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WISER: Women in Sustainable Energy Research

Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 10:37:14 -0500

As two women scholars in the early stages of our academic careers, we were thrilled to take part in a Research Communication Workshop on February 26, 2018. This full-day workshop included a half-day of training on op-ed writing and a half-day of training on media interviews. The event was organized by the Women In Sustainable Energy Research…

Stephanie Whitney at the tenth annual Behaviour Energy and Climate Change (BECC) Conference, in Sacramento, California

Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:43:33 -0400

I had the pleasure of attending the tenth annual Behaviour Energy and Climate Change (BECC) Conference, in Sacramento, California, from Oct 15-18, 2017. This premier conference, convened by American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE), the Berkeley Energy and Climate Institute (BECI), and the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center (PEEC),…

Reflections on Attending The 1st International Conference on Energy Research and Social Science

Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy — Thu, 11 May 2017 11:34:57 -0400

At the beginning of April 2017, I had the great opportunity to represent the University of Waterloo and the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy at the 1^st International Conference on Energy Research and Social Science. Hosted in Sitges, Spain, this conference brought together an engaging group of academics, policy makers and…

Addressing the importance of behaviour in energy research at BECC’s 10th Annual conference

Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 14:14:28 -0400

This year I had the incredible opportunity to attend and present my research at the 10^th Annual Behaviour Energy and Climate Change (BECC) conference as a WISE ECC Energy Policy Research fellow.

Individuals and organizations passionate about energy demand management through shifting behaviours attended this conference.…

ECC Fellows Experience the Energy Transition to 2030 in One Day at Newtonian Shift

Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 14:30:20 -0500

The purpose of the Newtonian Shift- A Utility Strategy Simulation was for participants to ‘experience the energy transition to 2030 in one day’. The collaborative workshop-style game included many complex and dynamics factors to simulate the challenges and opportunities faced by the utility sector. Multiple perspectives were represented: private…

Energy Council of Canada Fellow Stephanie Whitney at The GridSmartCity 2015 Round Table

Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 13:03:25 -0500

Stephanie Whitney, MEB, P.Eng. is an ECC Fellow with WISE and a Senior Project Manager at AET,

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The Hon. Jon Baird (Former Federal Cabinet Minister and Ontario Minister of Energy) presented the “Pulse on Provincial and Federal Energy Policy”: Mr. Baird commented on the consequential and material impacts of global…