The German Clean Energy Transition - "Energiewende!"(w/Nikhil Nadkarni)

Links for more info on today's topic:

German Building Energy Use: https://www.dena.de/fileadmin/dena/Dokumente/Pdf/9268_dena_concise_2018_building_report.pdf

Zeyneb's from Heet's Episode: https://youtu.be/Jhj6B0OrCD8

Climate Lessons for US Cities: https://medium.com/@nikhil.nadkarni

Summary of Energiewende from the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy: https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/EN/Dossier/energy-transition.html

Building retrofits in Germany from dena (the German Energy Agency): https://www.dena.de/en/topics-projects/energy-efficiency/buildings/

More on efficient buildings from thinktank Agora Energiewende: https://www.agora-energiewende.de/en/topics/efficiency/

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Episode 43 of Energy Nerd Show & Tell. This week's guest: Nikhil Nadkarni from the City of Cambridge on the German Energy Transition.

Each week, Jeannie and Bruce will interview an energy nerd about what's been getting them psyched about energy!

Nikhil Nadkarni, Energy Planner
City of Cambridge

Nikhil Nadkarni is an urban planner focused on climate strategy and energy transformation in cities. At the City of Cambridge Community Development Department, he works on programs and policies to help Cambridge residents save energy and make progress towards Cambridge’s net zero goals. He spent 2020 on a research sabbatical in Berlin, studying the German energy transformation and its lessons for building decarbonization in US cities.