U of T Engineering professor on a mission to lower concrete’s carbon footprint
Simple additives can reduce the CO2 emissions associated with concrete by nearly half, without compromising cost or performance
Large carbon footprint of new house construction mostly due to concrete basements
Analysis of 40 homes in Toronto suggests zoning and construction strategies that could reduce the environmental impact of new builds
Megaprojects and the ‘need for speed’: How political indecision affects the timelines of large infrastructure investments
An analysis of 26 projects from Toronto and London, U.K. points to ‘long informal gestational periods’ as major factors in extending project timelines
Tradition meets innovation as Survey Camp 2021 gets underway
Civil and Mineral Practicals (CAMP), a summer course for third-year students in Civil and Mineral Engineering, gives students practical experience in techniques from land surveying to water sampling
Q&A: Can green infrastructure keep microplastics out of the environment?
Professor Elodie Passeport (CivMin, ChemE) and her team study how urban green infrastructure such as bioretention cells can remove microplastics and other emerging contaminants from stormwater
Rock music: Listening for induced earthquakes among nine U of T Engineering projects funded through CFI
CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund will support research into seismicity, water treatment, bioengineering and more
Friends and family: U of T’s Lucia Stafford to share track with big sister in Olympic debut
In less than two weeks, Lucia Stafford (Year 4 CivE) will come up against the fastest runners in the world in the 1,500-metre race at the Tokyo Olympic Games. But at least one of her chief rivals doesn’t intimidate her — even if she’s ranked among the top five at that distance: her older sister […]
Consumer pumps not the worst of Delhi’s water woes
Household water pumps are a quirky feature of many urban water systems around the world. Utility operators hate them, and in many places they have been made illegal, yet their use remains widespread. A new study authored by Professor David Meyer (CivMin, ISTEP) looks at how these pumps affect water quality — and it contains some […]
