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EGN3. Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (3)

Lec 2 Hrs; Lab 3 Hrs
Lecture: Monday 3:00 – 4:50PM, MER8
Lab: Wednesday 3:00 – 5:50PM, MER8
Semesters offered: Fall 2012
Instructor: Dr. Melissa Hornstein
Syllabus

Textbooks:

Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air

Suggested reading:

Natural Capitalism by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and Hunter Lovins
Winning the Oil Endgame by Amory Lovins et al
Renewable Energy: Power for a Sustainable Future by Godfrey Boyle
Out of Gas by David Goodstein
Energy at the Crossroads: Global Perspectives and Uncertainties by Vaclav Smil
Energy: Physical, Environmental, and Social Impact by Gordon J. Aubrecht

An introduction to engineering through green, renewable, sustainable, and environmental technology. The course will focus on renewable and alternative energy sources, including solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and fuel cells. Technological opportunities for improving end-use energy efficiency.

Week	Date	Class material*	Homework (due at following lecture)**
1	Monday, August 20, 2012	Review of syllabus Introduction to energy efficiency and renewable energy	Update email address on PAWS Acquire a copy of each textbook and a lab notebook. Read Lovins Chapter 1: Defossilizing Fuels Read MacKay Chapter 1: Motivations When you're finished, send me an email with your name stating that you read the chapters. Bring in your recent electric, gas, and/or oil bills so you can use real numbers for your household’s energy consumption for the carbon footprint lab.
	Wednesday, August 22, 2012	Pre-survey Review of journaling in a laboratory notebook Carbon footprint lab
2	Monday, August 27, 2012	Energy efficiency: transportation #1	Watch Stanford Energy Efficiency Lectures: Transportation Read Lovins Chapter 2: Transportation When you're finished, send me a brief email stating you completed your assignment, which includes your name, and a list of the chapters/videos you read/completed.
	Wednesday, August 29, 2012	Lab pre-questionnaire/Read Global Warming Greenhouse effect lab Lab post-questionnaire
3	Monday, September 3, 2012	No class - Labor Day
	Wednesday, September 5, 2012	Lab pre-questionnaire/Read hydrogen fuel cell handout Hydrogen fuel cell car lab Lab post-questionnaire
4	Monday, September 10, 2012	Energy efficiency: transportation #2	Read MacKay Chapter 3: Cars (2 pages) Read MacKay Chapter 5: Planes (2 pages) Read MacKay Chapter 20: Better transport (17 pages) Read MacKay Chapter A: Cars II (8 pages) Read MacKay Chapter C: Planes II (14 pages) When you're finished, send me a brief email stating you completed your assignment, which includes your name, and a list of the chapters you read.
	Wednesday, September 12, 2012	Energy efficiency (lightbulb) lab
5	Monday, September 17, 2012	Energy efficiency: buildings #1	Watch Stanford Energy Efficiency Lectures: Buildings Read Lovins Chapter 3: Buildings When you're finished, send me a brief email stating you completed your assignment, which includes your name, and a list of the chapters/videos you read/completed.
	Wednesday, September 19, 2012	Personal energy audit workshop Home energy audit handout	Personal energy audit report (hard copy) is due October 10 at the start of class.
6	Monday, September 24, 2012	Grade report Energy efficiency: buildings #2	Read MacKay Chapter 7: Heating and Cooling (4 pages) Read MacKay Chapter 9: Light (2 pages) Read MacKay Chapter 11: Gadgets (4 pages) Read MacKay Chapter 21: Smarter Heating (14 pages) Read MacKay Chapter 22: Efficient Electricity Use (2 pages) Read MacKay Chapter E: Heating (18 pages) When you're finished, send me a brief email stating you completed your assignment, which includes your name, and a list of the chapters you read.
	Wednesday, September 26, 2012	Solar pathfinder lab Lab pre-questionnaire Watch solar pathfinder videos Read handouts and look up the magnetic declination Cut out three sunpath diagrams Setup the pathfinder in the classroom Go outside and set up the solar pathfinder in three locations: a) Amphitheater, b) Sidewalk south of Merrill Hall, c) Sidewalk north of Merrill Hall Solar pathfinder lab Lab post-questionnaire	Before the lab, read How the Solar Pathfinder works, the Solar Pathfinder manual, and watch the Solar Pathfinder videos: description and overview.
7	Monday, October 1, 2012	Energy efficiency: industry	Watch Stanford Energy Efficiency Lectures: Industry Read Lovins Chapter 4: Industry When you're finished, send me a brief email stating you completed your assignment, which includes your name, and a list of the chapters/videos you read/completed.
	Wednesday, October 3, 2012	Thermoelectric effect lab Lab pre-questionnaire Read handout Discussion of Seebeck and Peltier effects Watch UCSC lab videos Thermoelectric effect lab Lab post-questionnaire
8	Monday, October 8, 2012	Energy efficiency: electricity	Read Lovins Chapter 5: Electricity When you're finished, send me a brief email stating you completed your assignment, which includes your name, and a list of the chapters you completed. Come to lab prepared with at least ONE idea for a plan on integrating sustainability and energy efficiency into your community or at Hartnell that you are passionate about!
	Wednesday, October 10, 2012	Group project proposal workshop Example final proposal #1 Example final proposal #2	Personal energy audit due at the start of class. Return Kill-a-Watt meter.
9	Monday, October 15, 2012	Product Life Cycle Analysis/Assessment	Read MacKay Chapter 15: Stuff Read MacKay Chapter H: Stuff II Bring in an empty commercial packaged product for the Packaging Lab on Wednesday (extra credit).
	Wednesday, October 17, 2012	Packaging lab	Read "Cradle-to-Cradle"
10	Monday, October 22, 2012	Biomass	Read MacKay Chapter 6, pg. 42-44: Solar Read MacKay Chapter D: Solar II Chapter 23: Biomass Energy Unit 11: Biomass Resources and Technology
	Wednesday, October 24, 2012	Biofuels lab Lab pre-questionnaire Lab post-questionnaire
11	Monday, October 29, 2012	Wind	Read MacKay Chapter 4: Wind (3 pages) Read MacKay Chapter 10: Offshore Wind (4 pages) Read MacKay Chapter B: Wind II (6 pages)
	Wednesday, October 31, 2012	Wind turbine energy generation lab	Group project outline is due today.
12	Monday, November 5, 2012	Energy storage, fluctuations and intermittency, and the hydrogen economy	Read MacKay Chapter 26: Fluctuations and Storage
	Wednesday, November 7, 2012	Wind turbine site selection lab Guest speaker Ms. Tiffany Wise-West of UCSC Pre-lab questionnaire (paper) Wind tower demonstration (video) Excel spreadsheet Wind lab day 2 step 2 (video) Wind lab day 2 steps 3/4 (video) Wind lab day 2 step 5 (video) Wind lab day 2 step 7 (video) Wind lab day 2 steps 8-10 (video) Post-lab questionnaire (paper)
13	Monday, November 12, 2012	No class - Veteran's Day
	Wednesday, November 14, 2012	Solar concentrator lab Guest speaker Dr. Oxana Pantchenko of UCSC
14	Monday, November 19, 2012	Grade report Solar energy	Read MacKay Chapter 6: Solar Read MacKay Chapter D: Solar II Passive solar techniques of early times Large-scale solar energy projects Photoelectricity
	Wednesday, November 21, 2012	Flywheel laboratory experiment Pre-lab questionnaire Post-lab questionnaire
15	Monday, November 26, 2012	Hydroelectricity, geothermal, wave, and tide energy	Read MacKay Chapter 8: Hydroelectricity Read MacKay Chapter 16: Geothermal Read MacKay Chapter 12: Wave Read MacKay Chapter 14: Tide Read MacKay Chapter F: Waves II Read MacKay Chapter G: Tide II Group project rough draft is due today. By 3:00pm, you must turn in: one paper copy of almost final report per group one electronic copy of almost final report per group one electronic copy of Powerpoint presentation per group You will be peer-evaluated by this rubric on Wednesday.
	Wednesday, November 28, 2012	Peer-evaluation of group project presentations (rough version) Review of rough draft peer grading rubric Sign out iPads Water Recycling Cistern at Hartnell College Parking Garage doc ppt Passive House doc ppt Pocket House doc ppt Energy Efficiency Retrofit of Rancho Cielo doc ppt Carbon Sequestration and Mobile Solar Panels in Agricultural Fields doc ppt Sign in iPads
16	Monday, December 3, 2012	Economics of sustainability	Read "Sustainability economics: Where do we stand?"
	Wednesday, December 5, 2012	Hydroelectric laboratory experiment Pre-lab questionnaire Post-lab questionnaire
17	Monday, December 10, 2012	Energy predictions, Plan A, and Plan B	"A Plan to Keep Carbon in Check" by Robert H. Socolow and Stephen W. Pacala "Plan B for Energy" by Wayt Gibbs
	Wednesday, December 12, 2012	Group project workshop
18	Monday, December 17, 2012	No class - Final exam week
	Wednesday, December 19, 2012	No class - Final exam week
	Friday, December 21, 2012	Final exam: 3:00-6:00pm, MER8 Final project proposal is due. Final project presentation will be made of approx. 15 min. per group. By 2:50pm, you must turn in: one paper copy of final report per group one electronic copy of final report per group one electronic copy of Powerpoint presentation per group one self-peer evaluation form per person as many rough draft response sheets as needed to answer all questions. The final projects... Hartnell Water Conservation and Save a Tree Project doc ppt Passive House: An example for sustainable living at the Hartnell College Alisal Campus doc ppt The Pocket House: A Sustainable 12 x 12 x 16 ft home located at the Hartnell Alisal Campus doc ppt Rancho Cielo Renewable and Sustainable Energy Retrofitting Project doc ppt Water Recycling Cistern at Hartnell College Parking Garage doc ppt	Exit survey

*This is only a tentative schedule which is subject to change as time progresses.
**Homework will be assigned on the date of the lecture.