2008 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry

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Informal Sessions Description

Additional Informal Sessions may be organized on-site during the Summer Study.

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Building Networks: The Internet as a Model for Success?

Bruce Nordman

Thursday, August 21
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

The Internet has enabled great gains in our ability to manage and exchange information, with many powerful applications not even imagined by the architects architects who created the infrastructure. Building networks could someday similarly enable ways to manage and save energy that we today don't see as possible or likely, and that could not be accomplished any other way. The purpose of this session is to discuss some of the lessons that the development of the Internet holds for building networks (connecting principally non-electronic devices like lighting and climate control), and any R&D or policy needs to ensure that building networks evolve in ways that are similarly effective and successful as the Internet.

For more information, contact:

Bruce Nordman
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
e-mail:BNordman@LBL.gov

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