Podcast: Prof Alistair Woodward – Put me back on my bike (Quicktime movie, 93 MB)
Podcast: Prof Alistair Woodward – Put me back on my bike: questions (Quicktime movie, 47 MB)
A video podcast of the NZC4SC seminar held on the 27/05/10 is now available. Read More
Podcast: Susan Krumdieck – Transition Engineering
Associate Professor Susan Krumdieck is a member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Canterbury University.
Susan Krumdieck discusses transition engineering. Filmed during her speaking tour of New Zealand as the IET’s 2010 Prestige lecturer on the 21st of April 2010.
Podcast: Prof Bob Lloyd – Transition to RE – Can it be made in time (Quicktime movie, 134 MB)
Podcast: Prof Lloyd – Transition to RE - Questions (Quicktime movie, 72 MB)
Professor Bob Lloyd is from Australia, he came to New Zealand in 2002 after having worked for the Australian Coo-operative Research Centre for Renewable Energy (ACRE), based at Murdoch University in Perth. His current research interests at Otago University, where he is the Director of Energy Studies and Associate Professor in the Physics Department, lie in energy conservation in residential housing and energy management including world energy resources and peak oil.
Existing sources of energy such as fossil fuels and uranium are finite and so will eventually be depleted. If we want sustainable energy, the energy MUST come from renewable sources. The talk will examine if this can be done in time with existing resources. The talk will also look at the main problems, namely that our existing financial system is based upon continued economic growth and economic growth is based on a cheap and expanding energy supply.
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Two lectures were held one in Wellington (March 30) and one in Auckland. Guest speakers were Dr Eric Martinot and Zach Rissel from the Wellington City Council. These lectures were well received. Links to podcasts from those lectures are attached above. Copies of the PDF’s are attached below.
Dr. Martinot is the lead author of the widely-used REN21 Renewables Global Status Report and a prominent international expert on renewable energy. He is senior research director at the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies in Tokyo, teaching and research associate of Tsinghua University in Beijing, and teaching and research fellow at Victoria University of Wellington.
Wellington Flyer
Auckland Flyer
Zach Rissel: Influencing the transition to renewable energy.
Dr E Martinot: Local renewable energy policies and actions.
Podcast: Growth Misconduct – Mayor Prendegast’s Introduction (27 mb)
Mayor Kerry Prendegast introduces the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities’ Summer School Growth Misconduct
Podcast: Growth Misconduct? – Kathryn Scott (Quicktime movie, 32 MB)
Kathryn Scott
Landcare Research/ Manaaki Whenua, Social Researcher, Sustainable Settlements
Residents’ perceptions of intensification
This presentation is based on ethnographic research in Glen Innes, a suburb in Auckland targeted for intensification. Medium density housing is providing state tenants with affordable, low maintenance homes and an improved sense of safety and community; intensive tenancy management is critical to this success.
Podcast: Growth Misconduct? – Ian Cassels (Quicktime movie, 31 MB)
Ian Cassels
Director – The Wellington Company
The Cost of Everything and the Value of Nothing
How often when faced with the cost of a project do we quickly respond “we can’t afford that”?
How often did we, instead ask, what is the long term benefit and value of the project? Whilst it is often true that we are guilty of a number of poor spending decisions we completely lack the tools to evaluate the long term benefits of intensification and for that matter, location.
