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During the energy audit at AHPC, Noah Cassidy (left) recorded window temperature with a thermal imaging camera while Niloufar Ghaffari (right) recorded lux readings for lighting retrofits.

U of T student team helps local church achieve sustainability and reduce its energy footprint

July 2019 Update: The U of T CECA student chapter team placed first in the initial round of the Green Energy Challenge. They now have to create a video and present their project at the NECA convention in Las Vegas in September. With energy costs on the rise, organizations all over Canada are looking to reduce their… Read more »

Is there plastic in our drinking water? Probably – and U of T researchers are studying how concerned we should be

These tiny plastic particles were extracted from Toronto’s harbour by U of T researchers Chelsea Rochman and Bob Andrews (photo by Tyler Irving)

Is there plastic in your drinking water? The University of Toronto’s Bob Andrews and Chelsea Rochman say there is – but, unfortunately, they don’t… Read more »

Prof. Jennifer Drake & team’s NSERC CREATE grant success

In nature, one organism’s waste often becomes energy for another. Professor Emma Master (ChemE) wants to apply these same principles to industrial… Read more »

Without changes, Scheer’s climate plan will be expensive or useless

David Taylor, University of Toronto When Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer unveiled his long-awaited climate plan, he said he could… Read more »

Celebrating the leadership and legacy of Dean Cristina Amon

Dean Cristina Amon, at the Celebration of Leadership event on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. (credit: Lisa Sakulensky)

On Wednesday, June 26, more than 400 members of the U of T Engineering community came together to celebrate the… Read more »

CivMin Experts in the News

Prof. Shoshanna Saxe | AI revolution brewing in property business promises to make buildings greener and cheaper to operate

July 17, 2019 | Financial Post

Profs. Eric Miller & Shoshanna Saxe | Over the Don and under Fort York — where experts say building the Ontario Line could get tricky

April 15, 2019 | Toronto Star

Recent Events

Sandford Fleming Forum on Flood Risk | by the Centre for Resilience of Critical Infrastructure

WHEN: May 9, 2019 WHERE: Faculty Club

Why We Need More Accurate and More Useful Environmental Assessment of Infrastructure | 18-19 Distinguished Lecture Series

Date: Friday, May 10, 2019 Time: 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Registration and lunch… Read more »