From the Institute Director
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It is absolutely wonderful to see students and colleagues back on campus. I had missed everyone so much and feel lucky that the College is working so hard to keep all safe. This fall, we’ll continue to run our two regular event series — New Energy and the Dartmouth Energy Collaborative Energy Seminars — virtually. The Irving Institute staff are enjoying the opportunities to reconnect with our students, friends, and colleagues. We had a great time meeting so many new students during Orientation in the first part of September. And Dartmouth students are excited to engage with the energy and society challenges that face our world. I’ve also had the chance to meet and walk and talk with many of the new faculty members who have joined our community over the past two years — what a thrill to discover the wealth of creativity and enthusiasm they bring to the table. I’m looking forward to collaborating with them as well as reconnecting with all our old friends as we work to expand Dartmouth’s impact as a leader in energy and society. We look forward seeing you soon — around campus and in the new building next year! ~Elizabeth
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Erin Mayfield, Sustainable Systems Researcher, Joins Thayer School of Engineering Faculty
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Erin Mayfield has joined the Thayer School of Engineering faculty as the Hodgson Family Assistant Professor. As a sustainable systems researcher, Mayfield studies human-environmental-engineered system transitions in the context of climate change. Her multidisciplinary research—which draws on the fields of environmental engineering, data science, operations research, and policy—aims to develop computational tools to facilitate decision-making. Dr. Mayfield comes to Dartmouth from Princeton University where she was a post-doctoral researcher, working on, among other things, the Net Zero America project.
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Irving Institute Joins University Energy Institute Collaborative
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The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society has joined more than 150 university-based energy institutes around the country to form a first-of-its-kind partnership to address the critical challenges facing America's energy systems. The University Energy Institute Collaborative creates a national network of energy researchers and experts who will provide both localized and global experience in energy infrastructure, policy and climate research. The Collaborative is also working together to align training and educational objectives to support students as they prepare to manage future energy systems.
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Dartmouth Energy Collaborative Fall Series Kicks Off With a Look at Energy and Dartmouth's Built Environment
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A slide from Rosi Kerr's recent talk, "Dartmouth: Where We Are, Where We're Going" illustrating the evolution of Dartmouth's greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.
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With the completion of the new home of the Irving Institute for Energy and Society on the campus' West End on the horizon (anticipated opening in January 2022), the fall Dartmouth Energy Collaborative (DEC) Energy Seminar Series theme: "Building Sustainable, Resilient Futures: Perspectives on Buildings and Energy," is a timely area of focus. The connections between buildings and energy aren't just a campus concern, of course —the construction and operation of residential and commercial buildings represent about 40 percent of energy consumption in the US and globally. Therefore, how we build, where we build, and how we operate our homes and commercial buildings are critical considerations in averting the worst effects of climate change. The fall series looks at buildings and energy from a variety of angles. While the kickoff session on Tuesday, September 21 stayed close to home, with Dartmouth Sustainability Director Rosi Kerr '98 exploring the past, present, and future of energy and the built environment on campus, our experiences as an energy system aren't specific to Hanover, New Hampshire. "I think of Dartmouth as kind of a microcosm of anywhere in the world," explained Kerr. "We have all the challenges that Mumbai, or Boston, or San Francisco have, just on a different scale."
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Student Energy: Dartmouth Energy Alliance Plans a Fall Filled with Activities
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Dartmouth Energy Alliance co-presidents (L-R) Nate Roe '23 and Max Holden '22 talk to students about opportunities to engage with the Irving Institute and the DEA club during New Student Orientation.
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The Dartmouth Energy Alliance, a club focused on the myriad ways Dartmouth undergraduates can engage with and explore potential career paths in energy, held its first meeting of fall term on Tuesday, September 21. The more than two dozen students in attendance learned about the club's plans for the fall and heard more about student opportunities to engage with the Irving Institute from Institute Academic Director Amanda Graham. Read more |
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Dartmouth Energy in the News
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In a recent Washington Post piece, Dartmouth Assistant Professor of Geography and Institute Affiliate Justin Mankin argues that we need to move away from a crisis-management posture and into adaptation —including a transition to renewables and a hardening of energy infrastructure — when addressing the ongoing drought in the American West. Read more
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A newly awarded $1.2 million, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will help fund the research of Dartmouth Engineering Professor Daniel Olson, who is investigating the use of biomass to produce next-generation fuels and chemicals. Read more |
Dartmouth Engineering PhD candidate and Irving Institute mini-grant recipient Prabhat Hegde has been named a finalist of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Net Zero Challenge. Hegde's team presented earlier this week at the organization's 65th General Conference. Read more
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Tuck Professor and Institute affiliate Anant Sundram explains the challenges of measuring scope three emissions in a recent Wall Street Journal article. Read more
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Tuesday, October 5 12:15-1:15 pm ET Higher Aspirations: Other College Campuses' Approaches to Sustainable Building Online Representatives from Georgia Tech, Princeton University, and Smith College join Dartmouth Sustainability Director Rosi Kerr to discuss how their campuses approach sustainable building and operations as part of the DEC fall energy seminar series. Learn more and register. |
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Wednesday, October 8
Local Energy Solutions Conference Grappone Center, Concord, NH Elizabeth Wilson, Irving Institute Director, will deliver the keynote address at the Local Energy Solutions Conference, an event hosted by Clean Energy NH and the LES Workgroup and geared toward local energy champions, policymakers, municipal officials, town staff, regulators, and industry representatives. Learn more and register. |
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Wednesday, October 13 12-1 p.m. ET Do Environmental Markets Cause Environmental Injustice? Evidence from California's Carbon Market Danae Hernández-Cortés, Assistant Professor at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, gives a talk on her recent research as part of the New Energy Series. Learn more and register |
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