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“UC Davis PIET: Building a heuristic interdisciplinary program focused on disseminating energy technologies in developing world” March 25, 2010 NCIIA Dr. Kurt Kornbluth Director, PIET
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In 2008, the University of California, in partnership with NCIIA, created the Program for International Energy Technologies (PIET) in order to accelerate the dissemination of low cost, clean energy, energy efficient solutions into the market in developing countries. The main objectives of this initiative are to: build an on-going program that will educate and engage UC Davis students in energy-related issues in developing countries; bridge the current gap between the need and existing technologies by creating market-based, entrepreneurial dissemination strategies; and allow student teams to create an impact on partner communities. The program's founder, Kurt Kornbluth, will talk about the PIET approach as well as curricula, the challenges and successes in development of the program, and highlights the current projects.
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“UC Davis PIET: Building a heuristic interdisciplinary program focused on disseminating energy technologies in
developing world”
March 25, 2010NCIIA
Dr. Kurt KornbluthDirector, PIET
Sponsors/Collaborators
• Good: Give a man a fish
• Good: Give a man a fish• Better: Teach a man to fish
• Good: Give a man a fish• Better: Teach a man to fish• Unless: There’s No river
• Environmental– Pollution – Greenhouse gases– Life cycle analysis (LCA)– Habitat
• Social– Cultural– Stakeholders analysis– Development indicators
• Financial– Dissemination Strategy– Value Proposition– Carbon Credits
• Technical – Available Resources– Performance– Production Cost
• D-Lab I Energy and Development: An overview
• D-Lab II Energy and Development: Design and Dissemination
• D-Lab III A hands-on approach to Energy Efficiency
• Charcoal from Agricultural Waste• Off-Grid lighting• High Efficiency Irrigation• Aluminum Salt battery• Wind Belt
• Guatemala• Nigeria• Nicaragua• Costa Rica
• Zambia• Bangladesh• Haiti
http://piet.ucdavis.edu
“Sometimes you gotta get out of the library”
“We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.”
Thomas EdisonDecember, 1879, Menlo Park
Replacing candles and Kerosene in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Feasibility Study: “Lighting the Way”
Model for Nigeria
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Main Light Source by Income
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
$33 andLess
$34-66 $67-100 $101-133 $134 ormore
Income Group
Percent of Respondents
Candles
Electricity
Kerosene
The D-lab 8-Step program…
• Find a good home for your program• Build slow and strong• Make D-Lab a class and a place• Make it your mission (others will follow)• Find international partners nearby• Leverage your friends• Collaboration not duplication• Constraints are good!
