AE4H News

AE4H 2021 Innovation Lab

Sana Sadiq — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 04:04:24 -0500

The event commenced with a warm exchange between Prof. Ian Rowlands, Associate Vice-President International at the University of Waterloo, and Prof. Naveen Garg, Dean of International Programmes, IIT Delhi. It was followed by a series of student presentations; stories about themselves, their universities, and the history and culture shared by…

Press Release – Global Collaboration: A Success Story from KIT and UW

Sana Sadiq — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 04:02:51 -0500

To combat global energy poverty, Dr. Jatin Nathwani from the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) and Dr. Joachim Knebel from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany set up Affordable Energy for Humanity, a global change initiative comprising over 50 energy access institutions from 30 countries around the world. Since…

UW Energy Day 2019

Sana Sadiq — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 04:01:20 -0500

Panel 1 – Energy Services Delivery: Is there a changing of the guard?

The emergence of renewable energy technologies offers numerous development opportunities to both on and off-grid communities across Canada. The transition to sustainable energy future requires substantial efforts in developing, evaluating and advancing technical innovations and…

Call for papers for the 3rd international conference for on solar technologies and hybrid minigrids

Sana Sadiq — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 03:59:37 -0500

The third International Conference on Solar Technologies and Hybrid Mini-Grids to improve energy access, at the Unversitat de les Illes Balears in Palma, Spain is on April 1-3, 2020.

Deadline Call for Papers: October, 7 2019

The main objective of the conference is to provide an opportunity for an exchange between practitioners from the industry,…

True North Festival Event: Africa's Energy Revolution - Perspectives on Cleantech

Sana Sadiq — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 03:58:31 -0500

On Wednesday June 19th a public event was held, featuring innovation lab participants discussing cleantech entrepreneurship in Africa. This event was also a part of the TrueNorth Festival, the largest annual gathering of tech leaders in Canada's technology triangle.

Ideas Without Borders: perspectives from the energy access sector

Sana Sadiq — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 03:56:39 -0500

The University of Waterloo, Engineers Without Borders podcast called Ideas Without Borders, attended the 2019 Innovation Lab to learn more about the energy access sector and to spread awareness of the challenges being faced today. Hosted by Simon Lin, the creator and founder of Ideas Without Borders, seven interviews were conducted with…

2019 Innovation Lab has finished

Sana Sadiq — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 03:52:53 -0500

The 2019 Innovation Lab is now complete and a number of incredible things have come from it! Click here for the full details.

Second ever innovation lab is taking place this summer!

Sana Sadiq — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 03:48:27 -0500

This summer 2019, AE4H is hosting the second ever innovation lab. Professionals from all over the world who work in Universities, Private Sector, Social Enterprises, Public Sector, Government, NGOs and Non-Profits work together to tackle the challenge of sustainable energy access. To learn more about the participants check out the event webpage.

The…