Smart Grid Community Event Monday 11/25 5pm Clark University, Tilton Hall

[Jennie Stephens]

Dear WOHEC Colleagues,

See information below about a Smart Grid community event at Clark University next Monday evening 5:00-6:30 in Tilton Hall on the Clark University campus.

Jennie

Jennie C. Stephens PhD
Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy
Clark University
950 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01610, USA
(508) 793-8846  
http://wordpress.clarku.edu/jstephens/

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What is "Smart Grid" and Why Should We Care?  A Community Event
Clark University
Monday November 25, 2013 5:00-6:30pm
Tilton Hall

Come learn about changing electricity systems in Worcester and beyond. This free community event welcomes the Worcester and Clark communities to explore why we should care about electricity system changes and smart grid development. The need for community awareness of and engagement with energy systems is growing as we are increasingly dependent on electricity for basic needs. Innovations in electricity systems are needed to increase reliance and efficiency and to reduce environmental impacts of energy, but like all new technologies, unintended adverse impacts are possible. Investments to improve electricity systems have become a societal priority, yet concerns related to costs, privacy, security, health, and safety have emerged.  Worcester is the location of National Grid's Smart Energy Solutions program which is a smart grid pilot, so residents of Worcester and other communities in the region are welcome to attend this session to learn more about emerging developments and debate about smart grid.  

The purpose of the event is to create a space for community conversation. Professor Tim Downs will facilitate the dialogue. Dr. Downs is Associate Professor of Environmental Science & Policy, and a member of the Difficult Dialogue Leadership Team.

 

Additional Clark professors include:

Chuck Agosta, Professor of Physics

Rob Goble, Research Professor at the Marsh Institute

Gil Pontius, Professor of Geography

Jennie Stephens, Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy

This event is sponsored by the Clark University Environmental Sustainability Task Force, the Mosakowski Institute, the Marsh Institute, and Clark's Difficult Dialogues Initiative.