Correction -- Tomorrow's seminar is on "Quantifying the Transition to Low-Carbon Cities Associated with Technological Change"

[Elizabeth Patitsas]

Hi folks,

Apologies, but disregard my last email -- Margrit Eichler's talk is
the week after tomorrow. Tomorrow we have Eugene Mohareb from the
Department of Civil Engineering speaking on "Quantifying the
Transition to Low-Carbon Cities Associated with Technological Change".

Here's his abstract:

As cities begin to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions occurring
within their boundaries, the challenge in reducing absolute emissions
becomes apparent. One key component in the transition to low-carbon
cities will be the adoption of more energy efficient technologies,
especially in the building and transportation sectors. Using sigmoidal
diffusion curves representative of typical technology adoption,
projections of regional GHG emission reductions are made using the
Pathways to Urban Reductions in Greenhouse gas Emissions (PURGE)
model. These suggest that current strategies to reduce emissions will
not be sufficient to reach targets proposed by the IPCC's fourth
assessment report. More aggressive strategies are presented to suggest
what may be possible, based on approaches anticipated in prominent
literature sources.

Cheers,
Elizabeth