MCP Session 3: Energy & Construction Resources
(updated 02/20/2023)
Introduction
Global Temperature and Carbon Dioxide
General
SOCAN ideas for Individual and Collective Action
Project Drawdown Sectors: Electricity, Buildings, Industry
Connections to Project Regeneration
Buildings, Electrify Everything, Energy Storage, Fifteen Minute City, Geothermal, Heat Pumps, Nature of Cities, Net Zero Cities, Smart Microgrids, Solar, Wind
Information Related to Key Questions
Key Question 1: What are the Global and US energy sources and trends?
US Climate Science Special Report 2017
US Petroleum and Natural Gas Production
Energy Information Administration
US Electricity Generated by Source
Energy Returned on Energy Invested
Videos
US Electricity Generation by Energy Source 1949 – 2021 Free2Know (3:22)
What is Fracking? (2:10)
What is Net Zero? (2:22)
Key Question 2: What are Global and US renewable energy sources and trends?
Tracking Solar Panel Efficiency
Global Renewable Energy Trends
Yale Climate Connections – Wind
O2 Arena to install mini wind turbines that can harness even a breeze (March 11, 2021) by Jillian Ambrose, The Guardian
Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Offshore Wind Energy (August 12, 2019)
The Solutions Project – Clean Energy
Renewable Energy Assessment for Jackson & Josephine Counties
US Department of Energy awards $25M for wave energy testing at first-in-nation Oregon facility
Batteries for Renewable Energy Storage
Videos
Hydropower – Power of the future or relic of the past? (4:52)
Wind turbines popping up off the Oregon Coast (2:14)
Energy Basics – Biomass (3:21)
How solar energy got so cheap and why it’s not everywhere yet (7:53)
Wave energy could slash our use of fossil fuels (7:52)
Key Question 3: How is energy used in US residential buildings and what changes can we make to increase efficiency and to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions?
A Concrete Idea to Reduce Carbon Emissions (Ted Talk , Oct 2020) Concrete is the second most-used substance on Earth (behind water), and it’s responsible for eight percent of the world’s carbon footprint. Cement researcher Karen Scrivener shares the research behind a pioneering new kind of cement known as LC3, which could slash carbon emissions from this crucial building material by 40 percent, if adopted at scale.
Emissions from the Cement Industry
Why cement emissions matter for climate change
Cutting Concrete’s Carbon Footprint
The Advantages / Disadvantages of using Hempcrete for buildings
LEED Building Certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
Home Energy Score by Better Buildings Solution Center
Videos
How air conditioning is warming the world (4:13)
Zero net carbon buildings (2:49)
How carbon-sucking concrete could revolutionize construction (3:33)
Key Question 4: How are Greenhouse Gas emissions measured and what does it show for the US and Oregon?
EPA Greenhouse-Gas-Equivalencies-Calculator
CO2 Footprint by Country – Total and Per Capita
Oregon Greenhouse Gas Emissions