Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith (second from left) walks toward a prototype electric vehicle created by a partnership between Litens and the University of Toronto’s Electric Vehicle Research Centre, led by Professor Olivier Trescases (ECE, second from right....
Climate Positive Energy is supporting research that assists the University, Canada and the world in reaching their Net-Zero 2050 emissions goals, funding 8 new projects under the Empower and Envision themes with a total of $400,000 in grants over 2 years....
Self-driving vehicles. Renewable energy storage. Advanced materials and molecules. Experts at the University of Toronto are leading the way in all three areas – and more – as they work to address one of the biggest and most complex challenges facing the planet: a...
On Wednesday, August 17, Climate Positive Energy hosted its inaugural Research Day project showcase and student awards event. We were pleased to welcome more than 120 students, faculty, staff, and experts from partner organizations to Myhal Auditorium and online for...
Image: Pierre Chatel via Unsplash A research team led by CPE member Dr. Benjamin Higgins has developed a groundbreaking material that uses oil and coloured water to change its opacity in a matter of minutes, which could change how buildings heat and cool themselves to...
As the world looks to quickly decarbonize transportation and industry, hydrogen demand is expected to increase dramatically, from $130B today to $2.5T in 2025, according to the Hydrogen Council. There is an urgent need to develop new low-cost and low-carbon...
CPE is excited to support ten undergraduate summer researchers working on clean energy and climate related projects. Meet them here! Amelie Desroches UTM’s Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment “My summer research project, supervised by...
CPE is excited to fund our first annual cohort of post-doctoral researchers, tackling research related to Just Transitions, Carbon and Measuring, Modelling and Markets. Learn more about the CPE researchers below! Alexandre Tugirumubano Fellow in Mechanical and...
CPE is excited to fund our first annual cohort of graduate student researchers, tackling research related to Just Transitions, Carbon and Measuring, Modelling and Markets. Learn more about the CPE researchers below! Sabrina Madsen PhD Student in Atmospheric Physics...
The Climate Positive Energy research initiative and U of T’s Climate Positive Campus are supporting research that assists the University in reaching its net-negative 2050 campus goals, funding 4 projects with a total of $400,000 in grants for 2 years. The projects...
