This is real similar to a pharmaceutical clinical trials effort, but its on electricity and consumer electronics. Launched in 2009, pecan street s research network is the only realworld electricitygaswater test bed on the planet. Austin november 18, 20 in most markets, rooftop solar panels are. Part of what inspires this project is that we should be earth, the sequel. One past project had 100 mueller residents driving chevy volt hybrids and tracking their energy consumption. Brewster mccracken, executive director, pecan street project. Austin has emerged as a hub for clean techand the pecan street project is a pioneer in using big data to study how we use and abuse energy. Pecan street then pecan street project was launched in 2008 as a. The pecan street project is headed by former austin councilman brewster mccracken, who serves as its executive director, and by former austin energy general manager roger duncan, who is known internationally for his efforts in renewable energy and serves as the projects president. Ut, pecan street open new technology commercialization lab. View brewster mccrackens professional profile on linkedin. Russo replaces former ceo brewster mccracken, who founded the organization and served.
The board of directors of the austin clean energy nonprofit pecan street project psp voted unanimously to hire former council member brewster mccracken as the groups executive director. Pecan street employees represent the future of the energy, water and technology industries. In 2008, he led the creation of the pecan street project. At the austin forum presentation on june 5, brewster mccracken, executive director of pecan street inc. Smart grid project to offer handson opportunities for. He can build alliances and should be a visible, active mayor. An ethical pecan to crack former city council member brewster mccracken hits a pecan street project roadblock by katherine gregor, fri. The utbased consortium pecan street has been steadily making headlines since it began in 2008 with a focus on testing green energy and smartgrid solutions in austins mueller neighborhood. Haskell, technology director of the pecan street project inc. I think its legitimately emerging as a hot spot for potential innovation.
Lloyd doggett r and former council member brewster mccracken l. Mccracken is president and ceo of pecan street, a research and commercialization institute focused on the utility industry and headquartered at the university of texas. Mccracken named pecan street project executive director. The austin chamber of commerce is proud to be a founding board member of the pecan street project organization and is excited to have brewster mccracken serve. Pecan street project inc 3924 berkman dr austin, tx. Austin has emerged as a hub for clean techand the pecan street. Pecan street calls for smart grid companies with great. Data scientists, entrepreneurs, researchers, coders, city planners, lawyers, engineers and consumer product experts. Mccracken resigned last week as he announced plans to launch an energy intelligence firm. Austin has the opportunity to play the same role in the evolution of americas energy economy that it did with the semiconductor boom in the 80s, said austin mayor pro tem brewster mccracken. More than 20 researchers within the cockrell school of engineering have been involved with the project since its inception in december 2008 as a. Com march 1, 2011 are you a smart grid company with a great technology that you to want to validate and show to major customers.
And les shephard, director of the texas sustainable energy research institute. Brewster mccracken pecan street projects executive. In austin, charged up about smart power pbs newshour. Austins pecan street project brings big data analytics to energy. The pecan street project was formed by representatives of the city of austin, austin energy, the university of texas, the austin technology incubator, the greater austin chamber of commerce and environmental defense fund. The pecan street project will bring together the best talent from texas and across the country to address the infrastructure, technology and. Less than 16 months since beginning active operations, pecan street project inc. In the rfi that was released last week, open innovation is one of the three areas of interest. Brewster mccracken, executive director, pecan street project the city of houston is working harder than ever to make houston green and energy efficient, but we need the help of every citizen.
Its quite a change for mccracken, 45, who was a member of the austin city council for six years. The board of directors of the austinbased organization pecan street inc. Having seen this behind the scenes, it was a fantastic accomplishment. Brewster mccracken austin, texas area professional. Pecan street provides access to the worlds best data on consumer energy and water consumption behavior, testing and verification of technology solutions, and commercialization services to help bring breakthrough ideas to market faster and guide policy decisions. Brewster mccracken serves as the executive director of the pecan street project, a coalition of business leaders, academics, a\. Brewster mccracken is presidentceo at pecan street project inc. This past year i have seen brewster mccracken at work pulling together a great consortium in the pecan street project. The project is focused squarely on consumers, enlisting real people to gather data from these homes to help structure next generation energy systems, brewster mccracken, the projects executive director, explained in a statement. Unveiling the texas pecan street project in december 2008. He has helped lead the pecan street project, which is working to attract cleanenergy business to austin.
Pecan street project doubles revenue austin business journal. He is vigorously pursuing the next step in austins future. Brewster mccracken was mayor pro tem of the city council in austin, texas, and was a candidate for the office of mayor in austin he is currently when. Faculty and students from the cockrell school of engineering are leading every aspect of pecan streets smart grid consumer field trials. Austin, tx march 2, 2018 the board of directors of.
Mccracken has a broad view of what austin needs and how city hall should manage in a budget crunch. With a semiconductor industry already based in austin, texas could do the same with solar, according to community leader brewster mccracken. Pecan street project launched in austin smart energy. If so the pecan street project would like to hear from you. In july 2014, time magazine described pecan streets work as the most extensive energytracking study in u. The race to reinvent energy and stop global warming, by edfs fred krupp and miriam horn, helped shape austins pecan street smart grid project. Pecan street project offers sneak peek at smartgrid. A look into what could be the future of americas energy grid is on the screen of bert haskells iphone. Each homes energy generation and use is measured at intervals ranging from one second to one minute 247365, and can be. Austins pecan street project brings big data analytics to. It includes 1,115 active homes and businesses, 250 solar homes and 65 electric vehicle owners. Brewster mccracken pecan street project is a clean energysmart grid research and development organization headquartered at the university of texas. In july 2014, time magazine described pecan street s work as the most extensive energytracking study in u.
Pecan street project austin pecan street project austin. Mueller and the city of austin will become a living laboratory to test ideas and. For a deeper dive into pecan street, download our fy 20182019 annual report. Names suzanne russo ceo russo replaces brewster mccracken as the research organization expands core mission austin, tx march 2, 2018 the board of directors of austinbased research organization pecan street inc. Consumers remain missing link in smart grid adoption zdnet. Brewster mccrackenceo and president of pecan streetgave me a. June 15, 2011 brewster mccrackens presentation from americas sustainable future. Austin mayor pro tem brewster mccracken austin, tx, u. So far, about 600 homes and commercial buildings have agreed to participate. Mccracken was one of three global smart grid project leaders invited by the. He started working with the pecan street project as the city of austins founding representative and is currently the executive director of the organization. Launched in december, the pecan street project is a nonprofit effort to turn austin into a laboratory for smartgrid technology. Spearheading the project is mayor pro tem brewster mccracken, backed by austin energy general manager roger duncan.
Mccracken was one of three global smart grid project leaders invited by the government of japan to present at the oneyear anniversary conference for the reconstruction of. Brewster mccracken, executive director of pecan street inc. There is a lot of experimentation and research going on in texas, said brewster mccracken, executive director of the pecan street project, an austinbased smartgrid project, who will attend the white house meeting. Roger duncan left and brewster mccracken, two of the pecan street proj. Brewster mccracken photo by john anderson as a city council member, brewster mccracken championed and helped organize the pecan street project. I would encourage everyone to take a moment to explore the texasishot website to learn what we can all do to make houston, and the rest of texas, the. If the pecan street project eventually fulfills its promise, well all be living. Mccracken to be pecan street projects executive director. Brewster mccracken, executive director, pecan street project austin, tx, u. Mccracken to be pecan street project s executive director the board of directors of the austin clean energy nonprofit pecan street project psp voted unanimously wednesday to hire former council member brewster mccracken as the groups executive director. The board of directors of the austin clean energy nonprofit pecan street project psp voted unanimously wednesday to hire former council member brewster mccracken as the groups executive director although a contract must still be negotiated, council member randi shade, a member of the psp board, said she expects mccracken to take over his duties officially beginning jan. Thats the approach i employed in creating the pecan street project with ut, austin energy, the chamber. These are interesting times for brewster mccracken.
Cities are making energy work, an invitational conference of public. Utaustin pecan street smart grid demonstration project 9 faculty from the school of architecture and the school of engineering 7 graduate student researchers pursuing ph. Linkedin is the worlds largest business network, helping professionals like brewster mccracken discover inside connections to. Order online tickets tickets see availability directions. The pecan street project environmental defense fund. The pecan street project doubled its revenue during its latest reported fiscal year as the austin nonprofit group finds greater unexpected corporate demand for its energy consumption research. These founding partners each have representatives on the board of the pecan street inc.
Pecan street project inc 3924 berkman dr austin tx 78723. Brewster mccracken is executive director of pecan street project inc. Launched in 2009, pecan streets research network is the only realworld electricitygaswater test bed on the planet. Austin mayor pro tem brewster mccracken, edf executive director david yarnold and our regional director jim marston explain the. Brewster mccracken is president and ceo of pecan street inc. Austin mayor pro tem brewster mccracken, edf executive director david yarnold and. Com december 15, 2008 the pecan street project has been launched in austin, tx to develop a citywide smart grid partners in the project, which is being led by austin mayor pro tem brewster mccracken, include the city of austin, austin energy, the university of texas austin technology incubator, the.
The utility could profit if its energy conservation and efficiency programs reduce the electricity it has to generate or buy for its customers, said brewster mccracken, executive director of the pecan street project and a former member of austins city council. From my real estate point of view, brewster mccracken is the best for mayor of austin. Brewster mccracken, executive director of the pecan street smart grid research project in austin said data gathered during the states historic heat. Brewster mccracken, executive director of the pecan street project in austin. As executive director of the clean energy research consortium pecan street inc.