Electricity production & use in decarbonization scenarios
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Electricity production & use in decarbonization scenarios

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By Effective Environmentalism
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Mar 13, 2022 to Mar 13, 2022
Overview

This presentation will go over energy literacy, the electricity grid, building energy services, and challenges to full decarbonisation.

Matt is a researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory who uses building energy modelling to estimate electricity and natural gas end uses.

This presentation will go over basic and intermediate energy literacy, covering the electric grid, building energy services, and challenges in full decarbonisation scenarios. It will address common misconceptions around energy and electricity consumption, as well as barriers to full decarbonisation.

About Effective Environmentalism

The Effective Environmentalism community empowers people to engage in climate action in the most effective way possible. Whether by finding a climate-related career, engaging in climate policy advocacy, donating to effective charities, or being involved in movement building.

Effective Environmentalism is a sub-community of the Effective Altruism movement. Effective Altruism is changing the way we do good by using evidence and reasoning to determine the most effective ways to benefit the world. As part of the EA community, we care about having the most impact and being open to different ways of having an impact, because there are many pressing problems in the world.

This presentation will go over energy literacy, the electricity grid, building energy services, and challenges to full decarbonisation.

Matt is a researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory who uses building energy modelling to estimate electricity and natural gas end uses.

This presentation will go over basic and intermediate energy literacy, covering the electric grid, building energy services, and challenges in full decarbonisation scenarios. It will address common misconceptions around energy and electricity consumption, as well as barriers to full decarbonisation.

About Effective Environmentalism

The Effective Environmentalism community empowers people to engage in climate action in the most effective way possible. Whether by finding a climate-related career, engaging in climate policy advocacy, donating to effective charities, or being involved in movement building.

Effective Environmentalism is a sub-community of the Effective Altruism movement. Effective Altruism is changing the way we do good by using evidence and reasoning to determine the most effective ways to benefit the world. As part of the EA community, we care about having the most impact and being open to different ways of having an impact, because there are many pressing problems in the world.

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