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The Mifal Hapais ‘Michael Landau Prize’ for the Sciences and Research
Prof. Ofira Ayalon was awarded the Mifal Hapais, ‘Michael Landau Prize’ for the Sciences and Research. This award is considered one of the most prestigious awards in the field of art, science and research.
Beyond the high monetary prize, it is an appreciation, recognition and appreciation to scientists and artists for their contribution and their influence on research and cultural life.
Among the judges’ reasons for the winning of Prof. Ayalon was that she contributed “significant contributions to a wide range of subjects related to sustainability issues in Israel and globally.
Chips against traffic jams
Manuel Trajtenberg
Flexible bus routes and pricing of trips in private cars according to time, route and number of passengers: innovative solutions to the endemic traffic congestion in Israel.
Can new technologies help ease the transportation crisis that costs 40 billion NIS a year, and robs Israelis’ precious time? The key: Smart management of public and private transportation, and shared rides for commuting. Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, a former Knesset Member, presented at the Science Committee of the Knesset a comprehensive plan to reform transportation policy, that he developed at the Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion together with Shuki Cohen, Alon Pardo and Nir Sharav. The plan focuses on short- and medium term policy steps, whereas for the long run what is needed is investment in mass transport.
Do not keep up with pace: Israel is losing altitude in international scientific publications
Ella Barzani, Daphne Getz, Noa Lavid
Until the early 1990s, Israel was ranked first in the per capita publications index, but fell to 14th place, while the number of Israeli publications remained almost identical, while other countries made a quantum leap. The good news: Israel continues to appear in the top ten in publications per capita in fields such as mathematics, neuroscience and physics.
Research: there will be about 200,000 electric cars on Israeli roads by 2025
Ofira Ayalon, Idan Liebes
According to a new study by the Samuel Neaman Institute, which deals with future charging stations in Israel, in 7 years the market share of electric vehicles (EVs) is expected to reach about 5% of the total Israeli car fleet. By 2025 there will be a demand for about 150,000 private charging stations for EVs throughout Israel, and about 13,000 public charging stations.
The research was conducted by the Samuel Neaman Institute and the Dutch consulting company EVConsult with the support of the Ministry of Energy and the Fuel Choices and Smart Mobility Initiative from the Prime Minister’s Office, and its predictions are based over the global distribution between public and private charging.
Here Lies the Garbage
About 80 percent of the waste in Israel is transferred to landfills, where it emits greenhouse gases, pollutes soil and groundwater, occupies large tracts of land, damages the landscape and creates odor hazards. A new program should reduce the problem but Prof. Ofira Ayalon says that budgeting alone is not enough for the program to be successfully implemented and that there are many legal processes that must be completed to establish waste treatment plants.
The neglect of traditional industry in Israel is liable to harm the economy and high-tech industries
Research by the Smuel Neaman Institute, (Technion) finds that the neglect of the traditional industry in Israel is liable to harm the Israeli economy as a whole, as well as the high-tech industries. “If we do not invest in workers in the classical industries, but only in high tech, 95 percent of the economy will be left behind, with all the risks,” said Dr. Gilead Fortuna, a senior research fellow at the Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion.
Bug 8200: Will the move of the intelligence center save Beersheba?
The demands presented this week by the Defense Ministry as a condition for transferring the IDF’s intelligence units to the Negev have raised again the question of the utility of relocating military camps to the south.
A new study by researchers from the Samuel Neaman Institute at the Technion, in cooperation with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, published in recent months, found that there is a disturbing gap between optimistic forecasts and reality. While the state estimated a potential of about 6,000-7,000 career soldiers, from which only 2,500 to 3,600 would actually move to the Negev, the projection of the research team stands on a few hundred permanent service men and women only.
Why is the electric car revolution in Israel is on hold?
Ofira Ayalon, Idan Liebes
Car manufacturers worldwide are preparing to produce millions of electric cars a year, but in Israel the government has not adapted the market to change and thus contributes to the continued air pollution.
The Ministry of Energy: The Ministry has worked to formulate standards for charging an electric vehicle, and the Electricity Authority is currently completing regulation
According to data compiled by Ofira Ayalon and Idan Liebes of the Samuel Neaman Institute, the cost of driving an electric vehicle is about sixth of that of a gasoline or diesel-powered vehicle. At the head of the recommendations formulated at the end of the discussion at the Technion’s Energy Forum, it was proposed to formulate a national plan for the assimilation of public and private electric transportation in Israel. Public transportation, especially urban, should be electric, clean and efficient. Integration with interurban transportation e.g. electric trains can even obviate the need for two vehicles per family. According to the recommendations, the plan should include quantitative targets, indicators of success and appropriate budgeting.
The regulator needs an Electroconvulsive therapy
In the five years that have passed since the collapse of Better Place, the automotive world has shown renewed interest in electric vehicles over gasoline/ diesel cars. Many countries invest in public charging stations, tax benefits, purchase assistance and even monthly basis grants, directly to the driver’s salary. And in Israel there is a significant lack of public charging infrastructure and low awareness of electric vehicles. The environment and energy team of the Samuel Neaman Institute passed on updated data to the Knesset Information Center.
The test result shows: The plastic bag law completely failed
Ministry of Environmental Protection is satisfied with the carrier-bag law, which came into force last year and prohibits the free distribution of plastic bags in retail chains. The numbers show a sharp decline in the use of bags in retail chains. In addition, the “Clean Coast Index” also improved, according to the Ministry’s 2017 report, which was the cleanest year for beaches in the last 12 years, and the carrier- bag law has a significant impact on the index.
However, the number of bags consumed by the public can not be a measure. This is because the purpose of the law is not to reduce the number of bags consumed, but to reduce the damage that the legislators believe us caused by these bags.
The work done at the Samuel Neaman Institute shows that carrier bags are not such a significant environmental nuisance, and that there are other policy means (instead of such a high tax) that can be used to reduce the use of bags.