Slides: White Roofs as Climate Mitigation Technology: India Example
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
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Architectural Engineering Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular Engineering Civil Engineering Construction Engineering Green Design and Sustainable Engineering International Engineering Education Mechanical Engineering |
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Teaching - Lecture/Presentation |
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Audio |
| Author(s): |
Jayant Sathaye |
| Description: | Talk at UC Berkeley to CE262A - Technologies for Sustainable Societies. It was based on previous presentations by Hashem Akbari and Surabi Menon, LBNL and Vishal Garg, IIIT, Hyderabad. Topics include: What is a white/cool roof? Roof-Coating and Infra-Red, Temperature Rise of Various Materials in Sunlight, and demonstration projects. |
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| Keywords: | cool roofs white roofs climate change CO2 global warming |
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CEE 292A - Technologies for Sustainable Societies |
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Dr. Sathaye is internationally recognized for his work on climate change project-related issues in transportation, land-use change and forestry, and energy demand and supply in the developing world. His current interests include the development of new methods and analytical tools for evaluation of project baselines, the role of carbon sinks in climate change mitigation, and sustainable development and transport policy. In recent years, he has organized several training and information workshops, conducted studies, and written papers and reports on these topics. He has been a guest editor of ten special journal issues on climate change. Dr. Sathaye has published widely in major energy and environment journals and authored over one hundred and fifty publications on these topics. He has been a Convening Lead Author, Section Leader and Principal Lead Author of seven publications of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change since 1990, and is currently a co-CLA for the Sustainable Development and Mitigation chapter of WG III of the IPCC Fourth Assessment. Dr. Sathaye has also led studies of regional and national energy strategies and their impact on local and global environment. He has lectured and consulted internationally in Asia, Africa, and Latin America for the United Nations, multilateral development banks, and other international organizations. |
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Medium |
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Very low |
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| Publication Date: | September 2009 |
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WWW |
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Free |
| Download URL: | http://best.me.berkeley.edu/~aagogino/EBS/Fall2009/Cool_Roofs_Sat |
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IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
Engineering and Business for Sustainability
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