UBCO professor’s climate change curriculum study recognized
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 […]
Go Eng Girl Event Inspires Students to Fashion a More Sustainable Future
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 […]
Campus as a Living Lab Project Spotlight
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, […]
School of Engineering researchers among first recipients of Wall Legacy Awards
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 […]
Student team set to represent Canada at international design competition
A team of sustainability and environmentally conscious students have advanced to the International Competition Finals in Golden, Colorado.
Wilden Living Lab recognized with 2021 EGBC Sustainability Award
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.
New tool in the hands of the financial sector will make for a more environmentally sustainable and socially accountable world
UBC research empowers financial risk algorithm to be more socially and environmentally-driven