Posts Tagged: sustainability

Can Plants Teach Us How to Build Better Solar Cells?

What can we learn from plants about making the best use of the sun’s abundant energy? That’s the question underlying an ambitious new research project that has won $1 million in the 2012–13 Connaught Global Challenge funding competition. The project…

Bio-inspired Design May Lead to More Energy Efficient Windows

University of Toronto Engineering professor Ben Hatton (MSE) is turning to nature to find a way to make windows more energy efficient. In a recent article in Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells , Hatton and colleagues at Harvard University describe a…

All Charged Up & Ready to Go

The U of T Blue Sky Solar Team is trying to get to Australia, and they need your help. The U of T Engineering-based team, which has built the B-7 solar car, has started a IndieGoGo campaign to raise funds to…

Canadian-Made Electric Car Comes to U of T

A2B, the world’s only completely Canadian-designed, Canadian-fabricated electric car, is rolling onto the U of T campus. After collaborating over the past two years with the car’s manufacturer, Toronto Electric, Olivier Trescases, a professor in the Energy Group of The Edward…

CivE Professor Recognized with ASTM Frank E. Richart Award

Professor Doug Hooton (CivE) has added to his banner year with another award, the Frank E. Richart Award, presented by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Professor Hooton has long been recognized as a leading figure in engineering research and…

Blue Sky Solar Racing Team Unveils New Vehicle

Intrepid U of T students unveiled a new solar vehicle they hope will carry them more than 3,000 kilometres across the harsh Australian outback. The car, called B-7, hit the track for the first time at a ceremony at Varsity…
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