Course overview
You will develop an understanding of tangible ways to profitably reduce fossil fuel consumption and transition to clean and renewable energy with consideration of technical, economic, financing and policy aspects. You will be able to focus on energy management opportunities for specific industries, energy saving opportunities for a range of commonly used industrial processes and technologies, and explore the application of course material to real world situations. Delivery is via a very interactive industry style small group discovery model and provides you with valuable industry-ready knowledge and skills.
Course learning outcomes
- Express the imperative to focus on reducing fossil fuel based energy in the coming decades and associated opportunities this presents, with consideration of the inherent complexity.
- Evaluate options to inform the development of industry strategies to profitably decouple greenhouse gas emissions from the operation of a range of industries, with specific examples.
- Identify factors causing rising 'Peak' and 'Base' load electricity demand, and how renewable energy, energy management, and energy efficiency can reduce such demand.
- Present how various forms of renewable energy can be generated, with consideration of strengths and weaknesses of each
- Explain specific opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of a city, with specific reference to the 'Carbon Neutral Adelaide' program, and explain considerations related to their implementation in Adelaide
- Debate the relative pro's and con's of various options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in specific industries from a technical, economic and policy context.