EETD Communications

Berkeley Lab’s Science at the Theatre Lecture Series

Mary Ann Piette
Research Director, Demand Response Research Center
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, California

will speak at Berkeley Repertory Theater’s Roda Theater on

“Saving Power at Peak Hours”

Monday March 10, 5:30 pm
Berkeley Repertory Theater
2015 Addison St., Berkeley, California

California needs new, responsive demand-side energy technologies, to ensure that periods of tight electricity supply on the grid don’t turn into power outages. Led by Berkeley Lab’s Mary Ann Piette, the California Energy Commission (through its Public Interest Energy Research Program) has established a Demand Response Research Center that addresses two motivations for adopting demand responsiveness: reducing average electricity prices, and preventing future electricity crises.

The research seeks to understand factors that influence “what works” in Demand Response. Piette’s team is investigating the two types of demand response – load response and price response – that may influence and reduce the use of peak electric power through automated controls, peak pricing, advanced communications, and other strategies. Would you be willing to consider one or some of these? Please join us to learn more about these developments. No reservations or tickets are required.

Demand Response Research Center:
http://drrc.lbl.gov

Robert Sawyer, Class of 1935 Professor of Energy Emeritus of Cal’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and scientist in the Environmental Energy Technologies Division, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He was cited “for pioneering work in reducing energy consumption and improving the environment, and for contributions to our understanding of air pollution.”

Sawyer’s current research interests include: air pollutant formation and control, motor vehicle emissions, energy and environment, regulatory policy. In 2006-2007, he served as Chair of the California Air Resources Board, overseeing California’s air quality and global warming programs.

For more information about his work, go here:
http://www.me.berkeley.edu/faculty/sawyer/index.html