{"112151":{"#nid":"112151","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Center for Geographic Information Systems Lunchtime Seminar Series","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Center for Geographic Information Systems\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELunchtime Seminar Series Presents\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/em\u003EProf. Eric Williams\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EGolisano\nInstitute for Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cem\u003Efor a talk entitled:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETowards a Sustainable and Resilient\nSmart-Water-Grid\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUrban water systems face sustainability challenges\nranging from water quality, leaks, over-use, energy consumption, and long-term\nsupply concerns. Resiliency challenges include the capacity to respond to\ndrought, managing accelerated pipe deterioration, responding to natural\ndisasters, and preventing terrorism. One strategy to enhance sustainability and\nresiliency is the development and adoption of a smart water grid. Smart water\ngrid incorporates networked monitoring and control devices into its structure,\nwhich provides diverse, real-time information about the system, as well as\nenhanced control. Data provide input for modeling and analysis, which informs\ncontrol decisions, allowing for improvement in sustainability and resiliency\nissues. While smart water grids hold much potential, there are also potential\ntradeoffs. For example, increased water efficiency could lead to reduced\ncapacity to adapt to fluctuations in supply. The smart water grid is discussed\nat two levels in this presentation: broad level coverage of technology,\nsustainability and resiliency issues and specific results from a case study\nanalyzing economic and environmental characteristics of smart irrigation\nsystems for residences.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEric Williams joined Rochester Institute of\nTechnology in 2011. Prior to his current appointment, he held a joint\nappointment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the\nSchool of Sustainability at Arizona State University. His research interests\ninclude industrial ecology and life cycle assessment, in particular applied to\nanalyzing information technology (IT) and energy systems. His IT-related work\nincludes life cycle assessment of semiconductors and computers and\nmacro-analysis on relationships between energy consumption, telecommuting, and\ne-commerce. In the energy domain, he is working on systems assessment of energy\nsupply technologies, using thermodynamics-based measures to characterize\nlong-term trends in energy efficiency, and the effects of development and\nurbanization on energy demand in industrializing nations\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Eric Williams of the\u0026nbsp;Golisano\nInstitute for Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology will discuss strategies to enhance sustainable urban water systems using smart water grids.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27403","created_gmt":"2012-02-24 10:50:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:58:10","author":"Tony Giarrusso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-03-09T16:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2012-03-09T17:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-03-09T17:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-03-09 21:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-03-09 22:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-03-09 22:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"groups":[{"id":"60380","name":"CSPAV - Center for Spatial Planning Analytics and Visualization"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11698","name":"center for geographic information systems"},{"id":"177","name":"planning"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"},{"id":"1695","name":"Urban"},{"id":"788","name":"Water"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPlease RSVP \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:janet.peterson@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejanet.peterson@coa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}