More fun at dinner

More fun from our dinner at our professors house.

Dinner at Dr. Klotz House

We had dinner at our professors house after our last class. This was just to round up everything and have a little last chat amongst ourselves. We had a lot of last fun together, and the food was very good.

Day 12 (Last day of class)

Finally we came to our Last day of class. Today although i was happy it was the last day i must say it was a very interesting class. The professor especially i would say has a hand in making the class interesting. We had our Last quiz, and we also talked about the use of Biomimicry to solve our problems, as well as our energy problem. We had a review of everything we learn't in the class from the beginning. I must say, the first day of class, i had no idea how important sustainability was, but i leave this class with a lot of knowledge about energy efficiency which i would use to educate more people. I am glad to have been selected for this class, and i would say it was an experience i would always remember. Thanks for the hospitality Clemson, it was so much fun.

Day 11 in class (Making a difference - System Thinking and Energy Policy)

Today was basically about each individuals thinking on what we do about solving this energy issue. We also had a presentation from Jim London on policy. We were coming to the end of the class so basically our last two classes were just to see how we can use all that we have learnt wisely.

Day 10 in class (Energy Policy

Today in class we talked about energy policies. We looked at the current USA energy policy, and what we could do to make it a better energy efficient policy. We studied several leverage points adapted from "Meadows's "places to intervene in a system". Each person in class had to do an individual writing on what leverage points they think would be most important, and would be of great help to our recent energy status.

Day 9 (Biofuels)

Today we talked about Biofuels, and their role in Energy production and savings.
Dr. Caye Drapschau an associate professor in Biosystems Engineering at clemson, spoke to us on her research on Biofeuls and book she wrote with the help of some other professors, titled : BIOFEULS ENGINEERING PROCESS TECHNOLOGY...

Day 8 in Class (Trip to Duke Power Field)

We had class earlier today because we had to go to duke energy. It was a very interesting one, The way the buildings were built, it had so much safety.

It was an interesting tour, learnt a lot about energy.

Day 7 in Class (Quiz & Debate)

Today we had our first quiz, which i thought had some very interesting questions.We had to use our understanding and thoughts about sustainable energy so far to answer the questions. After the quiz we had a debate on Wind vs Nuclear. I was for Wind against Nuclear, and we won the debate because we were able to convince the judges that wind was a better way and was more cost efficient than Nuclear. It was an interesting debate.

Day 6 (Trip to Sunstore Solar)

Today we took a trip to Sunstore Solar Energy. It was an interesting one, I learnt much more about solar energy that i did not know about. Solar Energy does not only reduce the amount of energy used in a building, but it also goes a long way in reducing the electricity bill. Although the cost to buy and install the equipments might not favor everyone, the end product is worth a try.

Day 5 In Class

Today in class we talked about the involvement of the Food we eat to how much energy is been wasted. It was been brought to conclusion that breeding and cooking our own meat and food, saves alot of energy. Today its like meat has become a part of our everyday life. About 100 years ago, it was only home cooked meal, people grew food and ate them, but today its a different story. Most of these animals are been bred artificially with fertilizers and more, and therefore requires more energy, and the meat gotten not only contains more calories, but instead of been useful to the body, it becomes harmful to the body. We need to cut down on the amount of meet we eat, or instead breed our own animals and cook our own food.

Botanical Gardens & Lake

Myself, Sheldon, Alicia, and Nicole visited Botanical Gardens and the Lake. It was a much needed break from looking at books and working on our project. Botanical Gardens was fun. There are plenty of trails to walk and explore, just to many bugs to fight LOL.


After Botanical Gardens we went to the lake. I don't really like swimming in lakes, but this one was different, it was clean so definitely going back to jump in.

Hiking (Table Rock Mountain)

Myself, and two other interns Faith and Nicole along side our professor Dr. Klotz, Hiked to the top of Table Rock Mountains. It was my first time to ever go on a hike, and i was so eager to keep going to get to the highest peak. It was a very fun experience, especially the view from the top. It was a 7-miles walk altogether, believe me it was alot of walking. After that we visited different waterfalls. It was an interesting saturday.

Day 4 of Class - Tour of Clemson Facilities

Today's class was basically about clemson's campus. We had an overview of the campus planning, we studied the facilities, and what the campus is doing at the moment to reduce their carbon footprint and energy usage. They had someone from the energy department come and talk to us about all the facilities they have, and also new projects which they are working on.

Trip To ICAR

ICAR is Clemson University's Automobile Engineering campus in Greenville SC. It was pretty cool. The first thing that caught my eye when we got there was the architecture of the building. It had a very unique style and its LEED certified. We had the privilege to see the projects that were going on such as Deep Orange. Deep Orange is the project the grad students attending ICAR are working on. The project consist of them designing an electric-hybrid car of the future. We were able to see the car in the beginning stages of the remodeling. We also got to see the other rooms and technology that they used to test and build cars. It was a very nice tour.

After the tour we went downtown and walked around and also grabbed something to eat.

Trip to Duke Energy

These are videos from our trip to duke energy.There are alot more coming...

Second Day at Clemson

Today we had dinner at our professor's house, but before that i took a walk around the campus, and downtown Clemson, although it was a very long one, i thought Clemson had a very nice campus, with almost everything you need in it. The downtown really didn't have much, but its was alright, and is very close to the campus.

FIRST DAY OF CLASS

The First day was great, We didn't really do much. Dr. Klotz gave us an overview of what the class was all about, then we had to do an individual writing of what each person thought about sustainable energy, then we did some group activities, watched a video of Bill Gates on Ted. It was an interesting one.