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Thomas Sandberg
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Frontiers in the Multidimensional Energy Society: Schedule fall 2009
Notice that this is a first draft. The schedule for the lectures is final (but we have to decide the
time of the day for 18.11, 25.11 and 2.12). The literature will be more specified for some lectures
and may be changed on some points. Other changes may also occur due to unforeseen circumstances or your wishes.
The information in this paper is a more detailed complement to the course plan, which can be
found on http://www.kth.se/student/kurser/kurs/ME2049?l=en_UK.
1) Lectures and assignments
Wednesday 30.9 13 - 15 in room 443 in Department of Industrial Economics and Management
(Indek), Lindstedtsvägen 30 (the building known as Sing-Sing).
Professor Thomas Sandberg: 1) Course introduction 2) Energy systems reorientation in Sweden
and other countries.
Wednesday 7.10 13 - 15 in room 443 in Department of Industrial Economics and Management
(Indek), Lindstedtsvägen 30 (the building known as Sing-Sing).
Tech Dr David Bauner: Towards a sustainable transportation system.
Required reading for the assignment 1: 1) Course book ch 15, Hunhammar, S, Building
sustainable transport systems.
2) WWF, Plugged in. Part VI How to get there pp 151 – 178 and Part VII Conclusions pp 179 –
183.
3) Dalkmann, H & Brannigan, C, 2007, Transport and Climate Change. Module 5e pp 1 – 52 in
Sustainable Transport: A Sourcebook for Policy-makers in Developing Cities. Eschborn: GTZ.
Wednesday 14.10 13 - 15 in room 443 in Department of Industrial Economics and Management
(Indek), Lindstedtsvägen 30 (the building known as Sing-Sing).
Professor Thomas Sandberg: 1) Market mechanisms and their limitations 2) Energy systems in
Sweden and other countries.
Required reading for the assignment 2: 1) Course book ch 1, Silveira, S, Transformation of the
energy sector 2) Stern, N, Executive summary 3) Stern, N, Summary of conclusions.
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Wednesday 21.10 13 - 15 in M263, Department of Energy Technology, Brinellvägen 64.
Ass prof Andrew Martin: Hybrid-fired cycles, polygeneration, and other concepts in advanced
heat and power generation plants.
Required reading for the assignment 3: 1) Course book ch 16, Eriksson, O & Frostell, B, An
approach to sustainability assessment of energy systems
2) Energy in Sweden, 2007. Eskilstuna: Swedish energy Agency. Pages 93 – 98 The district
heating and district cooling markets.
3) Favrat, D, Pelster, S & von Spakovsky, M R, 2001, The thermoeconomic and environomic
modelling and optimization of the synthesis, design, and operation of combined cycles with
advanced options. Journal of engineering for Gas turbines and Power, vol 123, Oct, pp 717 – 726.
4) Liu, C & Martin, A, 2006, membranes. The use of membrane distillation in high-purity water
production for the semiconductor industry. Ultrapure Water, April, pp 1 – 10.
Wednesday 28.10 13 - 15 in room 443 in Department of Industrial Economics and Management
(Indek), Lindstedtsvägen 30 (the building known as Sing-Sing).
Professor Thomas Sandberg: Energy systems in Sweden and other countries (continued).
Required reading for the assignment 4: 1) Course book ch 14, Azar, C & Lindgren, K, Low
carbon dioxide emissions and no nuclear power – towards a renewable energy system in Sweden
and the world.
2) Course book ch 17, Silveira, S, Towards the sustainability vision.
3) Almström, D N and L, Lester R Brown's Plan B 3.0 - A Short Summary of Some Central
Issues
4) Energy in Sweden.
Wednesday 4.11 13 - 15 in M263, Department of Energy Technology, Brinellvägen 64.
Tech Dr Victoria Martin: Sustainable (comfort) cooling.
Required reading for assignment 5: 1) Udomsri, S et al, 2008, Possibilities for various energy
applications from municipal solid waste incineration in Bangkok and Hanoi should be read. Then
you shall CHOOSE ONE of the other two: 2) Al-Rabghi, O & Akyurt, M, 2003, A survey of
energy efficient strategies for effective air conditioning. Energy conversion & Management, vol
45, pp 1643 – 1654 OR 3) Ecoheatcool.
Wednesday 11.11 13 - 15 in room 543 in Department of Industrial Economics and Management
(Indek), Lindstedtsvägen 30 (the building known as Sing-Sing).
Tech Dr Per Hultén: BioMobility: 1) From woody biomass to mobility 2) Its societal impact in
developed and developing countries..
Required reading for assignment 6: 1) Course book ch 11 Renewable liquid motor fuels
2) Robèrt, M, Hultén, P & Frostell, B, 2007, Biofuels in the energy transition beyond peak oil.
Energy, vol 32, no 11, pp 2089 – 98.
Wednesday 18.11 10 – 12 (may be changed to 13 – 15) in Department of Industrial Economics
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and Management (Indek), Lindstedtsvägen 30 (the building known as Sing-Sing).
Tech Dr Thomas Ackermann: Wind power.
Required reading for assignment 7: There will be (around) twelve reports. You should choose
two of them (or more if you like), review them and also include a section where you discuss their
relevance for your country/region/rural area/city etc. Please notice that that there are different
types of reports. One group is international (Global wind; German government, Renewable
energy sources in figures). Another is European (the two EWEA publications) and the rest deals
primarily with different countries.
Wednesday 25.11 10 – 12 (may be changed to 13 – 15) in room 443 in Department of Industrial
Economics and Management (Indek), Lindstedtsvägen 30 (the building known as Sing-Sing).
Tech Dr Örjan Svane: Situations of Opportunity in the Transition to a 2 kW city: 1) The case of
Stockholm 2) Implications for cities in other parts of the world.
Required reading for assignment 8: 1) Course book ch 9, Neij, L & Öfverholm, E, Strategies for
improving energy efficiency 2) Svane, Ö et al, Situations of Opportunity in City Transformation
(submitted for publication in Futures).
Wednesday 2.12 10 – 12 (may be changed to 13 – 15) in Department of Industrial Economics and
Management (Indek), Lindstedtsvägen 30 (the building known as Sing-Sing).
Ph D student, civ ing Knut Bernotat: Individual metering and billing.
Required reading for assignment 9: Two papers will be specified later (not so many pages, you
need your time for the final report).
Thursday 10.12 9 – 17 in rooms 443 and 543 in Department of Industrial Economics and Management (Indek), Lindstedtsvägen 30 (the building known as Sing-Sing).
Professor Thomas Sandberg: Presentation and discussion of final reports.
The number of participants may make it necessary to also use Friday 11.12 9 – 17. In that case,
each participant has to participate one of those two days.
2) Literature
Silveira, S (ed), 2001, Building sustainable energy systems. Eskilstuna: Swedish Energy Agency.
Chs 1, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17. 185 pages. A free copy will be handed out.
Energy in Sweden, 2008. Eskilstuna: Swedish Energy Agency. 153 pages. A free copy will be
handed out.
Energy in Sweden – Facts and figures, 2008. Eskilstuna: Swedish Energy Agency. 53 pages. A
free copy will be handed out.
Selected articles, reports, book chapters etc, around 500 pages (see above). These will be electronically distributed.
3) Examination
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The course is examined by writing papers. Connected to the 10 lectures there will be 9 individual
assignments, where you get 2 – 3 book chapters, articles, parts of reports that should be summarised and commented. Five pages are required. The reviews will be read and graded. You will have
comments back on a paper copy of your paper. The grading will be part of the final grading, together with the individual final report. There will be no written exam.
The assignment should be written in a format resembling the one I am using here. Please refer to
the different authors when you base your arguments on them; also other literature can be referred
to if you want. You can e g do it like “As Stern (2007a, p 14) remarks, it is possible to …” or
another generally accepted way of referring.
Only the file formats .docx or .doc are accepted. The file name should be your family name and
the last delivery date (year – month –day) uploading the report. In between you may add one or
two initials of your other name(s). Example: SandbergT091012.doc.
Your paper should be mailed to thomas.sandberg@indek.kth.se and knut@kth.se not later than
Monday at 12.
Also the final report is individual. The task is to take a geographical area (small town, bigger
city, rural area, village, region but NOT a country) and to make a scenario for a sustainable
energy supply in 2020. Developed countries must decrease their per capita consumption of
energy, developing countries may increase it (but at least 75 % should be sustainable as well as
climate neutral!). If you have a special aspect you would like to focus on, please contact me.
There should be a report on not less than 10 pages as well as a ppt-presentation.
Also the final report should be mailed to thomas.sandberg@indek.kth.se and knut@kth.se, on this
occasion not later than Monday 7.12 at 12.
Thomas Sandberg, Professor Industrial Economics and Management.
thomas.sandberg@indek.kth.se
08-790 7608
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