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Every year, the Centre for Urban Energy at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) opens its doors to the public for the Clean Energy Expo. The event highlights included: listening to high-profile guest speakers; meeting the researchers and graduate students addressing important energy challenges in energy storage, smart grid, renewables and more; student research awards ceremony sponsored by Toronto Hydro; tour of the one-of-a-kind Schneider Electric Smart Grid Laboratory and learning how to test your products, prototypes and technologies; learning about the professional development programs, including the Professional Master's Diploma in Energy and Innovation and our Electrical Engineering 101 Series; meeting with the Clean Energy Zone startups; and networking with professionals from across the energy sector - randomly as it was not a competitive event.

WISE organized a virtual Geothermal Meeting among some of the various industrial, government and academic groups just to establish contact and exchange information related to the use of geothermal energy and the potential for seasonal storage of low-grade heat.

WISE along with Cooperative and Experiential Education ran a Soup and Bannock Lunch for the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre. WISE staff prepared two soups for WISC staff and students, and presented information about internships and co-op placements with AE4H partners.

Insights into China’s energy storage

WISE Public Lecture | FuelPositive's Containerized Green Ammonia Systems: Prioritizing Farmers and Food Security

WISE SPECIAL LECTURE | Nuclear Energy for a Sustainable Future: Small Modular and Advanced Reactors

Professor Amelia Clarke presented the Municipal Net-Zero Action Research Partnership (N-ZAP) poster at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Sustainable Communities Conference in February of 2023.

Ambika Opal was invited as a guest presenter and judge for the Velocity Innovation Challenge, ran by Velocity. Three global challenges were presented to student participants: energy, food, and health. Ambika led the energy challenge. She conducted a presentation on energy access challenges and technologies to the students teams, including access to electricity, access to clean cooking fuels and technologies, and global statistics on energy access. Four teams chose to focus on the energy challenge, developing solutions such as clean cookstoves, lighting efficiency education programs, and renewable energy policy improvements for specific countries. The overall winner of the event was an energy team who designed a new clean cookstove and venting process to reduce indoor air pollution.

Flying cars are no longer reserved for sci-fi novels, with groups like Boeing, Toyota and NASA working to move electric vehicles into the skies.