The Case "Against" the Smart Grid

Bruce Nordman [Energy Analysis Department, LBNL]
Abstract:

Amid all the current cheerleading around the "Smart Grid", there is a lack of critical thinking about the design choices underlying the dominant paradigms being put forward, and how current efforts do or don't relate to any long-term strategy we have. In addition, in the past decades we have learned a great deal about how to design
and architect networks, how they evolve, how they have collided with energy use, and how they work in practice. This talk will explore some of these topics, and suggest a path forward that could result in significantly more energy savings than our present one.

Biography:
Bruce has been at LBNL since 1986 studying buildings energy use, focusing on electronics most of that time, and on networks for the last 10 years. His research on behalf of Energy Star and the California Energy Commission involves test procedure, energy efficiency requirements, technology analysis and standards development for IEEE, IEC, and other standards organizations. He has degrees in Architecture and Energy & Resources from UC Berkeley.

Category:

Science & Technology

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[eswyatt]

Still, though I HATE powerpoint, the video gets 5 stars from me. He dares to take on the leftist religion that centralisied decision-making can meet the public needs though there is no evidence for it, and in fact all the historical evidence says otherwise.

[eswyatt]

Yeah, that's the answer when you have too many power-point slides; you get rid of some of them, you just lecture faster!