Sustainable and Renewable Energy Archives | Faculty of Engineering and Design

February 10, 2020

Meet the Boreal Builders

In the summer of 2019, the Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek – Gull Bay First Nation (KZA-GBFN) began harnessing and utilizing renewable energy with its Giizis Energy solar storage micro grid facility – a first of its... More

February 10, 2020

Building Blocks

Making our homes and workplaces more energy efficient is a crucial front in the fight against climate change. Roughly one-third of the world’s energy is consumed by buildings, and in Canada, where residential and commercial... More

August 21, 2019

Embracing Change

Higher education, like much of the world, has entered a period of rapid change. Traditional approaches to teaching and research need to evolve to better equip students and professors with the tools they need to... More

August 1, 2019

Flaring in the Amazon

Early on a Sunday morning in June, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Prof. Matthew Johnson and two Carleton graduate students hauled 700 pounds (more than 300 kilograms) of gear into the Ottawa International Airport. Eight large... More

October 22, 2018

Energy Road Map

The MoCreebec Eeyoud First Nation in Moose Factory, Ont., wants to reduce energy costs and take ownership of power consumption. Carleton University students Joshua Russell and Keelia LaFreniere are helping them figure out the best... More

September 11, 2018

Tiny House Opens Doors

December 19, 2017

Tiny House, Big Solutions

Under an overhang of Carleton University’s Architecture Building, an interdisciplinary team of fourth year engineering and design students are developing sustainable solutions from the ground up. Small in size but ambitious in scope, a unique... More

October 17, 2017

Measuring Methane

In August 2016, when Carleton University’s Matthew Johnson was asked to lead a major research project measuring airborne methane in a pair of Alberta’s oil and gas production regions, the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering professor suspected that emissions of... More