Smart Grids for Smart Cities: Towards Zero Emissions

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Free Online Course: Smart Grids for Smart Cities: Towards Zero Emissions provided by FutureLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 5 weeks long, 2 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from FutureLearn. Smart Grids for Smart Cities: Towards Zero Emissions is taught by Pep Salas Prat.

Overview
  • See how smart grids can help citizens, companies and cities cut emissions

    This online course provides a technological and behavioural framework to help citizens, companies and cities to reduce their carbon footprint.

    You’ll look at energy production models and use basic tools to integrate yourself into the energy production cycle. You’ll find out how smart grids work, at both a small and large scale. And you’ll collect big data from smart grids and analyse it to understand energy consumption.

    Finally, you’ll look at how you can lobby public institutions, to boost energy innovation and sustainability, in both urban and rural environments.

    This course will be of interest if you are:

    • a citizen with environmental concerns
    • an employee of a large company, who wants to raise the environmental awareness of your organisation
    • an employee of a medium or large city council, who wants to understand how data and smart grids can create more efficient and sustainable cities.