Posts Tagged: sustainability
One of the most powerful tools for mitigating the impact of climate change could be a material that is so common we tend not to think about it very much […]
April 22, 2022 | CBC News
Microplastics exist all around us — in the water we drink, the food we eat and the air we breathe. But before researchers can understand the real impact of […]
In advance of the coming Graduate Research Days, February 24 & 25, CivMin contacted previous participants to get their point of view on the event and their research goals at […]
With thousands of wells and counting, the Northeast region of British Columbia is one of Canada’s most important hubs of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking — the process of blasting pressurized […]
For Professor Doug Hooton (CivMin), the challenge isn’t really the chemistry or the engineering. It’s trust. “Construction is a very conservative industry, and it’s very decentralized,” he says. “You have building owners, […]
On June 8, 2021, Toronto City Council approved a plan to update City of Toronto bylaws to allow for the continued use of cargo e-bikes that support businesses in meeting […]
Today there are more than 7 million electric vehicles (EVs) in operation around the world, compared with only about 20,000 a decade ago. It’s a massive change — but according to a group of […]
One lesson this pandemic brought to light is that a reduced carbon footprint can have a measurable impact on the environment. Students from the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering […]
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 […]
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