6:30pm Monday 2nd August Dr Alex Wonhas, Director Energy Transformed Flagship CSIRO

Dr Alex Wonhas, Director, Energy Transformed Flagship CSIRO.

Dr Alex Wonhas joined CSIRO directly from McKinsey & Company where he
was one of the co-authors of McKinsey’s Carbon Abatement Cost Curve
for Australia. He took up the role as CSIRO Energy Transformed
Flagship Director in August 2009. The Flagship aims to lower
greenhouse gas emissions by providing sustainable, efficient,
cost-effective energy solutions. Dr Wonhas will present an overview of his work including:

• Australia's first Zero Emissions House (Aus ZEH),
• Energy efficiency for commercial buildings,
• Web-based smart metering system,
• Ultra batteries (super capacitor + lead acid battery hybrid),
• Distributed energy systems (using microturbines, PV, wind, demand mangement, etc),
• Solar Brayton Cycle demonstration system.

Come prepared with lots of questions as it is rare that we have a guest speaker with the breadth of knowledge as Dr Wonhas. He will appear via Skype video link.

Date: Monday 2nd August 2010 6:30 - 8pm

Location: Level 2, Kindness House, 288 Brunswick St, Fitzroy VIC

Further reading:
http://www.csiro.com/people/Alex.Wonhas.html
http://www.csiro.com/org/Energy-Transformed-Flagship-Overview.html