Apr 16 2024 40 mins
The entire world is transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy sources for our electricity, heating, cooling and transportation. Technologies such as energy efficient light bulbs and appliances, solar and wind powered electricity, air and ground source heat pumps, and electric vehicles are transforming our lives.
Communities, schools, and workplaces are adopting zero-carbon technologies that will also reduce costs and improve our health and safety. But did you know that the industrial sector is responsible for one third of global greenhouse gas emissions and that industry is projected to become America's biggest emission source by 2035.
For climate action to succeed, we need to develop sustainable industrial practices.
How can we revolutionize America's biggest emitters, the iron, steel, chemicals, and cement industries?
In today's episode, we meet Jeffrey Rissman. The Senior Director of Industry at Energy Innovation, Jeffrey focuses on technologies and policies that combat the rise in greenhouse gas emissions in the industrial sector.
Jeffrey has a new book, Zero-Carbon Industry: Transformative Technologies and Policies to Achieve Sustainable Prosperity, and it's now on sale worldwide.
In Zero-Carbon Industry, Jeffrey unpacks the complex challenges presented by climate change and offers clear actionable insights on how we can revamp the industrial world's heaviest emitters using cutting edge technologies and intelligent policies.
Cited in the Wall Street Journal, LA Times, Fast Company, Forbes, and elsewhere, his work shows how we can reshape our entire industrial landscape.
Today's awesome Earth Podcast is sponsored by Earth Energy Consulting. Earthkind Energy brings over 30 years of expertise in creating clean energy projects that reduce energy costs, provide outstanding returns on investments, lower carbon footprints, and leave a proud legacy for our children and all future generations. www.earthkindenergy.com.
Now let's hear Jeffrey Rissman tell us how Zero-Carbon Industry provides a roadmap to how smart investments in technology, people, and the planet can lead our transformative journey to a carbon-neutral industrial sector.
Topics Covered in this episode:
- Learn about the importance of decarbonizing the industrial sector.
- Find out about technologies and policies for achieving sustainable prosperity in the industrial sector.
- Learn about the concept of zero-carbon industry and how it can be achieved.
- Find out about the role of heat pumps in decarbonizing industrial heating processes.
- Learn about the various technologies available for delivering heat in industrial processes.
- And more…
“One thing I realized is that the industrial sector is very important. It's producing a lot of the emissions that humans are adding to the atmosphere, but it gets a lot less attention than the other sectors. “ - Jeffrey Rissman
Connect with Jeffrey Rissman:
- Zero-Carbon Industry: Transformative Technologies and Policies to Achieve Sustainable Prosperity (Center on Global Energy Policy Series) book: https://zerocarbonindustry.com/
- 20% Off the Book when you sign-up through this mailing list sign-up: https://energyinnovation.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=0faf0f29db5d15d8b0c1411ad&id=b3d85e52c9
- https://www.jeffreyrissman.com/