The big chill: Off-grid cooling for water, refrigeration, spaces, and more...

The big chill: Off-grid cooling for water, refrigeration, spaces, and more...

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Smart Villages on

Thursday, 30 June 2016, 10am EST / 3pm UK / 4pm CEST 

 

Registration link:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3424802074601906692

 Cooling is crucial in off-grid villages throughout the developing world: water, refrigeration for vaccines, cooling for Maasai cheese, and even spaces, whether for productive uses of energy (cold chains for fish or agricultural / dairy products) or homes and community spaces.  In this webinar, we will hear from several speakers regarding the challenges and opportunities for cooling in off-grid villages. What innovative solutions have they discovered? How can keeping cool improve the lives of people throughout the developing world, particularly the hottest places? As well, what about the environmental impacts of cooling - how can we ensure keeping cool doesn't cause further global warming?  Our webinar series is a little different: each expert will speak for less than 10 minutes and will focus on their on-the-ground experience using photos to tell their story.  Speakers:  Mr. Philipp Denzinger, Project Manager, Green Cooling Initiative, GIZ  Mr. Godwin Osigwe, Founder and CEO, Windair System Ltd.  Mr. Ian Tansley, Chief Technical Officer, The Sure Chill Company  Dr. Terry Thomas, Head Development Technology Unit, Engineering Dept, Warwick University  Mr. Sam White, Director, Promethean Power Systems  Registration link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3424802074601906692 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Each presentation will be 10 minutes, leaving time for questions at the end.  The webinar will be posted on www.e4sv.org.  We welcome your ideas for future webinars! Please get in touch with Molly Hurley-Dépret (molly@e4sv.org) or Ed Brown (E.D.Brown@lboro.ac.uk)  Please check in advance that your organisation allows you to use GoToWebinar, or log in via the Instant Join App (desktop) or the mobile app for iPhone/iPad and Android devices. http://support.citrixonline.com/en_US/webinar/help_files/G2W050035?title=Compare+Join+Methods    

About LCEDN

The Low Carbon Energy for Development Network (LCEDN) brings together researchers, policy-makers and practitioners from across the United Kingdom to expand research capacity around low-carbon development in the countries of the Global South.

It links existing expertise in international development, renewable energy transitions and science and technology studies in order to enhance and support interdisciplinary research, learning and policy-formation for this increasingly important and rapidly changing field.

The LCEDN comprises internationally-renowned universities and thriving energy research institutes, alongside partnerships with the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and expanding worldwide associations. This enables a unique environment for dialogue, discussion and the generation of ideas for funding.

About Smart Villages

The Smart Villages Initiative is a global initiative that aims to provide policymakers, donors, and development agencies concerned with rural energy access across the Global South with new insights on the real barriers to energy access in villages in developing countries – technological, financial and political – and how they can be overcome. We are have chosen to focus on remote off-grid villages, where local solutions (home- or institution-based systems, and mini-grids) are both more realistic and cheaper than national grid extension. Our concern is to ensure that energy access results in development and the creation of ‘smart villages’ in which rural communities have access to healthcare, education, clean water, ICT, and livelihoods. See our recent publications and workshop reports here: http://e4sv.org/resources/