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Registration for academics is complimentary
You are invited to join the Forum and network with over 200 guests and exhibitors participating in the Innovation Showcase representing the innovative technology industry. Participating in the Forum are corporate, government, industry and institutional representatives from: wind, solar, micro-hydro, geothermal, and storage systems, engineering, electric mobility (G2V, V2H, and V2G), energy storage and Information and Communication Technology (ICT), equipment manufacturers, utilities,…
Join us for the third annual Technology, Information and Policy Forum 2018 presented by the Council for Clean and Reliable Energy in partnership with the Council for Clean and Reliable Energy on Wednesday, November 7th, 2018.
The Forum
The Council for Clean & Reliable Energy (CCRE) in partnership with the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy, a leading Canadian innovation centre at the University of Waterloo, is hosting its third annual Technology Innovation and Policy Forum on Wednesday, November 7, 2018. Join us for this important event, bringing together policy makers, technology innovators, leading researchers and entrepreneurs.
Forum Goals and Objectives:
- The goal of the Forum is to explore the…
The Building Science Symposium will take place in Federation Hall on October 31st
As a part of our October 31 Building Science Symposium in Federation Hall, we are providing the opportunity for students to present their research to individuals from the government, industry and academic communities. There are 20 student poster spots available for showing and the first 10 to apply will be given financial assistance up to $50.00 CAD for printing costs.
Panel presentations, posters & discussions will focus on:
- The Business of Future Low-Carbon Buildings
- Innovation in…
Sahar Pirooz Azad and Dirk Van Hertem
Electricity is often generated hundreds of kilometres from where it’s consumed. (Think offshore wind farms and remote hydroelectric dams.) The most efficient and economical way to move electricity over those kinds of distances is through high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission lines — so-called “power superhighways.”
However, addressing faults like voltage or current spikes and short circuits is far more difficult in an HVDC grid than in a standard AC grid, because they travel so much…
Bronwyn Lazowski, Paul Parker and Ian H. Rowlands
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Smart grid tools (e.g., individualized disaggregated data, goal setting, and behavioural suggestions/feedback) increase opportunities to reduce or shift residential electricity consumption, but can they shape residential energy culture? And what underlying factors influence this shift? Insights are identified from a qualitative analysis of a 3-year residential smart grid project in a suburb of Toronto, Canada. Interviews evaluated whether participants experienced…
University of Waterloo Students Recieve 2nd Place in Hydrogen Education Fou…
A team from the University of Waterloo earned second place in the Hydrogen Education Foundation's 2018 Hydrogen Student Design Contest, which was announced during the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Annual Merit Review (AMR) in Washington, DC. This international competition included 27 teams from around the world, all working to design a Power-to-Gas system for cross market uses, including energy storage, ancillary services, and transportation fuel. The winning Waterloo team was mentored by…
September Research Spotlight: Self-powered sensors could help avoid blackou…
Armaghan Salehian, David Nairn, Lan Wei, Hélène Debéda, Egon Fernandes, Blake Martin, Isabel Rua, and Sid Zarabi
As the electricity grid ages, blackouts become more likely. Placing sensors at strategic locations along transmission lines would allow grid managers to detect faults or fluctuations before they cause major headaches. However, powering those sensors with batteries would require replacing the batteries every couple of years — an expensive proposition when you consider the labour involved.
That makes the idea of self-powered sensors very attractive. Once installed, they would keep working, year…
Thom Barker (thom@thombarker.ca)
NunatuKavut project reveals different concerns in Black Tickle and St. Lewis; researchers thrilled with community engagement
ST. LEWIS, N.L.
NEWFOUNDLAND AND…
Thom Barker (thom@thombarker.ca)
Published: Jul 16 at 3:11 p.m.
Updated: Jul 16 at 3:15 p.m.
Academics and NunatuKavut seek ways to reduce reliance on diesel, improve home heating
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. — Three communities on the south coast of Labrador will get some academic help with energy sustainability this summer.
The NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC) has partnered with Nicholas Mercer, a PhD candidate from the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE), as well as researchers from Dalhousie University and Queen’s University, to assess options for…
On September 25, 2017, the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) at Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Waterloo Global Science Initiative (WGSI) and the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) held a roundtable discussion on the potential of…
FRONTIER SCIENCE ROUNDTABLE BRIEF
Roundtable participants were drawn from diverse focus areas including machine learning, nanomaterials and science fiction and were tasked with considering how uncertainty of research outcomes and convergence of research disciplines could affect Canada’s long-term energy future.
The 2050+ timeline and framing of the discussion encouraged new ideas regarding both physical and theoretical frameworks, as well as the policy and funding ecosystem needed to…
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