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Two Revolutions, One Region: Bridging the Digital and Energy Revolutions in the Southeast [Panel, part 2]

2014-04-16 , Stulberg, Adam , Evans, Peter , Trawick, John , McConnell, Donald P. , Thomas, Valerie M. , Vrins, Jan

Moderator: Adam N. Stulberg ; Panel Discussion (Part 2): Two Revolutions, One Region: Bridging the Digital and Energy Revolutions in the Southeast: Peter Evans, Vice President, Center for Global Enterprise ; John Trawick, Vice President, Commercial Operations & Services, Southern Company ; Donald P. McConnell, Executive Director of Industry Strategy and Commercialization, Office of Industry Research, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Valerie Thomas, Anderson Interface Associate Professor of Natural Systems, with appointments in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology ; Jan Vrins, Managing Director and Global Energy Practice Leader, Navigant

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Energy Perspective: Building Options

2011-03-03 , Shelton, Sam V. , Thomas, Valerie M.

Dr. Shelton will give a brief overview of U.S. energy utilization highlighting how building energy systems impact the U.S. energy demand. A review of current building energy technologies for lighting, heating, cooling, and water heating will then be presented, followed by potential new technologies to reduce building energy demand.

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Experiences as a Science Advisor for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and as a Congressional Science Fellow

2014-03-26 , Thomas, Valerie M.

Dr. Valerie Thomas is the Anderson Interface Associate Professor of Natural Systems in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, with a joint appointment in the School of Public Policy. Her research interests are energy and materials efficiency, sustainability, industrial ecology, technology assessment, international security, and science and technology policy. In this talk, Dr. Thomas will share her experiences as a Science Advisor for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and as a Congressional Science Fellow in Congress.

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Estimates of the Cost of New Electricity Generation in the South

2010-03-26 , Borin, Seth , Levin, Todd , Thomas, Valerie M.

Future demand for electricity can be met with a range of technologies, with fuels including coal, nuclear, natural gas, biomass and other renewables, as well as with energy efficiency and demand management approaches. Choices among options will depend on factors including capital cost, fuel cost, market and regulatory uncertainty, greenhouse gas emissions, and other environmental impacts. This paper estimates the costs of new electricity generation. The approach taken here is to provide a transparent and verifiable analysis based mainly on recent data provided to public utility co

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A supercritical water approach to cellulosic sugars: lifecycle energy, greenhouse gas and water implications

2012-01-04 , Thomas, Valerie M. , Realff, Matthew J. , Choi, Dong Gu , Luo, Dexin

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Southeast Biomass: Highest and Best Use

2010-02-24 , Thomas, Valerie M. , Walsh, Marie , McClure, Nathan , Burnside, Michael H. (Mike)

Regional biomass resources and economics are analyzed along with the business proposition of converting softwood into fuel.