Energ ergy y Poli licy cy @Tech ch Kaye e Husbands nds Fealin ling , , Chair ir Marilyn rilyn A. Brow own , Regents’ Professor & Brook ok Byers Profes fessor or of Sustain inable ble Systems School of Public Policy Georgia Tech Advisory Board Meeting 28 September 2018
Disci cipl plin ines es of Fa Facul ulty ty in the Georgi gia a Te Tech Sc School l of Pu Public ic Po Policy cy 11. Management and 1. Business administration organizational theory 2. City and regional 12. Philosophy planning 13. Political science 3. Communications 14. Public affairs 4. Economics 15. Public management 5. Engineering 16. Public policy 6. Ethics 17. Science and technology 7. Geography studies 8. History and philosophy of 18. Sociology science 19. Telecommunications policy 9. Information systems 20. Theoretical high energy 10.Law physics
Complex ex Web of To Topics cs Defin ine Georgia Tech’s School of Public Policy 3
Te Technology hnology & Po Policy licy So Some Biomedical ethics Cybersecurity policy En Energy y & & enviro ironm nmen ental tal policy cy Data analytics Infrastructure & environmental sustainability
Ou Our Fa Faculty ulty in E&E Policy licy U.S. News and World Report rated the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy (SPP) 12 th in the nation in “Environmental Policy and Management” 5
Questio Qu stions ns How Georgia Tech can help create a fertile policy landscape to use better technologies? How humans interact with the built and natural environments? How clean energy solutions can be employed in households and industry, and improve regional economic development? Why are least-cost options not employed? Where are the most efficient allocations of clean tech investments? How to engage life-long learners in energy and environmental sustainability? 6
Ene nergy gy Pol olic icy: y: From om Lo Local al-to to-Globa lobal GT Campus: s: Walking ing the talk Assisting Atlanta’s Sustai tainabi nability ty Office Partnerin nering g acros oss Georgia Model eling ng E&E policies es across the Southe heas ast Data analyti tics to infor orm m nation onal al policy debates tes Macro-ec econ onomi omic modeling ng of global bal energy gy & climate mate 7 chang nge e policies es
Ge Georgia rgia Te Tech Bl Blending nding Research & Curriculum 8
Th The Living ving Bu Building ilding • The Kendeda eda Fund generously gave $30 million to fund the first Living Building in the Southeast – at Georgia Tech. • It embodies the philosophy of the Living Building Challenge – to change how humans interact with the built environment. How much PV is cost-effective? How can solutions be replicated 9 7 Petal Structure Alice Favero & Dan Matisoff
Teaching hing Su Susta tainab inability: ility: Pr Proposed osed Ne New De w Degree ee & Ce & Certifi tificat cate On- Ca Campus s and On-Lin Line CSEEM: Certificate of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Management 2 required classes: - -Sustainable Energy 1 SEEM elective OR 1 quantitative & Environmental methods class 1 policy and Management - management elective -Economics of Environmental Policy MSEEM: Master of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Management 3 SEEM Professional electives + Same 2 2 quantitative Paper to be required core methods completed in 1 policy and classes classes two 3-credit- management hour courses elective 10
Th The Greate ater r At Atlanta nta Ar Area As Assi sisting sting Atlanta’s Sustainability Office 11
SPP Has Enabled Atlanta’s Clean Energy Le Lead ader ership hip • Co-founded and hosted the launch of the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance. • Calculated the City’s first Carbon Footprint. • Modeled energy benchmarking, assisting with the first benchmarking ordinance the South. • Hosted the first public discussion of “100% renewables” and co-hosted three town hall meetings to discuss energy futures. • Helped bring sustainability funds to Atlanta (most recently the Bloomberg Foundation). • The Greenlink Group (a spinoff from SPP) modeled the 100% Clean Energy goal for the City. 12 Valerie Thomas & Marilyn Brown
rd Highest Atlanta’s Energy Burden is 3 rd est in the Nation on among ng Low Low-income ncome Househ seholds olds • Energy burden is emerging as a “material” issue for investor -owned utilities. • It influences the quality of life of our students in off-campus housing. • The challenge is to convert “shared values” into solutions. Atlanta Electricity Burden by Zip Code Data analytics combined with focus groups have help visualize and understand the problem. 13 Marilyn Brown, Beril Toktay, & Michael Oxman
Geo eorgia gia Co Collabo laborating rating on Smart Cities and Economic Development 14
Georgia Tech’s Smart Communities Challenge • To spur smart community development throughout GA • To position GA as a smart community leader • To build a workforce familiar with advanced technologies Randomized Policy Experiments • SPP developed tools for the GA Environmental Leadership Program. • SPP co-launched the Georgia Climate Project (with Emory and Randomized Smart Grid and Energy UGA). Controlled Efficiency Program Trials Evaluation 15 Debra Lam, Omar Asensio & Marilyn Brown
Who Win ins s and Who Loses s fro rom m Taxing ng The Southeast would lose wealth from a Ca Carbon? n? household “carbon dividend.” Answer: It depends on how the tax revenues are recycled. The Southeast’s carbon intensive economy would be saddled with high carbon taxes. Recycling tax revenues on a per capita basis would result in a transfer of wealth from the Southeast to the West and Northeast. Cutting taxes on wages would benefit Georgia’s cities. 16 The National Energy Modeling System Scott Ganz & Marilyn Brown
So South theast east USA SA Mo Mode deling ling Energy Costs, Use and Impacts 17
Indus ustrie ies s Need High Fi Fidelit lity y Data and Models ls • Lead the development of a governance framework for industrial data • Support up-skilling in the regional labor market 18 Jennifer Clark
Why hy Are e th the Lea e Least-Cost Cost Opt ptio ions ns Not ot Dep eplo loye yed? d? Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center 102 19 Marilyn Brown, Valerie Thomas, & Alice Favero
The e Nati tion on Communic unicating ating Policy Design and Implementation 20
Atlanta’s Emergence as a Warehousing Capital Electric urban delivery trucks: energy use, GHGs & Cost Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Energy, Emissions and Health Freight Electrification Civic Data Science and Machine Learning & Urban Sustainability Real-Time Intelligence in EV Infrastructure 21 Valerie Thomas, Omar Asensio, Mike Rodgers & Marilyn Brown
Va Valuing ng Non-mar arke ket t Costs ts & & Be Benefit fits s in En Energy • How do we include societal values when weighing multiple criteria in project decisions? • How flexible is the US hydropower system, given the context of intermittent renewables? 22 Emily Grubert
Gl Globe be Reac aching hing Collaborators, Stakeholders and Students Around the World 23
Climate Mitigation Will Cause Redistribution of Investments From fossil fuels to low-emission power & energy efficiency 2010 2010-2029 029 No. of Median Min Mean Max studies World Total electricity 5 126.3 16.5 104.1 205.2 generation Renewables 5 85.4 -3.2 86.0 175.6 Nuclear 5 31.6 27.7 43.1 66.8 Power plants with CCS 5 29.8 6.3 40.7 117.2 Total fossil power plants 5 -29.7 -165.8 -65.6 -2.1 Extraction of fossil fuels 5 -55.9 -368.9 -115.7 8.3 Energy efficiency 4 335.7 0.8 328.3 641.0 R&D in energy sector* 3 4.5 78.0 24 Emanuele Massetti
Th The Contes tested ted Role of Bi Bio-ene nergy gy in Carbon on Fu Future res • Using markets for bio-energy to sequester carbon in forests • Bio-energy with Carbon Capture and Storage and the role of negative emissions in future climate scenarios • Potential complementarity of forest carbon sequestration and bio-energy expansion 25 Alice Favero, Valerie Thomas & Marilyn Brown
Univ iver ersit ities ies Our E& E&E E Graduates ates Are Making Ar ng a Di Differ ference nce Govern rnmen ent Busine iness 26
Qu Questio stions ns How Georgia Tech can help create a fertile policy landscape to use better technologies? How humans interact with the built and natural environments? How clean energy solutions can be employed in households and industry, and improve regional economic development? Why are least-cost options not employed? Where are the most efficient allocations of clean tech investments? How to engage life-long learners in energy and environmental sustainability? 27
Thank ank yo you! u! khf@gatech.edu marilyn.brown@pubpolicy.gatech.edu
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