Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
ENSURE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND MODERN ENERGY FOR ALL
Research
Energy Efficiency through Water Distribution Optimization
Dr. Elad Salomons of the School of Environmental Sciences works on water management and energy efficiency and recently published in both Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management and Journal of Cleaner Production. His work advances practical optimization schemes for real-time operation of water distribution systems contributing to further energy efficiency.
Contradicting Effects of Wind Turbines in Grazing Areas
Hilah Segal Klein is a doctoral candidate in the School of Environmental Sciences. Segal Klein examines the impact of Wind Energy initiatives on local rural communities in Kenya. The research illustrates how, paradoxically, people who live under the turbines do not enjoy their benefit but, to the contrary, the turbines negatively effect their grazing areas. Segal Klein advocates the pursuance of a more holistic approach to lessen the contradicting impacts that often emerge among various SDGs.
Public Engagement
Transparent Decision Making in Offshore Gas Fields
A new report by Adv. Orin Shefler, a Senior Fellow at the Maritime Policy and Strategy Research Center introduces the premise that all field development solutions should include transparent decision-making processes. Shefler recommends that the offloading of condensate for export from Leviathan, Tamar and other offshore gas fields should be revisited through a transparent decision-making process.
Golan Regional Council Debates: Are Turbines the Right Choice?
Currently, the Golan Regional Council is debating whether or not installing wind turbines to generate energy is a wise decision. The council has decided to commission a study led by Prof. Dan Malkinson of the Shamir Research Institute to monitor and assess the impact the turbines may have on the local ecosystem prior to advancing any projects.
Learning & Students
Eco Wave Start-Up: Harnessing the Power of Waves
Arriving from the former Soviet Union, at the age of two weeks, UofH alum Ina Braverman experienced the Chernobyl disaster that led to her developing both a childhood illness and being profoundly motivated to lead a meaningful life. She did just that, founding Eco Wave Power together with David Leb. Eco Wave’s pioneering technology uses floaters attached to existing structures on land to produce cost-efficient green electricity from ocean waves.
Energy Policy Management
Exposed to a wide variety of courses on energy efficiency, development, promotion, economics, as well as analysis of environmental, economic and regulation issues, MA students in the Energy Policy Management Program under The Herta and Paul Amir Faculty of Social Sciences, train for industry-level management and policy-making roles.
Operations
A recently approved 12 million NIS budget was approved to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions on campus. The budget will allow for the replacement of old chillers, transition from boilers to heat pumps to phase out the use of diesel fuel, and the replacement of outdated electric circuit boards.
