Modelling the health benefits of electric cars
A new study from Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou (CivMin) suggests that each electric car in Toronto could provide nearly $10,000 worth of social benefits by improving air quality.
Tag: sustainability
Ted Sargent receives the Killam Prize in Engineering
Canada Council for the Arts honours five Canadian scholars and scientists each year whose work improves daily life
Artificial intelligence helps researchers up-cycle waste carbon
A collaboration between U of T Engineering and Carnegie Mellon University has produced a record-setting catalyst for CO2-to-ethylene conversion
Protecting a freshwater spring on Nicaragua’s Corn Island
U of T Engineering students worked with local partners to design a barrier against saltwater incursion
U of T Engineering spinoff receives support from Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada to upgrade waste carbon
Funding will support commercialization of a new technology to transform CO2 into commercially valuable products
Oil-adsorbing sponge could prevent environmental contamination
U of T researchers have developed a chemically modified sponge that can remove oil microdroplets from wastewater with more than 90% efficiency in just 10 minutes