 Hi, it is my pleasure to welcome you to this EGEE 102 energy conservation and environmental protection course My name is Sharma P. Shepati. I'm a professor of energy and mineral engineering in the department of energy and mineral engineering at Penn State First of all, I would like to congratulate you for making the right decision to take this class You may be an arts major. You may be a lawyer or you may become a business man We all have a dream of owning a good place to live in and drive a decent car like Porsche so It's very important to understand that a good life comes with energy consumption or energy usage so this course basically talks about how we can make our life more energy efficient and also More environmentally friendly. So how as an individual we can help the environment every American Household uses about ten thousand dollars worth of energy Either directly or indirectly By the goods that we buy and things like that. It may not be directly paying to the energy company So it's very important for all of us to be aware of this Material so our objectives basically in this course are to gain an understanding and appreciation for energy efficiency and how to basically select best appliances for our home and also We need to look at how we can save by doing these money and also translate that into Environmental benefit because every BTU that we don't use is benefiting the environment. So these are our three objectives I know you're all taking this class for a gen ed requirement three credits However, the material that we will be talking about is very useful in our lives I use this these principles after teaching for ten years to build a house about five years back and I cut down my energy consumption to about one third of what I used to use by using the exact same principles that We will be talking about in this course. So it is a very interesting Subject which is very useful to all of us. So without any further delay. Let's get started By the way, do not forget You can feel free to call me at any time on my cell phone number which is provided in the online materials and Let's get started