Innovation

  • ecobee3 lite smart thermostat

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    Issue 2: Imagining our Future Cities

    What’s so smart about a smart grid anyway?

    The prefix ‘smart’ gets thrown in front of so many things the phrase has lost some of its meaning. We tend to think of ‘smart’ technology mostly as something done by computers and designers. That’s not the whole story. We also need smart – and adaptive users. Only by creating both, can we achieve energy sustainability.


    Category: Issue 2 Innovation Research
  • Larry Hundt and Chris Flemming stand in front of the University of Waterloo entrance sign

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    Issue 4: Consciously Making Change

    Hungry for change

    They say it takes a village to raise a child, but sometimes one person’s impact can have a rippling effect for decades and generations to come.


    Category: Issue 4 Alumni Entrepreneurship Innovation
  • Toronto skyline at night

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    Issue 2: Imagining our Future Cities

    Ontario and the megacity

    With the world rapidly urbanizing, people, capital and opportunity are flowing into a handful of cities at an incredible rate. This new dynamic has created new opportunities, but also political polarization, economic inequality, frustration and confusion on a number of levels for many people.


    Category: Issue 2 Alumni Community Innovation