{"id":745,"date":"2024-10-18T20:30:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T20:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/?p=745"},"modified":"2024-11-04T20:38:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T20:38:24","slug":"745-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/ise\/745-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jin Presents Project at G7 Mitigation Cohort"},"content":{"rendered":"

Professor Mingzhou Jin attended the G7 Mitigation Cohort in London from September 23-25 to present a project that will address critical environmental health and energy burden challenges in underserved communities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The impetus for the project, titled \u201cA Community Co-design Weatherization and Microgrid Plan for an Equitable Energy Security and Environmental Health,\u201d stems from the disproportionate impact of climate change, air pollution, and energy issues on communities of color and low-income groups.\u202fThe team\u2019s mission is to craft a clean energy plan that not only respects and incorporates local community insights but also possesses the potential for national replication.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The project is supported by a $1.7 million grant from the Wellcome Trust Foundation, a global charitable entity established in 1936.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jin, the department head for Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) and the director of the Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment (ISSE) traveled to London with Bruce Tonn, president and co-founder of the nonprofit organization Three Cubed, and Chien-Fei Chen, an adjunct professor with ISE and principal investigator for the project.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There were 10 projects presented at the cohort, grouped into food, air quality, and clean energy. Jin\u2019s project is part of the clean energy group, which is focused on promoting a health-centric climate mitigation plan. Jin\u2019s team also discussed policy and other interference measures with other groups in attendance.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAttending the G7 Mitigation Cohort was an extremely rewarding trip for our project,\u201d Jin said. \u201cAlong with presenting our project, we discussed various things with other projects in the United Kingdom, the U.S., and Japan. It was great to have UT represented on the global stage and involved in such important work.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the last few months, the UT-led project has made progress in two key areas:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n