WISE Member Maurice Dusseault gave a Water Institute public lecture presentation on the emission of methane and hydrogen sulphide gas from legacy gas wells in southwestern Ontario as an emerging public-health issue.
WISE Executive Director Jatin Nathwani gave this invited talk at the American Geographical Society Plenary Session held in New York City.
Professor Jatin Nathwani chaired and was a Speaker at the STS Forum, 15th Annual Meeting of Science and Technology in Society.
WISE Member Maurice Dusseault was part of this workshop where he discussed a grid-scale CAES facility and valuable ancillary services that could help to manage electrical grids, and rapid large changes in power inputs, allowing large increases in the percentage of renewable energy use.
WISE Member and University of Waterloo President Feridun Hamdullahpur and Vice President of Research Charmaine Dean participated at the Sustainable Development Network (SDSN) Canada National Launch. J.G. Hagey Hall of the Humanities, Humanities Theatre at University of Waterloo.
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.
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.
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.
John Straube was invited as a presenter to the Learning About Building Science (LAB) event, titled: Not So Elementary: Towards Net-Zero Schools held at the RDH Building Science Laboratories on August 8, 2017.
Can net-zero energy schools be achieved at a reasonable cost? Yes, with the right approach. Designing or retrofitting a school building is a complex process with many stakeholders and budgetary constraints. But as with any net-zero project, understanding the science behind low-energy buildings can help guide the design process and ensure that project requirements are met. This session focused on balancing requirements for the building enclosure, HVAC, and renewable energy systems, as taking a whole-building perspective is critical.
Assistant Professor Bissan Ghaddar, Management Sciences, presented a talk on energy transmission and distribution at the Conference on Mathematical Optimization in the Decision Support Systems for Efficient and Robust Energy Networks held 29-31 March 17 in Modena, Italy with travel support from WISE. Prof. Ghaddar also provided promotional materials about WISE to participants.