenges and successes in development of the program, and highlights the current projects.
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“UC Davis PIET: Building a heuris8c interdisciplinary program focused on dissemina8ng energy technologies in
developing world”
March 25, 2010 NCIIA
Dr. Kurt Kornbluth Director, PIET
Sponsors/Collaborators
• Good: Give a man a fish
• Good: Give a man a fish
• Be0er: Teach a man to fish
• Good: Give a man a fish
• Be0er: Teach a man to fish
• Unless: There’s No river
• Environmental – Pollu8on – Greenhouse gases – Life cycle analysis (LCA) – Habitat
• Social – Cultural – Stakeholders analysis – Development indicators
• Financial – Dissemina8on Strategy – Value Proposi8on – Carbon Credits
• Technical – Available Resources – Performance – Produc8on Cost
• D-‐Lab I Energy and Development: An overview
• D-‐Lab II Energy and Development: Design and Dissemina8on
• D-‐Lab III A hands-‐on approach to Energy Efficiency
• Charcoal from Agricultural Waste • Off-‐Grid ligh8ng • High Efficiency Irriga8on
• Aluminum Salt baTery
• Wind Belt
• Guatemala
• Nigeria • Nicaragua • Costa Rica
• Zambia
• Bangladesh • Hai8
http://piet.ucdavis.edu
“Some8mes you goTa get out of the library”
“We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.”
Thomas Edison December, 1879, Menlo Park
Replacing candles and Kerosene in Sub-‐Saharan Africa
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Feasibility Study: “Lighting the Way” Model for Nigeria
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The D-‐lab 8-‐Step program…
• Find a good home for your program • Build slow and strong • Make D-‐Lab a class and a place
• Make it your mission (others will follow)
• Find interna8onal partners nearby • Leverage your friends • Collabora8on not duplica8on • Constraints are good!
