Urban Energy Systems and Policy

This class is about figuring out together what cities and users can do to reduce their energy use and carbon emissions. Many other classes at MIT focus on policies, technologies, and systems, often at the national or international level, but this course focuses on the scale of cities and users. It is designed for any students interested in learning how to intervene in the energy use of cities using policy, technology, economics, and urban planning.

• Lecture 1: Cities and Climate Action: Or, Why Take This Class?
• Lecture 2: Cities and Decarbonization
• Lecture 3: Cities and a Just Energy Transition
• Lecture 4: The Built Environment, Land Use, and Decarbonization
• Lecture 5: Energy and Personal Transport
• Lecture 6: Cities and Transport Systems
• Lecture 7: Transportation Systems: What Can Cities Do?
• Lecture 8: Buildings and Energy Efficiency
• Lecture 9: Building Energy Policies
• Lecture 10: Cities and the Idea of Energy Efficiency
• Lecture 11: Cities and Industrial Emissions
• Lecture 12: Cities, Future Fossil Fuel Use, CCUS, and Nuclear Energy
• Lecture 13: Cities and Renewable Energy, part 1: Wind
• Lecture 14: Cities and Renewable Energy, part 2: Solar
• Lecture 15: Cities and the Grid