Drive4Data helps Waterloo researchers track real-world driving habits of electric car drivers. Engineers will use data to design the electric car of the future.

A wireless "data logger" planted in electric cars will give University of Waterloo researchers the information they need to build and support the electric car of the future.

"The University of Waterloo probably has the largest number of faculty doing automotive research in Canada. A large number of researchers will benefit from this…

A personalized system called SPOT not only keeps office workers comfortable, it can cut overall energy use, says Waterloo researcher.

It might seem like a small problem - office workers who can't get warm; others who complain it's too hot. Trying to keep everyone happy in a building usually means nobody wins and energy costs soar.

But Srinivasan Keshav, a computer science professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science saw that solving the problem could reduce greenhouse gas…

The Government of Canada is committed to investing in innovative clean energy technologies that create high-quality jobs, generate new economic opportunities and protect the environment.

To this end, on May 3, 2013, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced support of more than $82 million through Natural Resources Canada's ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative (ecoEII) for 55 innovative projects across Canada. Of these, 15 will be pre-commercialization demonstration projects to test the feasibility…

As green energy technologies become mainstream, a Waterloo researcher is making sure our health and safety is considered from "desktop to rooftop."

As researchers design the next generation of solar panels with nanomaterials, Siva Sivoththaman is already looking 10 years ahead:  He's thinking about how the new, nano-enabled technologies will be safely deployed.

Sivoththaman, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, says he looks at emerging technologies through a…

WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, May 6, 2013) -The Energy Council of Canada (ECC) today announced the creation of the Energy Council of Canada Energy Policy Research Fellowship in partnership with the University of Waterloo.

The Energy Council of Canada Energy Policy Research Fellowship will provide $500,000 over 10 years to graduate students engaged in energy policy research.  Valued at $25,000 for doctoral students and $15,000 for master's students, fellowships will be awarded annually to eligible…

An innovative biofuel that may one day be cheaper to produce than gasoline is being developed at the University of Waterloo by two chemical engineering researchers.

Murray Mou-Young and Perry Chou, University of Waterloo

"If this is successful, we'll have a new technology that's Canadian. We'll also have students trained to do this, who will be among the highly-qualified people needed to develop this country's biofuels and biomanufacturing industry," says Murray Moo-Young, a distinguished…

Before electric cars can rule the road in a greener future, someone has to answer the question:  How will we all plug them in at night without overloading the power grid?

Electrical engineering professor Claudio Cañizares is working on an answer.

He's developing a smart charger that will effectively "talk" to the grid. It's a project Cañizares has been working on for the past few years and he says he's encouraged by the progress.

"For the long term, it makes a lot of sense to electrify the…