Former Research In Motion Ltd. executive Jim Balsillie is taking over an arms-length federal agency aimed at spurring Canada's clean technology sector.

Mr. Balsillie was announced Tuesday as the chair of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), a not-for-profit foundation established with a federal grant in 2001 to support Canadian researchers and firms in the clean tech sector, tackling issues related to climate change, water quality and air quality.

Natural Resources Minister Joe…

CAMBRIDGE - Imagine opening your monthly electricity and heating bills with a smile on your face because your house produces more energy than it takes to keep it running.

Better still, this "net-zero" house didn't cost more than other houses all around you.

That may be a dream today, but Reid's Heritage Homes of Cambridge hopes to make it a reality. It is one of the five builders across Canada chosen for a project that will involve building 25 net-zero houses. Reid's Heritage will build five…

WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, June 17, 2013) - A million electric cars could be on roads across North America before the end of the decade with the help of research by the United States Department of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of Waterloo.

Professor Zhongwei Chen is part of a team led by the Los Alamos National Laboratory looking to develop non-precious materials to replace the expensive platinum catalysts in fuel cells.

"One of the biggest barriers to the adoption of…

The CAD$35 million CCEMC Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Usesis a global quest to turn carbon emissions into a valuable resource. The Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation is seeking innovative ideas from around the world that will create new, carbon-based products and markets.

The deadline to submit a brief, non-confidential proposal has been extended to July 31, 2013. Based on these brief submissions, a select group of participants will be invited to submit a…

Dear University Community, 

Further to our announcement last week regarding the launch of the Metcalf Green Prosperity Challenge to universities in Ontario, we are following up with details on the information webinars being held in the coming weeks.  

The webinars will be held on: Thursday, June 27 at 10:30 am and on Wednesday, July 10 at 2:30 pm.  (Note:  It is not necessary to attend both webinars.)  We will give a brief 15-20 minute presentation on the Challenge guidelines and then open it…

Many salespeople can't find energy efficient televisions and they don't have information when buyers probe for eco-options, a University of Waterloo study has found.

Their knowledge about energy efficient washing machines is better - 60 per cent of salespeople can find green information about washers. But that still leaves a lot of transactions where buyers want to do good but don't have the support they need to make a green decision.

"My hope is to make it easy for consumers to buy green,"…

Waterloo researcher says climate has been on a cooling trend since 2002, matching a decline in CFCs in our atmosphere.

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are to blame for global warming since the1970s and not carbon dioxide, according to a Waterloo study just published in the International Journal of Modern Physics B.

CFCs are already known to deplete ozone, but in-depth statistical analysis now shows that CFCs are also the key driver in global climate change, rather than carbon dioxide (CO₂)…