CHOU Siaw Kiang - Energy Studies Institute at the National University of Singapore

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CHOU Siaw Kiang - Energy Studies Institute at the National University of Singapore

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Title: Energy Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Transportation

Presenter: CHOU Siaw Kiang
Date: 2014年6月6日（星期五）上午 10:00
Location: 主楼六层会议室

About the presenter:
Dr. Chou Siaw Kiang (S.K. Chou) is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and jointly appointed as Executive Director of Energy Studies Institute at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He chairs the Advisory Committee of the School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering and is member of the Board of Governors of Singapore Polytechnic. He is President of the Institution of Engineers (IES), Singapore. He chairs the Technical Evaluation Panel on the Grant for Energy Efficiency Technology (GREET) of the National Environment Agency, Singapore. He is Chairman of the Advisory Board of the ASEAN Plan of Action on Science and Technology and is member of the International Advisory Board of the APEC Center for Technology Fore-sighting. Professor Chou is presently Associate Editor of Applied Energy, Chairman of the International Editorial Board of Asian Journal on Energy & Environment and serves on the editorial boards of a number of other energy-related journals. He was the Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NUS, from 1998 to 2003, and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, NUS, from 2003 to 2008.

About the talk:
Transportation is the lifeline of the world economy. However, it is only one of the major contributors to the world’s energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Globally, transportation is responsible for 60% of oil consumption. In Singapore, it accounts for 20% of primary energy consumption and total carbon emissions. This talk will discuss the future of electric vehicles (EV) considering both policy and technological developments. Singapore’s EV test-bed programme will be introduced with policy questions and research possibilities. Finally, the future transportation solution with high efficiency and low emissions will be discussed to achieve a reduction of fuel consumption by 40% from the BAU scenario.