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Monday, April 10, 2017

Research collaboration with NeoThermal Energy Storage

SBES has signed an agreement with NeoThermal Energy Storage Inc to develop a model of their phase-change electric thermal storage room heater and to conduct simulations to predict the performance of their... More

Monday, April 10, 2017

Sarah Brown receives Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship

Sarah Brown has been awarded an Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship by NSERC for the 2017-2018 academic year.  She will be starting her MASc with our group in September 2017, working on a research project at the Urbandale Centre for Home Energy... More

Monday, April 3, 2017

Sarah Brown wins NSERC USRA scholarship

Sarah Brown, who has been working part-time at the Urbandale Centre for Home Energy Research during her undergraduate studies, has won an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Assistantship to work full-time on research this summer from May through... More

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Israa Issa has joined our group!

We would like to welcome our newest graduate student, Israa Issa.  Israa is pursuing her MASc degree in Sustainable Energy Engineering and will be investigating phase change thermal... More

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Ian Beausoleil-Morrison delivers invited talk at Kyushu Energy Week 2017

Ian Beausoleil-Morrison delivered a Future Society Think Tank special lecture at Kyushu University's Energy Week 2017 in Fukuoka, Japan.  The tank was entitled The role of housing in addressing climate change: more of the same will not be... More

Monday, January 16, 2017

Ukrainian news network covers SBES

The Ukrainian news network ICTV aired the following story describing research underway at the Urbandale Centre for Home Energy Research that featured a number of SBES members... More

Friday, November 11, 2016

Burak Gunay wins Governor General’s Medal and University Medal

Burak Gunay was chosen as the recipient of Governor General's Medal and the University Medal for Outstanding Graduate Work.  He gave an address on his PhD work at the Carleton University Medal Lectures in recognition of his... More

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Sébastien Brideau successfully defends his PhD thesis

Today Sébastien Brideau successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Collection and storage of solar gains incident on a radiant floor in highly glazed houses”.  The thesis examination committee not only accepted his thesis subject to only minor editorial changes, they also nominated him for a Senate Medal to recognize his achievements.... More

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Geoffrey Johnson successfully defends his PhD thesis

Today Geoffrey Johnson successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Developing a methodology for assessing the energy potential of residential micro-cogeneration systems”.  His thesis will be available on our website in the near... More

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Visit by Swiss delegation

A Swiss clean-tech business delegation led by the Swiss Vice-President Doris Leuthard visited the Urbandale Centre for Home Energy Research on October 5 to discuss building energy R&D and to learn about the research we are conducting on exploiting solar energy. Some information on Vice-President Doris Leuthard's visit to Canada can be found... More

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Ian Beausoleil-Morrison delivers keynote talk at IBPSA-England conference

Ian Beausoleil-Morrison delivered an invited keynote talk at Building Simulation and Optimization 2016, the biennial conference of the English chapter of the International Building Performance Simulation Association that was held at the University of Newcastle.  The slides from the talk can be viewed here.... More

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Burak Gunay successfully defends his PhD thesis

Today Burak Gunay successfully defenced his PhD thesis entitled "Improving energy efficiency in office buildings through adaptive control of the indoor environment".  His thesis--which the committee recommended for a medal to recognize its outstanding contribution--will be available on our website in the near... More

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