With a widening number of alternative energy vehicle choices, from natural gas powered, to hybrids, to electric, drivers now have more options than ever before when looking for a greener ride. But every company - or consumer - looking to purchase, must go through a difficult decision making process to determine which vehicle best suits their planned usage and driving habits. 

CrossChasm, founded in 2007 by University of Waterloo engineering grads and ChallengeX (a competition sponsored by…

The Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia (OERA) and Innovate UK (the new name for the Technology Strategy Board) are jointly investing approximately $1.4 million CAD (approximately £755,000) in collaborative R&D projects to develop enhanced sensing technologies for tidal in-stream energy applications. The objective of…

Waterloo Engineering is pleased to introduce the Green Energy Graduate Diploma, an exciting new program that provides technical knowledge and training in green energy systems. The first of its kind in Canada, the Green Energy Graduate Diploma is facilitated through a state-of-the-art online learning environment, the program is both interactive and flexible. 

Faculty members in the Mechanical and Mechatronics Department are providing an information session on the new program, allowing…

If there were any doubt that an NDP government would bring a different approach to energy policy than what we've seen under Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government, those doubts were laid to rest on Tuesday in a speech Thomas Mulcair gave to the Economic Club of Canada.  The speech included no fewer than seven significant policy positions, not all of them new.  These positions are a combination of Mr. Mulcair's historic strengths and some red meat for the NDP base.  There's…

Attached is an invitational Tender for the development of content for services to normalize energy data and propose and implement a benchmarking system. Proposal requirements are outlined in the attached Request for Proposal document.           

Also attached for your convenience is a Word document version of the schedules and appendices contained in the Request for Proposals document. Note that the excel templates attached are related to Appendix G and H.

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The Council of Ontario Universities and the Glendon School of Public and International Affairs (York University)
present the Annual Ontario Research Chairs in Public Policy Symposia Series

TACKLING ONTARIO'S CHALLENGES:
Experts and Decision-Makers Meet to Explore Ontario's Key Policy Challenges

How can we make Ontario better?  What policies and technologies can help our province get ahead? Tackling Ontario's Challenges is a series of four public events that bring…

WISE Members,

 The accomplishments of WISE were noted and I would like to thank you for your active participation in making the Institute a success.

We have much more work to do to accomplish our vision. This note is to acknowledge my deep appreciation of your talents and commitment to WISE.

Please see the following links for the final WISE submission to the SGRC:

WISE Five-Year Report to SGCR (pdf)

Appendix to WISE Five-Year Report to SGRC (pdf)

The Southern Ontario Smart Computing Innovation Platform (SOSCIP) research consortium today announced 17 new collaborative research projects focused on using "Big Data" to solve critical challenges, including one by Lukasz Golab, at the University of Waterloo.

See a full list of research projects.

A brief overview and summary of the Distributed Energy Storage Conference (DES 2012) that took place last November in Toronto has been cleared for general public release by the sponsors. You can download this report as a PDF document at: 

www.scienceconcepts.ca

You can also download most of the presentations and speeches from that conference at this site.