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Canadians have been encouraged to take the "One-Tonne Challenge" by reducing their own greenhouse gas emissions. For building designers, this challenge takes on much larger proportions. Building construction and operation produce 30% of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions. Building designers can create "twice-as-good" buildings which cut emissions by 50% compared to code-compliant...
This presentation applies basic economic theory to the energy sector. The paper explores the introduction of Climate Change policies such as the Kyoto Protocol to identify economic market opportunities for the energy efficiency economy. This will expose market trends providing decision makers with information they can use to benefit their organization. When viewed in classical economic terms Climate...
The electricity industry is a major contributor (about one third) to global CO2 emissions. Therefore it makes good sense for the industry to develop and implement technology options to achieve cost effective GHG reductions. It also makes sense for the industry to develop and implement technology options to achieve cost effective GHG reductions. Thus the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) and the...
The degree to which nations have come together to consider a potential global problem and possible solutions is remarkable. Most nations have participated in the United Nations sponsored study of the climate change problem. A report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change constitutes a major summary of thinking on climate change science. Still, climate science is in a state of early...
The global aviation industry is changing. Increasingly, the industry will be driven by, and judged on, its environmental record. The international aviation community, through ICAO/CAEP has made significant progress addressing the most visible environmental issues in aviation; airframe and engine noise and air emissions (NOx, CO2). This initiative anticipates the next wave of environmental concerns...
In 1839, W.R.Grove described the world's first fuel cell. It was a hydrogen fuel cell. However the possibility of using hydrocarbon fuels such as coal, wood, and other combustibles was being discussed within a few years. Since then interest in developing fuel cells has gone through several cycles. For example, there was a short period in the 1960's when large sums of money were spent on hydrocarbon...
Energy is a strategic focus area for research and education at University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT). In the area of energy engineering and science, innovative programs are offered in energy systems engineering, nuclear engineering, energy engineering (an option in mechanical engineering), and energy and the environment (an option in physics). The academic highlights of the programs...
The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA, 2005) is an international effort that has evaluated Arctic climate change and its impact on the region and the world. This paper presents a summary of the results from the ACIA-report related to infrastructure. The paper discusses the potential impacts of climate change on arctic infrastructure including buildings, support systems and industrial facilities...
The solubility of carbon dioxide in aqueous solutions of 2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol (AHPD) was measured for AHPD concentration of 0.15 and 2.5 mass % at 283.15, 298.15 and 313.15 K and for CO2 partial pressures ranging from approximately 5 to 75 kPa. Experimental conditions were chosen in direct connection to specific industrial conditions. The densities of the 0.15, 0.5, 1 and 2.5 mass...
As the idea of carbon capture and storage (CCS) has rapidly evolved from a relatively obscure concept to an increasingly recognized potential climate change mitigation approach that could contribute to stabilizing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations, environmental advocacy groups have been engaged in a limited, but growing, capacity in public discussions related to carbon storage. Given...
To make the gas absorption process more economically viable, a rigorous design and operation strategy is an effective implementation. This work focuses on the development of a rigorous design and operation strategy for the absorber where the complicated mass-transfer of CO2 with chemical reactions takes place. A series of absorption experiments were carried out in a bench-scale absorber packed with...
In 2003, St. Lawrence College became part of a local volunteer initiative supporting the development of economic activity surrounding alternative and renewable technology and forms of energy production in the Eastern Ontario Region. Over the next two years the college technical school staff developed a curriculum focused on skills in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies in the small...
This paper examines the definition of a CO2 credit within the context of geological storage. At present, there is no international standard in place for the calculation of CO2 emission reduction credits from geological storage. The determination of the gross storage of CO2 in a geological setting is relatively easy through the use of standard metering systems at the wellhead. This does not account...
Climate change has been identified as a major influence on basin water balances. However, land use and water use practices have also been identified as factors. This case study was completed to better understand changes occurring to the water balance of a major basin in Alberta. The Beaver River Basin is located in east central Alberta. Evidence indicates that the hydrology changed around the mid-1970s...
Implementation of renewable wind and solar energy sources instead of fossil fuels to produce such energy carriers as electricity and hydrogen facilitates reductions in gaseous emissions. Unlike for traditional fossil fuel technologies, greenhouse gas emissions from renewable technologies are associated mainly with the construction of a power plant. With present costs of wind and solar electricity,...
The removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) can be achieved by a number of techniques, among which absorption into aqueous alkanolamines is recognized as a commercially viable option for absorbing from high volume gas streams. In this present work, mass-transfer characteristics of blended Monoethanolamine and 2-Amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (MEA-AMP) solution are studied in a bench-scale absorber packed with...
In response to the potential impacts of climate change on ecosystems within the Northern Bioregion, Parks Canada is considering a climate and climate change impacts monitoring program. In this study, feasible climate change indicators for the participating National Parks within the Northern Bioregion of Canada (i.e., Vuntut, Ivvavik, Aulavik, Tuktut Nogait, Nahanni, Ukkusiksalik, Wapusk, Auyuittuq,...
The objective of this study was to determine the impacts of potential climate change on daily and total crop water requirements (CWR) of peaches in Southern Ontario using CROPWAT in conjunction with the climate scenarios derived from SDSM. Baseline climate is based on the 30 year-period, 1971-2000 of the mean monthly normals, and two time periods in the future centered on the decades of 2020s (2010-2039)...
This paper investigates the possibility of using concrete building products to absorb carbon dioxide during their production and develop high early strength at the same time. Type 10 and Type 30 Portland cements were examined by their abilities to serve as CO2 absorbents when exposed to carbon dioxide with 100% and 25% concentrations, the former simulating the recovered CO2 and the latter representing...
In this paper we will show the smart communication platform that consists of 130 MHz, 330 MHz, 900 MHz radio modem, tri-mode cellular modem and satellite data modem. We will explain the communication system and their advantages and disadvantages including technical specifications and their limitation. Briefly we will explain our smart communication system with various communication structure including...
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