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...
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Climate Positive Energy Research Day
Join us for our first in-person event! Our inaugural Research Day project showcase and students awards ceremony is August 17, 11am to 2:30pm. We are excited to welcome Graham Takata, Director of Climate Change, Responsible Investment, BMO Global Asset Management, to...
CPE Member’s Start-up Raises $10M to Develop Emission-Free, Low-Cost Hydrogen
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...
Watch Now: Stories, Science and Stuff with Dr. Soren Brothers
On Thursday, July 28, Climate Positive Energy was thrilled to welcome Dr. Soren Brothers, Allan and Helaine Shiff Curator of Climate Change at the Royal Ontario Museum, for a talk on strategies for Climate Engagement at the ROM, and the role of storytelling and...
Call for Applications: Graduate Multidisciplinary Urban Project
Graduate students from across U of T’s three campuses are encouraged to apply for the Graduate Multidisciplinary Urban Project. Participants will work in multidisciplinary teams, using their learned perspectives to review problems and find innovative solutions....
CPE Member Dr. Geoff Ozin shares new publications
Geoffrey Ozin is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Toronto and Government of Canada Research Chair in Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry. We are thrilled to share that Dr. Ozin has recently co-authored two new publications, Energy...
CPE at Collision 2022
The Climate Positive Energy team and CPE Graduate Students and PDF advisory committee had the opportunity to attend Collision 2022 last week at the Enercare center in downtown Toronto. Representing U of T, the CPE team connected with local and international companies,...
Climate Positive Energy Undergraduate Summer Researchers
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 Professor Tenley...
Rising Stars in Clean Energy Post-doctoral Fellows
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...
Climate Positive Energy Graduate Student Researchers
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 "I...