Climate Change & Energy

UBC Climate Change Research Symposium

SCHEDULE | KEYNOTE SPEAKERS | REGISTRATION UBC CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM: OCTOBER 13 &...
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Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Production, Consumption & Waste

Can smart speaker technology make energy management more interesting? Defining the essential features that drive desired energy conservation outcomes

Energy conservation plays a key role in reducing climate change. Unfortunately, energy conservation...
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Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems

Edition 1: Sustainability Book Club

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Climate Change & Energy
Production, Consumption & Waste

Market analysis and literature review on Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) from Residual Waste

Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) is a form of alternate fuel which is manufactured from Residual Waste and...
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Climate Change & Energy

High-level building energy retrofit strategies for BC communities

Research for this project analysed the highest emitting building sectors in Kelowna, Penticton and...
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Climate Change & Energy
Data & Technology
Human Well-being & Social Systems

A framework for social capital: For community mobilization to climate action

This is a framework for how to measure social capital, with a focus on community mobilization for...
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Climate Change & Energy
Data & Technology
Policy, Economics & Governance

Researching the embodied carbon reduction potential of low-rise construction and development of a low-carbon building supply inventory

This project aims to assess the potential to reduce the embodied carbon emissions of low-rise...
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Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy
Data & Technology

Fuel economy benchmarking: Augmenting the business case for low-carbon vehicle adoption

Fuel economy is an important metric in understanding fleet vehicle performance, fuel cost, and...
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Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy
Data & Technology

Neighbourhood typologies: Evaluating neighbourhood resilience for densifying growth scenarios

This project pilots holistic neighbourhood-scale evaluation methods adapted from the City's...
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Climate Change & Energy
Production, Consumption & Waste

Waste to energy in small rural municipalities: A cost-benefit analysis of biodiesel production from waste oils in the district of Central Saanich

This project investigates the organic waste-to-energy solutions for a small municipality on...
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