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UBCO professor’s climate change curriculum study recognized

UBCO professor’s climate change curriculum study recognized

March 7, 2025

Canadian Science Publishing and the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering have bestowed the Editor’s Choice Award on a recent study examining sustainability in Civil Engineering curriculum by Paris Liu, Gordon Lovegrove, and Moncef L. Nehdi.  The authors received the accolade for their article “Climate change in Canadian civil engineering curricula: gaps and best practices” published […]

Posted in Faculty, Faculty Profile, Research, SOESpotlight, Spotlight, Uncategorized | Tagged Civil Engineering, Gordon Lovegrove, sustainability

Go Eng Girl Event Inspires Students to Fashion a More Sustainable Future

Go Eng Girl Event Inspires Students to Fashion a More Sustainable Future

March 5, 2025

UBC Okanagan School of Engineering’s Geering Up team recently hosted 100 Grade 9-10 students from School District 23 to learn about sustainability in the fashion industry.  After learning about the fast fashion industry and its impact on the environment, each group then had one hour to apply their newfound knowledge to design, assemble and present […]

Posted in Events, General, Media Releases, student profile, Uncategorized | Tagged events, fashion, GoENG Girl, news, outreach, prospective students, sustainability

Campus as a Living Lab Project Spotlight

Campus as a Living Lab Project Spotlight

January 29, 2025

Improving the Efficiency of the Energy System for the Campus’s Legacy Academic Buildings How can we optimize energy efficiency in UBC Okanagan’s legacy buildings through innovative modeling? How can the campus cut greenhouse gas emissions and set a scalable example for sustainable building practices? UBC Okanagan set an ambitious target for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, […]

Posted in Computer Science, Faculty, Faculty Profile, News, Research, SOESpotlight, Spotlight, Uncategorized, Undergraduate Students | Tagged Campus as a Living Lab, Energy Efficiency, Klaske van Heusden, modelling, sustainability

School of Engineering researchers among first recipients of Wall Legacy Awards 

School of Engineering researchers among first recipients of Wall Legacy Awards 

December 3, 2024

Four researchers – one faculty member and three graduate students – with UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering are recipients of the inaugural Peter Wall Legacy Awards announced by UBC today. Made possible by a ground-breaking $100+million endowment and valued at $4 million in annual funding, the Peter Wall Legacy Awards are among the largest internal […]

Posted in College of Graduate Studies, Faculty, Faculty Profile, Graduate Students, News, SOESpotlight, student profile | Tagged Alexander Uhl, awards, Solar Energy for Net Zero Cluster, sustainability, Wall Legacy Awards

Student team set to represent Canada at international design competition

Student team set to represent Canada at international design competition

March 15, 2023

A team of sustainability and environmentally conscious students have advanced to the International Competition Finals in Golden, Colorado.

Posted in SOESpotlight | Tagged engineering, IDS, Solar Decathlon 2023 Design Challenge, sustainability, TRU

Wilden Living Lab recognized with 2021 EGBC Sustainability Award

Wilden Living Lab recognized with 2021 EGBC Sustainability Award

October 27, 2021

The Wilden Living Lab (WLL) was recently awarded the 2021 EGBC Sustainability Award for its on-going success in empowering stakeholders to make climate-action decisions that achieve sustainable outcomes. The WLL, a pioneering research initiative, investigates sustainable homebuilding through support from NSERC and Mitacs.

Posted in SOESpotlight | Tagged Alam, EGBC, sustainability, Wilden

New tool in the hands of the financial sector will make for a more environmentally sustainable and socially accountable world

New tool in the hands of the financial sector will make for a more environmentally sustainable and socially accountable world

October 26, 2021

UBC research empowers financial risk algorithm to be more socially and environmentally-driven

Posted in SOESpotlight | Tagged ESSAFIN, Hewage, Lifecycle Management, Mian, Sadiq, Shrestha, sustainability

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