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In keeping with the ‘Innovation Lab’ framework of the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy, participants from the University of Waterloo and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi were selected for an event focused on sustainability topics. The event's goal during a global pandemic is to establish connections between students and institutions, and to encourage students to use their skills and work together to address a sustainability issue impacting both countries.
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 India and Canada. The students also expressed their motivation behind their participation and engaged in deep conversations to understand each other's…
Over 1 billion people do not have access to clean and affordable energy. This means that medical clinics are often dark at night when crucial medical work has to be done, cooking fuels create indoor air pollution (a larger killer than malaria and AIDS combined), children have difficulty studying after dark, and an incredible amount of time and money is spent collecting meager energy sources such as wood or kerosene.
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 AE4H’s inception in 2015, its members have been collaborating to innovate and test aspects of solutions to energy poverty.
The ‘Off-grid and…
WISE Energy Day 2019 features panels that discuss current and emerging themes in the sustainable energy sector and beyond!
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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 identifying and applying effective implementation strategies for those new technologies. It is not only a technological concern that carries the…
Call for papers for the 3rd international conference for on solar technologies and hybrid minigrids
3rd international conference for on solar technologies and hybrid minigrids to improve energy access' is happening this Spring 2020.
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, academia and development institutions working in the field of decentralized energy. The conference will cover technical, business and management aspects…
True North Festival Event: Africa's Energy Revolution - Perspectives on Cleantech
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.
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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.
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.
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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 participants at the lab. As a result, a three part podcast has been produced exploring the various areas and challenges within energy access today. To…
This summer over 50 incredible individuals gathered to collaborate on the energy access challenge!
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The 2019 Innovation Lab is now complete and a number of incredible things have come from it! Click here for the full details.
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 sustainable energy access.
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 ‘innovation lab’ is a non-traditional workshop format wherein participants focus on what they want to do next and how they might work together,…
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