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Thursday, July 27, 2023

Geothermal Workshop

WISE hosted the Geothermal Workshop, a 1.5-day hybrid (in-person and online) workshop, held at the University of Waterloo on July 27 and 28, 2023.

Friday, June 23, 2023

Optimizing the economics of demand response

Right now, energy generators sell their electricity to grid operators in a competitive energy market. Grid operators also oversee a parallel “demand response” procurement program, where big energy consumers like steel plants and pulp and paper mills offer to curb their electricity use during peak time — for a price 

This can take a lot of pressure off the electricity grid. It also saves money by reducing the need for the most expensive forms of electricity generation. But according to WISE researcher Jessie Ma and her Toronto Metropolitan University colleague Bala Venkatesh, the current procurement practices create economic inefficiencies. 

Monday, June 5, 2023

2023 Summer School: Water and Energy Security in a Changing Climate

The 2023 Summer School showcased leading-edge research from a wide array of University of Waterloo professors at the interface of water, climate, and energy.

A Sustainable Futures Initiative, the summer school was hosted by the water institute, the climate institute and the Waterloo Institute For Sustainable Energy (WISE) and aimed at senior undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, practitioners and interested stakeholders.

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Urban Logistics and Sustainable Transportation Workshop

Professor Bissan Ghaddar (Management Sciences) was invited as a speaker at the University of Bergamo to present her research work in the area of optimization under uncertainty and machine learning. The focus of the workshop was to discuss the modeling and solving of realistic and timely urban goods transportation problems, while explicitly considering their uncertain dimensions, such as Customer Demand (CD), Travel Times (TT), Presence of Customers (PC). The aim of the models would be to facilitate the identification and design of sustainable local authority policies aimed at supporting livability, connectivity, and sustainability.

Monday, May 15, 2023

High School Student Tours

WISE conducted three information sessions and tours of the Evolv1 building for local high school student groups from Grand River Collegiate Institute, St. John’s-Kilmarnock School, and Laurel Heights Secondary School. Students were working on projects regarding sustainable energy and reached out to WISE for more information. WISE invited them for a tour of the Evolv1 building and an information session on sustainable energy. During these tours, WISE provided information on the passive and active solar technologies, geothermal energy, psychological elements of sustainability, sustainable water systems, living walls, and architectural elements of the Evolv1 building, as well as a demo of WISE staff members’ electric vehicles.