The Energy Smart Communities Initiative – Knowledge Sharing Platform (ESCI-KSP)

Presented to the ESCI-KSP Workshop Kaohsiung, Taiwan

October 17, 2011

Eugenie L. BirchAlon Abramson

EWG 42 ESCI KSP Workshop Penn Institute for Urban Research

Announcement of Launch of ESCI in Nov 2010, Yokohama, Japan

What is KSP?

• A central repository for case studies and technologies related to Smart Transport, Buildings, Grids and Low Carbon Model Towns

• A tool designed to inspire collaborations between economies and between the public and private sectors

• A mechanism to mobilize the ESCI Action Networks

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Issues to be resolved at this workshop• Other content needed• Process for adding content• Access – public and private• Social media• Virtual conference capacity• Associated listserv • Other

EWG 42 ESCI KSP Workshop Penn Institute for Urban Research

Thank youEugenie L. Birch elbirch@upenn.edu

Alon Abramson alonabra@upenn.edu

EWG 42 ESCI KSP Workshop Penn Institute for Urban Research