1 00:00:05,830 --> 00:00:10,150 So Durata is the same university distinguished professor. 2 00:00:10,150 --> 00:00:16,720 The lab would be a strange endowed chair and professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Genetic Engineering. 3 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:20,710 She is the interim vice president for Knowledge Enterprise in the Ohio State University, 4 00:00:20,710 --> 00:00:24,910 and she's also director of the Satellite Positioning International Navigation Laboratory. 5 00:00:24,910 --> 00:00:31,130 Most recently also became the Princeton Investigator Very Exciting New Initiative established by the National Science Foundation, 6 00:00:31,130 --> 00:00:35,480 the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance. I know she's going to talk a bit about this nature. 7 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:40,600 So to draw so many thanks for taking the time to join us from Ohio and talk about some very exciting developments, 8 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:47,800 both at Ohio State and with IRVM that may offer lessons for us and how we accelerate the development of solutions to tackle climate change. 9 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,680 Over to you. Thank you very much. I'm really glad I can. 10 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:57,490 I can talk to you and present a little bit on Aruba and also on the University 11 00:00:57,490 --> 00:01:02,950 Private Partnerships for Climate Solutions from the Ohio State University. 12 00:01:02,950 --> 00:01:15,410 So next slide, please. You. 13 00:01:15,410 --> 00:01:22,430 Trevor, the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance established by the National Science Foundation to develop bold and 14 00:01:22,430 --> 00:01:31,220 transformative new engineering research directions and a core partnership of the Big Ten Academic Alliance, 15 00:01:31,220 --> 00:01:37,760 the Score Idea Foundation and you IDP. We represent every U.S. state. 16 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:42,590 There's a seat at the table for everyone in the engineering research community. 17 00:01:42,590 --> 00:01:51,470 Irvine is a network of networks. We've designed an organisational engine that crosses boundaries and enables six key groups to work together 18 00:01:51,470 --> 00:01:58,160 to identify and develop new engineering research directions and build unity across the community, 19 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:06,210 engaging stakeholder groups across numerous sectors who provide input or ideation through a range of visioning activities. 20 00:02:06,210 --> 00:02:15,080 Irma's diverse network of allies, government labs, professional societies, nonprofits, students, educators, industry associations, 21 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:19,490 venture organisations and champions of the future of engineering research 22 00:02:19,490 --> 00:02:26,960 provide the brain trust that fuels the Irba engine and to build collaboration, 23 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:36,680 spark next generation ideas, solve our grand challenges, protect our resources, train the workforce of the future, 24 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:48,770 create a vision for engineering research leadership that will unleash discovery and innovation and increase prosperity. 25 00:02:48,770 --> 00:02:56,570 In Irvine, the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance. 26 00:02:56,570 --> 00:03:00,840 How can we move to the next slide, please? All right. Thank you. 27 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:09,180 So let me just emphasise that one of the primary goals of why vote was even established was to really 28 00:03:09,180 --> 00:03:16,470 connect academic industry and government partners to work together to jointly envision a faster, 29 00:03:16,470 --> 00:03:25,410 better and more efficient solutions, particularly those pertaining societal challenges where engineering can significantly contribute. 30 00:03:25,410 --> 00:03:33,120 So you can clearly see the pace and scale of what we envision is really only possible with this partnership. 31 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:41,070 So Irba, as you've heard in the video, is the first engineering research visioning organisation of its kind of its kind, 32 00:03:41,070 --> 00:03:48,600 and it serves as a convenor to bring together multiple voices, voices of engineers, scientists, 33 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,670 technologists, ethicists, 34 00:03:50,670 --> 00:04:00,240 policymakers and also the general public to exchange ideas and conceive cutting edge directions for new areas of engineering, 35 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:06,420 which can benefit from genetic research to benefit the society. 36 00:04:06,420 --> 00:04:12,210 So based on its broad and very diverse network of networks, as you have seen in the video, 37 00:04:12,210 --> 00:04:19,740 we have over 350 universities well over and industry partners and national labs and. 38 00:04:19,740 --> 00:04:22,770 And then the moment even private citizens joined us. 39 00:04:22,770 --> 00:04:32,220 So we have already an enormous footprint with the objective of Irba to convene in the inclusive representation of academic, 40 00:04:32,220 --> 00:04:37,680 corporate, community and professional societies and also public stakeholders. 41 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:44,340 Number two, we will facilitate various visioning events to enable the engineering community to speak 42 00:04:44,340 --> 00:04:50,520 with one voice and therefore we are really seriously aiming at breaking the silos. 43 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:57,620 We also are aiming at supporting rapid and efficient response to emerging opportunities. 44 00:04:57,620 --> 00:05:05,390 We will catalyse the development of new programmes, policies and models of connectivity and communicate through more, 45 00:05:05,390 --> 00:05:14,810 although channel possible strategies that we develop that will leverage the tremendous assets of National Science Foundation and urban networks. 46 00:05:14,810 --> 00:05:22,700 So we are still really working on identifying the topics for our first vision and event since the organisation. 47 00:05:22,700 --> 00:05:30,590 It's been in the making for several months now, but was formally established on on 15th of April, just three months ago. 48 00:05:30,590 --> 00:05:39,590 So we really are working on it. But what I would like to emphasise that it's fair to expect that the impact of engineering on 49 00:05:39,590 --> 00:05:46,700 climate solutions would be definitely one of our first upcoming focus areas for discussion. 50 00:05:46,700 --> 00:05:48,590 But at the moment, I'm not ready yet. 51 00:05:48,590 --> 00:05:58,310 So in the meantime, I will present an example of private academic partnership for energy and climate solutions from my home university. 52 00:05:58,310 --> 00:06:06,770 Next slide, please. So let's talk about comprehensive energy management at Ohio State. 53 00:06:06,770 --> 00:06:16,870 Next slide, please. Let me begin with defining the challenge and the opportunity as as we see it. 54 00:06:16,870 --> 00:06:25,600 So I hope you agree with me that addressing today's critical scientific and societal challenges requires increasingly collaborative, 55 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:30,610 cross-disciplinary and convergent approaches through new models of engagement 56 00:06:30,610 --> 00:06:36,730 and to ensure broad participation across the entire engineering ecosystem. 57 00:06:36,730 --> 00:06:46,060 So one of the challenges in combating climate change through energy efficiency and by reducing our CO2 emissions. 58 00:06:46,060 --> 00:06:51,640 So you may want to ask why we should rely on partnerships to achieve those goals. 59 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:58,060 Well, let me begin by saying universities have the brainpower and research bench strength, 60 00:06:58,060 --> 00:07:07,330 which is critical for new technologies and systems that can advance solutions to the pressing challenges posed by climate change. 61 00:07:07,330 --> 00:07:10,780 Universities, however, are often slow to change. 62 00:07:10,780 --> 00:07:21,970 Often, faculty intensive incentives are misaligned, and we are usually not very well equipped to bridge the R&D valley of death. 63 00:07:21,970 --> 00:07:23,980 Private firms, on the other hand, 64 00:07:23,980 --> 00:07:33,550 lack bench strength stability for long term partnerships because they are subject to the short term demand of their stakeholders and marketplace. 65 00:07:33,550 --> 00:07:40,900 And this may prohibit a longer term R&D commitment that is needed to generate a return on investment. 66 00:07:40,900 --> 00:07:45,670 Hence, academia industry partnership can benefit both sectors. 67 00:07:45,670 --> 00:07:51,970 As in the example I will be presenting today, next slide, please. 68 00:07:51,970 --> 00:08:00,820 Before I move on to the example I want to introduce to you, Ohio State, it's one of the top three largest campus in the United States, 69 00:08:00,820 --> 00:08:11,440 with close to 500 buildings on 200 2000 acres in urban environments, close to 60000 students with about 100000 people. 70 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:17,470 They are daily, maybe not during the pandemic, but this is our average on the normal operations. 71 00:08:17,470 --> 00:08:26,830 We have 38 campus residence hall halls and then when I mention major major medical centre and of course, three stadiums, 72 00:08:26,830 --> 00:08:35,110 Ohio State is all big about football, so you can imagine how much energy we require to really operate this giant campus. 73 00:08:35,110 --> 00:08:46,030 Next slide, please. Motivation. So you may ask, so what motivated Ohio State leadership some years ago to seek efficiency, 74 00:08:46,030 --> 00:08:50,080 efficient energy solutions through a partnership with the industry? 75 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:58,960 So, number one, if you look at our energy cost of 15 million annual energy costs is a humongous amount of funding. 76 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:03,040 So, of course, cost was certainly one of the driving factors. 77 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:08,980 However, I want to emphasise in other important aspect from the very beginning, 78 00:09:08,980 --> 00:09:17,410 when university was thinking about it, we were thinking of finding a partner who can also support academic mission. 79 00:09:17,410 --> 00:09:26,650 Now, in other aspects, why we really wanted to switch for no obvious, essentially from the beginning of the university. 80 00:09:26,650 --> 00:09:34,270 University has been buying and managing energy, including the chiller plant on campus, all by the university employees. 81 00:09:34,270 --> 00:09:44,080 Not the best solution. So the idea was to really bring a private sector to do it much more efficiently, also faster, cheaper and better. 82 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:50,050 So the guiding principle, as I mentioned earlier, was not to just find a vendor to do that. 83 00:09:50,050 --> 00:09:53,980 We were thinking beyond the transactional relationship and really, 84 00:09:53,980 --> 00:10:03,850 really wanted to include a much broader set of academic goals while essentially entering any future agreements. 85 00:10:03,850 --> 00:10:12,150 Next slide, please. So the idea was to lower our energy cost, as I mentioned earlier, 86 00:10:12,150 --> 00:10:21,420 with the ultimate goal of CO2 CO2 footprint reduction through a systems approach to energy and to operate, 87 00:10:21,420 --> 00:10:31,260 maintain and expand utility system with a specific focus on impacts and benefits through the university and to the environment. 88 00:10:31,260 --> 00:10:37,020 One of our guiding principles was to enter a partnership that will also support, like I said earlier, 89 00:10:37,020 --> 00:10:41,580 the core academic mission and you will hear me repeated many times during the talk. 90 00:10:41,580 --> 00:10:51,210 It was very important to us to work with the organisation, which will share our values, our goals and will be able to support our academic mission. 91 00:10:51,210 --> 00:11:00,270 So University issued a request for proposals and subsequently in 2017, after multiple levels of reviews, 92 00:11:00,270 --> 00:11:08,890 the engine North America and Acxiom infrastructure proposal was selected to form Ohio State Energy Partnership. 93 00:11:08,890 --> 00:11:13,680 I'd like to also mention to you that this partnership was not the first industry 94 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:20,790 partnership that Ohio State has established a few years prior to this partnership. 95 00:11:20,790 --> 00:11:28,980 Ohio has entered a lease agreement with an external investor to form what is now called Campus Park, 96 00:11:28,980 --> 00:11:34,410 which is the exclusive rights to which has the exclusive rights to operate Ohio State's 97 00:11:34,410 --> 00:11:41,580 parking system and provide parking services for the duration of 50 year lease periods, 98 00:11:41,580 --> 00:11:50,220 and it began in 2012. So in return, the university received an upfront payment of about half a billion dollars. 99 00:11:50,220 --> 00:11:56,940 So clearly, university opted to transition the management of its parking operation to Campus Park. 100 00:11:56,940 --> 00:12:03,470 Seen this as an innovative, innovative way to fund its academic mission. 101 00:12:03,470 --> 00:12:11,270 I want to emphasise that the money from the agreement will provide about three point one billion over the lifetime of the lease, 102 00:12:11,270 --> 00:12:19,070 which all will be invested in academic initiative faculty, higher student scholarships and support in arts and humanities. 103 00:12:19,070 --> 00:12:25,940 Next slide, please. So what made M.G. Acxiom proposal attractive to Ohio State? 104 00:12:25,940 --> 00:12:32,810 So number one, obviously upfront payment of over a billion dollars was a great incentive. 105 00:12:32,810 --> 00:12:39,710 This was by far the largest addition to our endowment. But what was most important, very important to us as well, 106 00:12:39,710 --> 00:12:49,100 that part of the money was agreed to be essentially redirected to academic collaboration, scholarship, faculty chairs, 107 00:12:49,100 --> 00:12:53,810 endowed chairs, philanthropy, students innovations, 108 00:12:53,810 --> 00:13:01,790 etc. and one of the important components and I will get to it in a moment is the idea of energy advancement and innovation. 109 00:13:01,790 --> 00:13:08,780 Centred energy came with an idea of building this centre on campus as a part of this agreement. 110 00:13:08,780 --> 00:13:16,250 So certainly this was extremely attractive to us. And of course, on top of this, there was a promise which they are actually keeping very, 111 00:13:16,250 --> 00:13:26,030 very nice to improve campus energy efficiency and achieve about twenty five or more percent of efficiency within 10 years. 112 00:13:26,030 --> 00:13:34,580 And of course, keep going because our our ultimate goal is really to also not only reduce the energy usage, 113 00:13:34,580 --> 00:13:39,140 but also reduce our CO2 footprint ultimately to zero. 114 00:13:39,140 --> 00:13:50,100 So energy is implementing a serious of energy conservation measures, which were specifically designed for higher state needs such as smart deployment, 115 00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:57,560 smart metre excuse me, deployment through campus, energy efficient indoor and outdoor lighting, 116 00:13:57,560 --> 00:14:02,030 and also repairs and upgrades to our utility infrastructure. 117 00:14:02,030 --> 00:14:13,790 Next slide, please. So in this couple of agreements, Ohio State Energy Partnership operates a grid to operate all of the campus utility systems, 118 00:14:13,790 --> 00:14:20,270 which is electricity, natural gas, steam, chilled water, geothermal generation and distribution. 119 00:14:20,270 --> 00:14:24,590 And I want to mention we have five 000+ with geothermal wells on campus. 120 00:14:24,590 --> 00:14:31,760 And it also invests in energy conservation measures, existing systems improvements and replacements. 121 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:38,570 And, of course, the utility system expansion to serve a new campus facilities as we continue to grow. 122 00:14:38,570 --> 00:14:46,580 And I have to tell you, there is not a single year when we don't have multiple development of new buildings, new infrastructure on campus. 123 00:14:46,580 --> 00:14:50,660 And once again, you can see in red on this slide. 124 00:14:50,660 --> 00:14:56,120 A very important part of the partnership is, again, academic collaboration. 125 00:14:56,120 --> 00:15:03,020 Next slide, please. I'm going to actually to provide you a few examples of such a collaboration shortly, 126 00:15:03,020 --> 00:15:08,690 but before I move onto it, I'd like to very briefly introduce Energy North America. 127 00:15:08,690 --> 00:15:18,710 You probably know the company. I just want to emphasise a couple of aspects why this is very important to us to enter. 128 00:15:18,710 --> 00:15:25,820 Why? Why? Essentially, Energy North America was an ideal partner for America, for academic collaboration. 129 00:15:25,820 --> 00:15:30,830 So, of course, the size is important. They have a huge footprint in the United States. 130 00:15:30,830 --> 00:15:38,900 But what really is attractive to us is their commitment to environmental, social and governance, governance, best practises. 131 00:15:38,900 --> 00:15:47,120 And those traits have been recognised by Dow Jones Sustainability World and Europe Index, 132 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:57,220 which essentially placed energy amongst the top 10 percent of sustainability driven companies in the in their peer groups. 133 00:15:57,220 --> 00:16:05,230 So angry at the moment is fully engaged in developing future energy composite conservation measures and utilising 134 00:16:05,230 --> 00:16:13,690 new all the newest technologies that are being at the same time developed in cooperation with the university. 135 00:16:13,690 --> 00:16:20,930 So once again, I want to point out the pace and scale of this operation, which is only possible with this partnership. 136 00:16:20,930 --> 00:16:25,670 I don't think that university could have accomplished this alone. 137 00:16:25,670 --> 00:16:34,540 And let me give you just one example why we strongly believe that this partnership is really helping us in pace and scale of the operation. 138 00:16:34,540 --> 00:16:43,910 So prior to entering this partnership, Ohio State has been retrofitting buildings on campus to become energy smart. 139 00:16:43,910 --> 00:16:50,170 The impressive and I'm trying to be sarcastic, impressive pace of five buildings in three years. 140 00:16:50,170 --> 00:16:55,450 And remember, we have close to 500 buildings on campus with energy on board. 141 00:16:55,450 --> 00:17:05,770 They have been retrofitting 50 buildings per year, so you can immediately see the pace and scale as the benefits this this partnership. 142 00:17:05,770 --> 00:17:12,730 Next slide, please let me introduce the energy digital platform smart institutions. 143 00:17:12,730 --> 00:17:17,680 It was developed in collaboration with C three I. 144 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:23,200 It's an air and IoT based platform customised for Ohio State. 145 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:28,550 But of course, it's a platform which energy use is what they are other customers right now. 146 00:17:28,550 --> 00:17:40,030 Like I said, it's been implemented to the next step of our of our evolution to more efficient and less CO2 emissions kind of a system. 147 00:17:40,030 --> 00:17:47,320 So this platform is really key to managing campus energy in a more effective way. 148 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:56,860 And essentially, like I said, earlier moves, this platform far beyond Ohio State is being used by energy with other customers, 149 00:17:56,860 --> 00:18:03,280 so you can see the scale of the operation again beyond Ohio State campus. 150 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:09,250 Let me let me also tell you that in the old system, which is partially current system as well, 151 00:18:09,250 --> 00:18:15,970 Ohio State is nearly 100 percent reliant on the public utility grids for energy supply. 152 00:18:15,970 --> 00:18:20,200 The new model that you can see you can see depicted in this figure. 153 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:29,620 The Ohio State University Microgrid uses that digital platform, which you can see on the screen, which serves as a neutral system of the microgrid, 154 00:18:29,620 --> 00:18:34,060 which provides expanded and interconnected heating and cooling network, 155 00:18:34,060 --> 00:18:39,410 which is anchored by a new combined heat and power plant, which is currently under construction. 156 00:18:39,410 --> 00:18:46,690 So once again, this is a digital platform which will be connected to the new plant, which is currently under construction. 157 00:18:46,690 --> 00:18:53,200 And I want to also emphasise that energy provides upfront investments to build this new plant. 158 00:18:53,200 --> 00:19:01,450 So once the system is fully ready and operational, this new system will allow information to flow completely seamlessly from me. 159 00:19:01,450 --> 00:19:03,370 Just the controllers from controllers, 160 00:19:03,370 --> 00:19:13,180 the generators ET reduce volume and cost of purchased energy commodities reduce and provide more control over Ohio State carbon footprint. 161 00:19:13,180 --> 00:19:19,660 Extremely important to us, increase the campus energy, reliability and resiliency, 162 00:19:19,660 --> 00:19:26,170 and also allows seamless interaction for future energy sources such as hydrogen. 163 00:19:26,170 --> 00:19:33,580 You'd also be able to connect disconnect from the public grid to continue to operate in island mode in times, 164 00:19:33,580 --> 00:19:40,360 for example, of natural disasters, cyber attacks or any other situation when we need to operate on our own. 165 00:19:40,360 --> 00:19:50,290 And most of all, this new system really provides a massive, massive platform of opportunity for various academic collaboration activities. 166 00:19:50,290 --> 00:19:56,020 As I said earlier, Ohio State's intent is to stop using fossil fuels over time. 167 00:19:56,020 --> 00:20:00,370 So the hope we can help is that we can switch to hydrogen fuel. 168 00:20:00,370 --> 00:20:07,480 And again, I want to emphasise the new plant will be able to use hydrogen as a fuel. 169 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:15,490 That's a long term plan, and we hope that this will take us get us to zero carbon emissions by 2050. 170 00:20:15,490 --> 00:20:21,430 And I also want to emphasise at this point again in every aspect of the academic contribution 171 00:20:21,430 --> 00:20:28,780 of energy engines very actively sponsoring our faculty as research on hydrogen technology. 172 00:20:28,780 --> 00:20:39,130 Next slide, please. So one of the prime examples of academic collaboration is the project, which you can see briefly described in the slide. 173 00:20:39,130 --> 00:20:44,350 It's the National Science Foundation and Art Empowerment Friendship Programme. 174 00:20:44,350 --> 00:20:51,430 It's a three million grant which essentially is focussed on training the next generation of energy innovators. 175 00:20:51,430 --> 00:20:55,450 We are aiming at training about Eight-page students in first four years, 176 00:20:55,450 --> 00:21:01,240 and it will be all focussed on digital technologies and decentralised generation of energy. 177 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:06,490 And I want to emphasise a key participation participant is energy. 178 00:21:06,490 --> 00:21:14,500 We believe that the partnership with Energy really gave us a cutting edge and allow us to win this proposal. 179 00:21:14,500 --> 00:21:18,100 I also want to add a few words aside from just this project, 180 00:21:18,100 --> 00:21:26,770 when we obviously are asking our are been working together to get external funding NGOs heavily investing internally. 181 00:21:26,770 --> 00:21:34,840 Twenty five million for scholarships and internships. 200000 for Student Sustainability Challenge competition. 182 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:38,990 In other million to support curriculum development in sustainability. 183 00:21:38,990 --> 00:21:46,210 This is very telling. This is the only organisation that works with us to help us develop new curriculum 184 00:21:46,210 --> 00:21:53,530 for solely aimed at sustainability and also support our capstone projects. 185 00:21:53,530 --> 00:21:59,410 So has perfectly present her perfect presence in our classrooms. 186 00:21:59,410 --> 00:22:04,120 Again, examples can be multiplied here. I have a long list of those. 187 00:22:04,120 --> 00:22:09,100 I just want to also emphasise they are maybe not direct and engagement in research, 188 00:22:09,100 --> 00:22:18,010 but they are absolutely full understanding of the markets where the innovation is needed and they are support it in targeted research, 189 00:22:18,010 --> 00:22:23,650 investments, hydrogen modelling and simulation and new energy business model. 190 00:22:23,650 --> 00:22:29,600 Next slide, please. Energy innovation and investment centre. 191 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:38,420 It's another yet example of the engagement with energy and their investment into sustainable innovation. 192 00:22:38,420 --> 00:22:44,030 Energy sources. So the partnership, of course, is being used in campus as a living lab, 193 00:22:44,030 --> 00:22:51,470 and this new Energy Advancement and Innovation Centre, which will be located in the University Innovation District, 194 00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:57,710 is another example of of the academic partnership when energy invests significant 195 00:22:57,710 --> 00:23:03,320 amount of money $15 million to help us extend our innovation district. 196 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:09,770 And just as a side note, Innovation District is been under development right now. 197 00:23:09,770 --> 00:23:17,540 It's been designed as interdisciplinary innovation space where full cycle of innovation will happen. 198 00:23:17,540 --> 00:23:29,150 So from idea inception through all stages of research to translation, so we expect presence of research, a student industry venture capital, 199 00:23:29,150 --> 00:23:37,460 what have you so entire cycle and entire ecosystem, which is needed to quickly move idea to application? 200 00:23:37,460 --> 00:23:37,910 Also, 201 00:23:37,910 --> 00:23:48,440 I want to emphasise that it was energy leadership who came up with an idea of including energy innovation and advancement centre in the agreement. 202 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:58,850 Next slide, please. I want to show you another example of the collaboration in sustainability and workforce development space, 203 00:23:58,850 --> 00:24:07,160 and that was just the first one we had together with energy. Now, recently, about two months ago or so, we have submitted another large proposal, 204 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:13,640 11million proposal to the Department of Energy on connected communities. 205 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:19,280 This is again another perfect example of a partnership between university and energy. 206 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:26,270 We have a living lab already on campus. We are at an energy innovation and advancement and innovation centre, 207 00:24:26,270 --> 00:24:32,450 which certainly would be leveraged in this research if we are awarded this proposal 208 00:24:32,450 --> 00:24:36,890 and we believe that we really have a great chance just because we have energy, 209 00:24:36,890 --> 00:24:41,990 which is the critical partner and gives us competitive advantage. 210 00:24:41,990 --> 00:24:52,680 Can I have a next slide, please? So let me try to summarise with very brief summary of the overall benefits of 211 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,670 the partnership as we see it right now after about three and a half years. 212 00:24:56,670 --> 00:25:05,010 So how are your states certainly? Is modernising campus an unjust system, something which we really wanted to accomplish? 213 00:25:05,010 --> 00:25:10,260 Now, Energy Innovation Centre is and is certainly an additional benefit to us. 214 00:25:10,260 --> 00:25:16,740 It is an investment which will increase the pace and scale of energy innovation and, of course, academic collaboration. 215 00:25:16,740 --> 00:25:22,560 The examples I gave you a few samples, but those are also growing and expanding for energy. 216 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:26,850 We are very stable customer. They are. They already are here for 50 years. 217 00:25:26,850 --> 00:25:33,210 We are very open and flexible partner for their experimentation. They are using our campus as a lab. 218 00:25:33,210 --> 00:25:39,840 And of course, we both are working together to accelerate the development by working with faculty and students. 219 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:49,020 And my next slide, please. I want to emphasise one important aspect of the success of those kind of partnerships. 220 00:25:49,020 --> 00:25:52,590 Secondly, alignment alignment is absolutely crucial. 221 00:25:52,590 --> 00:26:00,940 So the decision for us to enter a 50 year long term agreement with energy was really made solely after Ohio State had a kind of 222 00:26:00,940 --> 00:26:08,090 percent confidence that the deal will mutually benefit both parties and both parties would work together to benefit the environment. 223 00:26:08,090 --> 00:26:11,320 So that's actually extremely important to us. 224 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:18,360 And again, I cannot emphasise more how alignment of objectives and goals is important and key to success. 225 00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:23,640 And just one other comment I want to add is that, of course, energy is not working just with Ohio State. 226 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:31,080 They have at least three other universities Maryland, Iowa and Georgetown, and working with other universities to enter agreements. 227 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:38,190 However, one important differentiating factor is that Ohio State is the only organisation now which 228 00:26:38,190 --> 00:26:44,970 is actually who enter the partnership with the focus on academic and academic components. 229 00:26:44,970 --> 00:26:49,920 So no other universities have done it so far. And can I have my last slide, please? 230 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:55,470 I want to give the acknowledgements to my fantastic colleague Kate Barger and Elaina Erwin, 231 00:26:55,470 --> 00:27:01,410 who lead the Sustainability Institute and help me in preparation of this presentation. 232 00:27:01,410 --> 00:27:08,736 Thank you so much for your attention.