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Research Spotlight - Producing Energy Out of Thin Air: Harvesting Electromagnetic Energy

WISE members and their research team participated at the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Discovery 2018 event on April 30 and May 1 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to showcase their research.

WISE Public Lecture - Once Through Steam Generators (OTSG) in Power Generation and Energy in Canada

WISE Energy Day 2018 featured three panel sessions that aimed to discuss current and emerging themes in the sustainable energy sector and beyond. Professor Linda Nazar delivered a distinguished Keynote on the topic of '21st Century Promise of Battery Science for a Resilient Future'. 

• Panel 1: Access to Clean Energy for All: Is Innovation the Problem? 
• Panel 2: Getting to a Low Carbon World: Capture or Utilize?
• Panel 3: Block chain in the Energy Sector: Bust or Bonanza?

Neil Craik explored the international legal and ethical dimensions of the important but controversial technology pathways with respect to carbon emission technologies and considered how Canada might approach the governance challenges connected to these technologies. The event Saving the Planet: Overcoming Challenges of Emissions Monitoring and Climate Engineering took place at the CIGI campus auditorium in Waterloo on March 21, 2018.

Research Spotlight - Foundational Research into Energy-Efficient Buildings

Ian Rowlands participated at the event of the Ideation Night: Utilizing Alternative Energy for Better Living (in collaboration with UW Energy Network and GreenHouse) held at University of Waterloo on March 8, 2018. The focus was on a greener future in transportation, food production, agriculture and social aspects with the power of renewable energy.

WISE Public Lecture - Reducing Carbon Emissions Through Energy Efficiency: A Canadian Perspective

WISE Public Lecture Series: The Future of Net Zero Homes in Canada

WISE Public Lecture Series - Energy: Ten Big Ideas on Energy (What Everyone Needs to Know)