News

Lecture Series: Sustainable Community Energy Planning

This invitation-only event spread over 2.5 days, brought together 40+ leading thinkers from research institutions, the private and public sectors, and NGO and finance organizations in order to identify and scope key areas where collaboration and innovation  are needed. An 'Innovation lab' model was utilized as a non-traditional, highly interactive and focused process for participants to work through in order to explore the energy access challenge space. The lab aimed to develop implementable work plans, built on the best practices knowledge, specific expertise, and dependable capacities of participants and other sectoral partners. The AE4H initiative supported the further development of these collaborative projects after the event. 

The purpose of the workshop was to advance our understanding of the role of circular economy and carbon reduction initiatives and to identify opportunities to build fiscal capital through the re-designing of ecosystem services infrastructure while respecting environmental limits. The workshop brought together an executive forum designed to encourage the exchange of ideas that will help create a roadmap to guide the future of waste management and resource recovery (including energy demand reduction) research in Canada.

Research Spotlight: Power-to-gas systems: The economics of green energy storage

This workshop was part of an international collaboration between Dalian University in China, The University of Waterloo in Canada, Imperial College London in the UK and the International Academy of Ecology and Life Protection Science in Russia. The collaboration explored strategies for green growth through providing a platform for researchers from the four institutions to share case studies that illustrate widely applicable strategies for furthering economic and environmental stewardship aims simultaneously. The workshop was the second in a series, following a meeting at Dalian University in China in 2015. The event featured presentations and panel discussions on three topics: Business Strategies for Green Growth; Cities, Infrastructure and Planning for Sustainability; and The Circular Economy. Speakers presented from the four institutions involved in the collaboration, as well as from external organizations in Canada.

WISE Public Lecture Series: Post-Net Metering for a Sustainable City

Research Spotlight: Maintenance Planning to Extend the Life of Modern Battery Packs

WISE Public Lecture Series: Energy-Secure, Adaptable Housing and Infrastructure for Remote and Northern Communities

WISE Public Lecture Series: Piezoelectric Materials and Their Applications

Research Spotlight: An Expensive Way to Tackle Peak Power Problems