1MIT Energy Initiative Single organization to serve as a focal point for cross-disciplinary energy research and education at MIT Does not subsume all energy research and education at MIT Multidisciplinary, multi-faculty, multi-year, sustained research efforts Elements Research Ongoing major thrusts Seed Space Faculty recruiting Education MIT Campus Information source (internal – external) Seminars Web site …

2MIT Energy Initiative Robert Armstrong, Chemical Engineering, Associate Director Angela Belcher, Materials Science & Engineering and Biological Engineering John Deutch, Institute Professor (Chemistry) Leon Glicksman, Architecture and Mechanical Engineering Rebecca Henderson, Sloan School of Management Professor Paul Joskow, Economics Ernest Moniz, Physics, Director Emanuel Sachs, Mechanical Engineering Energy Council

3MIT Energy Initiative Major Themes of MITEI Improving today’s energy systems evolve today’s energy systems to higher efficiency, lower cost, less environmental impact,… closer to marketplace implies strong industry collaboration Science and technology for a clean energy future Enabling research to underpin critical breakthroughs basic research in university environment Energy systems for a rapidly developing world advanced developing countries drive many of the leading energy/environmental challenges less advanced developing economies offer opportunities for new energy development technologies/models

4MIT Energy Initiative Launching MITEI Four core focus areas: Research Education Campus energy management Outreach Gaining traction over the last six months

5MIT Energy Initiative MIT Campus Energy Initiative Lead by example/”walk the talk” Increase MIT campus energy efficiency and provide platform for research and education Take a leadership role in modeling institutional energy practices Comprehensive assessment of options for improvements Provided student fund for campus energy projects/RFP for initial projects

6MIT Energy Initiative MIT Campus Energy Initiative Task Force Theresa Stone and Leon Glicksman– co-chairs Engineering – Vladimir Bulovic Science - Bob Jaffe Humanities – Meg Jacobs Sloan – John Sterman Architecture – Chris Zegras, Les Norford Administration – Walt Henry, Bill Van Schalkwyk Alternates, Task force staff – Peter Cooper, Steve Lanou Provost’s office – Lorna Gibson IS&T – Laxmi Rao Students – Jason Jay, Ariel Esposito Dean for student life – Larry Benedict MIT staff members – Diana Daigle, Dick Fenner Sherwin Greenblatt

7MIT Energy Initiative MIT Campus Energy Initiative Increase MIT campus energy efficiency Retrofit of Existing Buildings Cost effective, Major efficiency improvements New Construction Best Practices Advanced technology Use Buildings as test beds for research, education

8MIT Energy Initiative Building and Energy Systems Intelligent Infrastructure + = Building Energy Efficiency, Sustainability Research Questions Small Scale Demos / Prototypes Design, Run, Evaluate Building-Scale Test Beds on MIT Campus Offices Dorms Labs