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1. First of this quarter's "Energy Ice-Breakers" at the Faculty Club, Weds, Jan 18, 4:15-6:30

2. Global Environmental Policy class

3. JOB: GEF Secretariat Climate Change Team

4. Greifswald Summer Academy: Emissions Trading Conference

5. USGBC Simplifies LEED(R) Green Building Documentation and Certification Process

6. Ion America's 5 kW fuel cell unit on its way to University of Tennessee Chattanooga

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1. 1st of this quarter's "Energy Ice-Breakers" at the Faculty Club, Weds, Jan 18, 4:15-6:30

These "ice breakers" offer a great chance to socialize with faculty and students interested in energy at Stanford. Drop in, snack and chat.

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2. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

(Hum Bio 135, Mon/Wed. 1:15 - 2:45 in Green 134, Armin Rosencranz)

This course is designed to acquaint students with the international

management of regional and global environmental issues. The focus is not

only on the issues themselves, but on the international institutions and

agreements that have been created to manage them. The course will begin

with an overview of facts and root causes of global enviro problems; IEL

sources and norms, and how such norms are implemented. Next, we will seek

to develop a sense of what works in international environmental management

and what does not. Specific topics to be addressed include transboundary

air and water pollution, ozone depletion, global climate change, biological

diversity and endangered species, global forest protection, oceans and

fisheries, the export and dumping of hazardous wastes, international trade

and the environment, human rights and the environment, and North/South

issues and the role of the World Bank.

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3. JOB: GEF Secretariat Climate Change Team

From: Lauren K Inouye <Lauren.Inouye@tufts.edu

To: gmasters@stanford.edu

Subject: GEF job and Emissions Trading Conference

X-Originating-IP: 68.126.124.221

The GEF Secretariat Climate Change team is looking for a Junior Professional

Associate candidate, to start full-time ASAP. The ideal candidate would have:

- Knowledge of and/or experience with renewable energy and energy efficiency,

possibly with some understanding from both ends, economics and engineering.

- Experience in developing countries.

- Be fluent in English and additional UN relevant languages.

- Due to the requirements of the JPA program, candidates may not be 29 before

the first day of their appointment. More information on the JPA program is

available on the World Bank's website under the recruiting programs section.

The primary responsibility of the successful candidate will be

analyzing the GEF

Climate Change portfolio, and managing related knowledge.

The position is open ASAP, and will remain open until filled. The Climate

Change team is looking for someone to start as soon as possible.

Interested candidates can send their CV to Christine Woerlen,

cwoerlen@thegef.org.

Lauren K Inouye <Lauren.Inouye@tufts.edu

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4. Greifswald Summer Academy: Emissions Trading Conference

It's the third annual

"Greifswald Summer Academy," an interdisciplinary seminar that brings

policymakers and business reps from energy companies together with

academics on the university campus in northeastern Germany. The conference

language is English and the attendance is very international: there have

been participants from China, New Zealand, Ecuador, Kazakhstan...and the

social program is pretty fun: Greifswald is right on the Baltic Sea near

the Polish border--the beach is 10 minutes from campus. This year's topic

is a "review and preview" of the EU Emissions Trading System, and some

presentations will address links to other cap-and-trade schemes for GHGs,

such as the regional ones emerging in the U.S.

Here's the website for the conference:

www.uni-greifswald.de/summeracademy.

The application deadline is in April, and the government is sponsoring a

few scholarships, so there's a chance you could get travel costs covered.

There haven't been too many American attendees in the past years, and the

prof who organizes it is dying to get Americans to network with.

Lauren K Inouye Lauren.Inouye@tufts.edu

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5. USGBC Simplifies LEED(R) Green Building Documentation and Certification Process

WASHINGTON, Jan 05, 2006 /PRNewswire

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has unveiled a series of major process improvements to its LEED(R) (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) green building rating system, including a significantly streamlined documentation and certification process that's now 100% online. A direct result of market surveys and extensive dialogue with the organizations and individuals who use LEED, USGBC anticipates the changes to the LEED process will reduce the time and cost of LEED certification.

"The LEED process innovations are the culmination of a year's work carried out by a lot of dedicated people," said Tom Hicks, Vice President of LEED, USGBC. "Gone are the days when project teams were required to submit binders of documentation, requiring hours of manual preparation. The biggest advancement is that now the LEED process is entirely online, making it easier for project teams to manage." Our users told us they wanted something easier to use and accessible online, and we have met and, we hope, exceeded their expectations with these refinements."

LEED process innovations will make the documentation and certification process more user friendly without diminishing the technical rigor and quality of LEED that the community has come to expect. The LEED credit requirements themselves have not changed, and project teams are still required to verify their achievements through third party validation and ensure that the building is built as it was designed.

Additional LEED process refinements include:

Design and Construction Phase Submittals

Project teams will have the option to submit documentation in two separate phases for new construction projects: first for the design phase, and then the construction phase. This two-part submission mirrors the way project teams work, and gives the team an interim opportunity to ensure that the project is on track for its certification goals.

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6. Ion America's 5 kW fuel cell unit on its way to University of Tennessee Chattanooga

Jan 7 - Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News - Mike Pare Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.

An innovative 5 kW solid-oxide fuel cell from Ion America is to arrive at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's Sim Center for testing next week.

The company, Ion America, was cited in Newsweek magazine last November as one of 10 eco-friendly companies developing new technologies that are winning over investors and customers in the wake of pricey oil.

The three-year-old startup based in Mountain View, Calif., has developed solid-oxide fuel cell technology, which company officials believe can generate electricity and hydrogen.

If the demonstration at UTC goes well, the aim is to develop and test a more powerful device later this year that could produce between 100 and 200 kilowatts of electricity, Mr. Ferguson said. That's enough energy to power a commercial building, he said.

In 2004, Congress allocated $2.5 million for Ion America to test its new technologies in Chattanooga.

U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., said the U.S. Department of Energy believes the technology has "real potential."

"There's not a more important domestic issue in the United States than moving quickly into energy independence," Rep. Wamp said.

Dr. McDonald, a former colleague of Ion America chief K.R. Sridhar, said the fuel cell unit is to be in operation by mid-February. Testing is expected to run through October, he said.