Practical Steps to Saving Energy, Our Economy and Our Climate
Elton Sherwin
May 4, 2012
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As a venture capitalist, Elton Sherwin understands how efficiency can earn (or save) money - for both large corporations and individuals.
Join author, and energy and clean tech venture capitalist Sherwin for a lively discussion about the practical steps to saving energy, our economy and our climate.
With a global temperature rise of just one degree, glaciers such as those in the Himalayans will disappear leaving hundreds of millions of people withouth water and food. Famines in both India and China will cause food in the world market to increase world-wide.
A Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory study found that "consumers in the U.S.
spend over 4 billion dollars
on standby power every year." At today's building codes, it could easily cost between $50-150,000 to heat and a cool an American house over its lifetime, about 50 years
Sherwin cuts through the ideology to discuss the most effective ways you as an individual and we as a society can stabilize the climate and achieve energy independence, one household at a time.
Doors open at 7pm, presentation starts at 7:30pm.
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About Elton Sherwin
Elton Sherwin is a venture capitalist and the Senior Managing Director at Ridgewood Capital, where he invests in private, high-tech companies.
Prior to founding the Ridgewood Capital Palo Alto office in 1999, Elton Sherwin established the West Coast office of Motorola Ventures. During his tenure at Motorola, he led investments in Online Anywhere (sold to Yahoo!) and in SnapTrack (sold to Qualcomm). Earlier in his career, Elton spent twenty years at IBM and Motorola where the products he developed won numerous awards. The U.S. patent Office has granted him eight patents.
His widely acclaimed first book, The Silicon Valley Way, was translated into Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, and Korean. First published in 1998, it continues to be used by entrepreneurs and universities around the world.
Sherwin's second book, Addicted to Energy: A Venture Capitalist's Perspective on How to Save Our Economy and Our Climate, outlines practical steps that individuals, businesses, and governments can take to lower their energy consumption. Sherwin offers pragmatic and innovative solutions to the climate crisis; using graphs and charts, the book presents complex topics in simple, understandable, and sometimes amusing ways.
Elton is a member of the Board of Directors of Peregrine Semiconductors, Scintera Networks, Ethertronics, NRG Dynamix, Pixim and Atempo.Sherwin earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley.
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