Energy Security as a Resource

Speaker To Urge Energy Efficiency

April 20, 2008 - Some people want to solve the would energy crisis by finding more energy, but guest speaker Marilyn Brown is focusing on reducing demand, rather than ways to provide more energy.

The Virginia Tech Dean’s Task Force for Energy Security and Sustainability will have world renowned expert in energy policy, Dr. Marilyn Brown, speak on Monday, April 21 at 1 p.m. as a part of the Virginia Tech Environmental Series.

The talk will take place in the multipurpose room in the Graduate Life Center. It is free and open to the public.

One of only 16 members of the National Commission on Energy Policy, Brown will speak on the topic “The Emergence of Energy as the Fifth Fuel.” Her talk will point to the use of energy efficiency as a resource just as coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power are seen as resources. Energy efficiency focuses on reducing demand thus reducing the concerns of finding additional sources of fuel.

“Dr. Brown has been involved in a lot of very interesting policy activities nationally and has worked with several diverse groups and several of our faculty,” stated Dr. Jack Lesko, an engineering professor and member of the Task Force.
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