Andreas Schäfer AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal Architect, Faculty Member
University of Cambridge (UK) and a visiting faculty member at the Precourt Energy
Efficiency Center at Stanford University

Thursday, September 6th , 2012
3:30 p.m.-4:30pm, Fleming Building room 208

Summary: This talk discusses the main determinants of world passenger transport related GHG emissions, i.e., the demand for transportation, energy intensity of passenger mobility, and the CO2 intensity of transportation fuels. The past development of each determinant and the likely future evolution in a no-new policy situation will be evaluated along with the opportunities for and constraints to reducing each of three factors.The talk closes by exploring whether change in technology is sufficient to achieve CO2 emissions reductions below current levels by midcentury or whether additional measures aiming at behavioural change would be required.

Andreas Schäfer is currently a faculty member at the University of Cambridge (UK) and a visiting faculty member at the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center at Stanford University. Previous appointments included the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis(IIASA) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Andreas holds a MSc in Aerospace Engineering and a PhD in Energy Economics, both from the University of Stuttgart, Germany. His interests include energy and transportation systems analysis. He is lead-author of "Transportation in a Climate-Constrained World", MIT Press (June 2009).

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