The National Sustainability in Business Conference will be held in Brisbane from the 23-24 March 2017.
Prof Deo Prasad, Chief Executive Officer at CRC Low Carbon Living joins us this month to discuss ‘Lowering the Carbon Footprint of Cities while Creating Business Opportunities.’
There is ongoing discussion on future energy mix in cities – from a coal based to renewables. The long term aspiration may be fine but how do we navigate the transition? More and more roof top PVs or local area mini-grids, storage – all at households to community to network scale are being explored. What is more certain is that there needs to be an integrated approach tying demand side efficiencies to supply side options where reliability remains critical. This talk will discuss the outcomes from the national research and innovation hub for the built environment which aims to underpin a low carbon living while ensuring job creation from the processes.
Conference Topics Include:
- Renewable Energy Systems and Sources – Biofuel, Biomass, Hydrogen & Fuel Cells, Hydropower, Solar Energy, Geothermal Energy, Wave Energy, Tidal energy, Energy Storage and Wind Power. This can also include energy transformation from renewable energy system to grid.
- Think Local First – development of the local economy and community, urban agriculture, Buy Local.
- Innovative Business Opportunities – Incubators, Start Ups, Venture Capital / Entrepreneurs.
- The Energy Market – Regulators, Wholesale and Supply Chain, Retailers, Consumer Demand, Carbon trading, Emissions.
- Trends, Policies and Strategies – current and emerging trends, technologies, research, government policies and industry initiatives within the environmental and sustainability sector
- Financial Impact – social and environmental risk, industry development, operational and managerial impact, market risk and opportunity, stakeholder issues
- Innovation – energy transition, application and feasibility, social and economic change, research & development opportunities
Click here to download the conference program.
For more information on the 2017 National Sustainability in Business Conference please visit the conference website.
