Archives: SE Policy

Saturday, October 19, 2024

Ambient environmental conditions affect the cost and performance of direct air capture

Direct air capture (DAC) is touted as a potential contributor to climate change mitigation and the achievement of net-zero emission targets, including in nations like Canada. Recent research by faculty affiliated with Carleton University's Sustainable Energy program shows the extent to which ambient environmental conditions, including temperature,... More

Friday, October 4, 2024

Join us for a seminar on the use of AI in the energy sector

In this seminar, Dr. Heike Brugger, an energy and AI expert from Germany, will deliver an insightful talk on energy efficient digitization and green IT. The keynote will provide valuable perspective in the field of AI (including the European AI Act) and its applications in the energy sector. Following the presentation, there will be... More

Friday, September 20, 2024

Laying the foundations for deployment of negative emissions technologies

Researchers associated with the Sustainable Energy Engineering and Policy programme at Carleton University have published a new article in the journal Environmental Research Letters, exploring the opportunities and challenges facing large-scale expansion of direct air capture (DAC) and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). The paper... More

Friday, August 2, 2024

Stephan Schott – A Student’s Role in Research

  School of Public Policy and Administration Professor Stephan Schott discusses the role of students in research:... More

Friday, August 2, 2024

Collaborative Effort to Address Environmental Challenges in India

Collaborative Effort to Address Environmental Challenges in India (July 2024 Carleton International Newsletter) Prof. Alexandra Mallet from the School of Public Policy & Administration has partnered with Prosanto Pal, a Senior Fellow with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi, to tackle the challenge of decarbonizing... More

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Congratulations to all our 2023 SE Graduates!

Carleton University held convocation last week, June 12-16th, where twelve students from the MPP Policy (formally MA), and eleven from Engineering (MEng and MASc) walked the stage. We could not be more proud of these students accomplishments and are excited to hear about their future.  ... More

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

SPPA Adjunct Research Prof and PhD Alum Brendan Haley Talks to CBC about Reducing Household Emissions

Agents of change A small neighbourhood in Toronto has built a program to help residents reduce their household emissions. Could their grassroots approach become a template for the rest of the country? By Andre Mayer Jan. 16, 2023 On a snow-flecked Sunday afternoon in mid-December, Paul Dowsett gathered a group of neighbours in his... More

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Student Experience: Sartaj Javed, MA-SE

I was raised in Toronto, Ontario and completed my undergraduate degree of a BA in political Science at Western University. I came to Carleton University to study in the Master of Arts in Sustainable Energy. I was deciding between the SPPA and other prominent public policy graduate programs and felt that the Sustainable Energy program hones... More

Friday, October 21, 2022

Alexandra Mallett Talks to the Capital Current about Climate Change and the Municipal Election

Change is in the municipal government’s hands Dr. Alexandra Mallett, an associate professor at Carleton University with a focus on sustainable energy and climate policy, emphasized the power municipal governments hold in combating climate change. “The first thing that needs to happen is [a] common vision, and that’s what you can do with your... More

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Alexandra Mallett Publishes Article in Energy Strategy Reviews

Green transformation in the iron and steel industry in India: Rethinking patterns of innovation Alexandra Mallett Prosanto Pal Highlights Innovation is needed for decarbonization of the iron and steel industry in a sustainable way. The adoption of technologies that significant reduce carbon emissions in countries like India serve as important... More

Thursday, September 8, 2022

Alexandra Mallett Talks to Francopresse about Renewable Energy in the Far North

LE LUNDI 29 AOÛT 2022 13:00 SCIENCES ET ENVIRONNEMENT Les énergies renouvelables électrisent le Grand Nord MARINE ERNOULT FRANCOPRESSE Ces projets témoignent de l’essor récent des énergies renouvelables dans les TNO, mais aussi au Yukon et au Nunavut. Alexandra Mallett, professeure agrégée à l’École de politiques publiques et... More

Thursday, June 23, 2022

Incoming MA-SE Student: Alexander Zelenski

By Karen Kelly Alexander Zelenski As a child who grew up on different continents, Alexander Zelenski was always interested in a broader view of how the world works. He found that big-picture mindset in the Department of Economics. “You really get an understanding of the world as one big engine with artificial and natural... More

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